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Military Newsreels 1945 Issue 65
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keywords: wwii, radio proximity fuze for bombs, post-wwii, new york city harbor, navy day, launching aircraft carrier franklin d. roosevelt, president harry s. truman speech, naval presidential 21-gun salute
Synopsis: Top Secret Radio Proximity Fuse Helps To Win The War, Navy Day Celebrations In New York...(read more)
- Date: 1945
- Duration: 00:09:56
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Europe, Pacific
Top Secret Radio Proximity Fuse Helps To Win The War
Cu images of the key people behind the development of the proximity fuze (fuse), Physicist Merle A. Tuve, Dr Vannevar Bush, and Alexander Elliot. The proximity fuze was made possible by a tiny radio tube, shows comparison of standard radio tube and the tiny radio tube used in a proximity fuze (fuse). Shows proximity fuze being fitted into the nose of a bomb.
Animated diagram shows the path of fragments of a bomb fitted with a contact fuze, a delayed action fuze, and a VT proximity fuze. Animated diagram shows a fighter plane firing a rocket fitted with a VT proximity fuze. The fuze sets up zones of sensitivity and explodes with an air burst when near target aircraft. The proximity fuze is credited with the ability of U.S. Forces to shoot down V-2 rockets and Kamikaze planes.
Navy Day Celebrations In New York
Navy Day celebrations in New York City in 1945, Low aerial view of U.S. Naval fleet in the Hudson River. The aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt being launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Secretary of The Navy Forrestal and Eleanor Roosevelt is present. Captain Apollo Soucek accepts the ship from the Navy Yard Commandant. President Truman makes the formal dedication. A New York City ticker tape parade and a warm welcome for President Truman. CU of President Truman as he rides in an open car. A million people in Central Park hears President Truman's speech on foreign policy. View of the battleship USS Missouri. President Truman looks at the plaque that marks the spot of the formal surrender of Japan. President Truman boards the USS Renshaw, DD-499 for review of flotilla of ships. Ships fire 21-gun presidential salute as USS Renshaw passes.
