Heat Seeking Bomb VB-6 called 'Felix' kept on a rack at a United States Army Air Corps base. The target seekers on its nose covered. Airmen attach tail section to the bomb. The glide controllers in tail can be seen. VB-6 released and glides towards the target leaving behind smoke flares. Target striking at night. (World War II period).
Powered Controllable Weapon, a YPQ-12-A Experimental Aerial Missile assembled by airmen at a U.S. Army Air Corps base. Airmen affix bomb onto YPQ-12-A flying craft, then install cover, then install the aerial antennae. YPQ-12-A takes off together with another plane beside. The missile during a flight. Missile hits the target and explodes. Convoy of trucks passes by the wreckage. (World War II period).
Preset Data Controllable Glide Torpedo. Glide bombs attached to the wings of B-17 bomber of the U.S. Army Air Force. Glide bomb dropped from a pre-calculated height and distance towards a target. Flight of the bomb as seen from the bomber aircraft. Bomb strikes the target at sea. Geysers of water formed due to explosion. (World War II period).
A review of remote controlled weapons of the U.S. Army Air Force such as High Angle Controllable Bombs in Azimuth only, called the Azon Bomb. An Azon Bomb after being dropped from a bomber aircraft from a height of approximately 15000 feet. The bomb glides through air and moves speedily towards its target on ground. The glide is controlled by fins on its tail. (World War II period).
U.S. Army training film titled 'Don't be a Sucker'. Two wrestlers fight at wrestling match. One of the wrestlers dominates and defeats the other one. Two men in spectators, one of them looses the bet money. Gamblers playing a card game. The winner among them gets the money. A bar girl kisses the victorious man and he walks out with her. The man who lost the game strikes the winner from behind. As he falls and faints on street, the girl and other man take off his money. (World War II period).
The Army-McCarthy hearings underway, held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations, regarding Senator Joseph McCarthy's actions. Various witnesses give their statements to the jury members. Senator McCarthy replies to the jury members. His chief counsel, Roy Cohn sits by him. Robert Ten Broeck Stevens, the Secretary of Army sits in the court as a witness and under cross-examination by McCarthy. Robert Stevens discusses with Army counsel Joseph N. Welch who is sitting beside him. G. David Schine seen in the court in Army uniform. Press photographers take his photo.
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