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Japanese Paper Balloon Fu-Go - Secret Weapon To Attack The U.S.
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keywords: wwii, pacific theater, japanese paper balloon, fu-go, balloon bomb, weaponized balloon, japanese secret weapon, fire bomb
Synopsis: In an effort to sow chaos over the United States the Japanese military uses the Jet Stream to launch weaponized balloons toward the United States armed with either explosives to cause terror or fire bombs to start massive forest fires...(read more)
- Date: 1940's
- Duration: 00:21:46
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Japan
Japanese Paper Balloon Fu-Go - Secret Weapon To Attack The U.S.
From late 1944 until early 1945, the Japanese launched over 9300 fire balloons or bomb balloons, of which 300 were found or observed in the U.S. Despite the high hopes of their designers, the balloons were ineffective as weapons, causing only six deaths (from one single incident) and a small amount of damage.
Shows a Fu-Go Japanese paper “fire balloon” or “balloon bomb” in flight drifting toward the United States and Canada during WW2. Animated map showing route travelled after release from the Nagoya district in Japan and floated to the West Coast of the United States. These Japanese paper balloons have been found all the way from Alaska to the Mexican border.
CU scenes of a Japanese paper balloon bomb as voice over describes the construction of the paper balloon bag and the sand filled paper bags used as ballast. The payload was made up of incendiary and anti-personnel bombs. Officer holding sample of the pager used in balloon. CU, escape valve on balloon. Scenes showing electrical source, bags containing aneroids, fuses, jackets, switches, blow-out plugs and incendiary bombs.
