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The scuttling of the USS Gamble, July 16, 1945, Apra Harbor, Guam, near end of World War II

USS Gamble, destroyer/mine layer, DD-123/DM-15, being scuttled off Guam, after decommissioning, due to extreme damage from Japanese bombs off Iwo Jima. Witnessed by Admiral Chester Nimitz and staff.

Date: 1945, July 15
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059110
U.S. defeats Japan in Pacific through air power in World War II; multiple views of American combat aircraft in action in World War 2

From "The Last Bomb": The defeat of Japan through American airpower in World War 2. Mix of actual combat footage and a small amount of vintage, dramatized, pilot in cockpit footage. A single B-29 from the 39th Bomb Group (stationed at North Field Guam) drops clusters of incendiary and fragmentation bombs over Japan. Bombs away view of large number of bombs falling toward Japan. A formation of B-29s from the 498th Bomb Group, Isley Field, Saipan, in flight during a daytime bombing mission over Japan. Explosions and smoke rise from targets in Japan, including two Japanese aircraft plants and an airdrome as part of U.S. tactical plan 574. Color, low aerial view of massive bomb damage over Tokyo following U.S. air attacks of March 1945. Escorting P-51s from Iwo Jima engage defending Japanese fighter aircraft in dogfights. Aerial gun camera footage of Japanese airplanes being hit, exploding, bursting into flames, and falling from sky to crash. Later, P-51s conduct strafing attacks against Japanese ground targets, including: lines of communication; railroads; marshaling yards; factories; airfields; ships; and harbors. Color gun camera footage shows these strafing attacks. P-51s returning to land at Iwo Jima and performing celebratory rolls over the field. Crippled B-29s making emergency landings on Iwo Jima. A B-29 from 500th Bomb Group with an engine shutdown. A B-29 from the 29th Bomb Group. Bad weather over runway at Iwo Jima forces a P-51 pilot to bail out over the field. A B-29 from the 6th Bomb Group ditches in water near beach on Iwo Jima. A B-29 crashes and bursts into flames during landing at Iwo Jima (all crew escapes.) Firefighters douse the flames with foam. Formation of B-29s from 39th Bomb Group returning to Guam after bombing mission over Japan. A B-29 crashing on landing and bursting into flames. Sole surviving crew member being carried on stretcher, as firemen and rescue teams work at scene. Formations of B-29s from 498th Bomb Group and 9th Bomb Group, in flight. Good color view from B-29 of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, which brought about the capitulation of Japan and end of World War 2. Large mushroom cloud rising into the air following atomic bomb explosion at Nagasaki.

Date: 1945
Duration: 15 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051973
B-29 Superfortress aircraft fly in a formation over Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II.

United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) 314th BW / 29th Bombardment Group in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War 2. An aerial view of North Field and the vicinity. USAAF B-29 Superfortresses of the 314th Bomb Wing. 29th BG and 39th BG aircraft parked on the airfield. Aircraft of the 29th BG take off and fly in a formation. The coastline of Rota Island.

Date: 1945, May 9
Duration: 4 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062250
U.S. Navy LST-789 loads men and equipment and leaves Guam,Mariana Islands during World War II.

U.S. Navy LST-789 at a beach in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. Two men aboard LST-789 (Landing Ship Tank) as they take mooring lined off pair of bitts. A soldier takes a lens and starts looking through light. The soldier cleans the lens. Two cameramen as one cleans a part of the lens and other types the data sheet. Two LSTs with their bows at the beach and cargo doors open. A 6X6 truck drives by in the foreground. The bow section of LST-789 and men rest on the ground in the foreground. Men come down the ramp into the LST carrying their cargo bags. Two men take mooring line off bitts aboard the LST and start to heave in line. The LST-789 backs away from the beach flanked by two LSTs in the background.

Date: 1945, August 20
Duration: 3 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059783
A radarscope sweeps in Guam,Mariana Islands during World War II.

A radarscope in Guam, Mariana Islands during world War II. A radarscope as it starts sweeping.

Date: 1945, August 20
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059784
U.S. Major General LeMay and General Twining board C-54 aircraft in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II.

U.S. Major General Curtis LeMay in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. Lieutenant General Nathan F Twining and Major General LeMay board the U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 aircraft. General Nathan Twining and Major General LeMay look outside a window from the aircraft. General Twining and Major General LeMay talk near an aircraft hangar as they smoke. Two B-29 aircraft parked nose to nose. Airmen outside and inside the hangar.

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059858