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Launch Site For Balloon Bombs Found In Japan
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keywords: WWII, Japan, Fu-Go Balloon Bombs
Synopsis: Occupation troops in Japan visit a top-secret launch site for it mostly failed Balloon Bomb terror campaign target directly at the US homeland the Fu-Go weapons were launched secretly from Japan loaded with either antipersonnel explosive or small incendiary bombs and with the help of the jet stream make their way over the Pacific to drop their ordinance on American and Canadian cities, forests and farmland using an ingenious timer mechanism to arm and drop the weapons. Of the 9,300 Fu-Gos launched only 300 or so where ever found or observed in the US...(read more)
- Date: 1947
- Duration: 00:00:45
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Japan
Launch Site For Balloon Bombs Found In Japan
A war-time terror device is trailed to its secret lair in Japan. The balloon launching sites from whence were sent the bomb-laden balloons over Canada and the U.S. are inspected by Army Investigators.
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- Newsreels: 1947 - June 5
