U.S. NAVY 1950s GUIDED MISSILE HISTORY WWI & WWII DRONES & MISSILES 43474 USNA

This rare U.S. Navy film focuses on early research into pilotless aircraft, drones and missile systems, and shows some truly obscure weapons in use. At mark 0:55 the Kettering Flying Bug experiments are shown. These were failures at first as seen at mark 1:30, but in October 1919, this flying torpedo was successfully launched at mark 1:34. At mark 1:53 is the disarmament conference which followed WWI. The post-war period economies were bad, and hampered research and development of guided missiles. As year