Felix High Angle Bomb Part 1

Description

This film contains footage of a heat-seeking, demolition bomb with automatic flight control called Felix. Shows and lists components of bomb. Bomb is assembled, put on dolly and mounted in airplane. Bombardier looks through bomb sight as bomb is dropped, its engine igniting as it flies toward target. Discusses number of assembly crew, assembly time, airplane capacity for Felix-type bombs, altitudes at which bomb is normally dropped.

Collection

Records of the Office of Strategic Services

Series

Training Films