Reviewer:
Jilly9 -
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January 12, 2012
Subject:
Walter Lanz
1945 Navy training film "Aerial Torpedo Attack - High Speed High Altitude" by Walter Lantz Productions.
Shots of aerial torpedo drop and torpedo moving through water.
Mark 13 torpedo is shown being modified with a drag ring and a wooden stabilizer on the tail ring.
Seaman sets the torpedo depth setting is show, adds antifreeze etc.
Animation shows the torpedo arming run distances & point of release calculations + Crosswind data tables.
Use of radar for ranging and locating during torpedo drops.
Animation shows optimal torpedo entrance angles and target angles.
Addition animation for:
aiming point and leading the target
aiming point and leading the target for ships that are maneuvering