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A WB-29A Hurricane Hunter aircraft returns and lands at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda

WB-29A of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters) returning from a mission. The aircraft seen flying between smooth cloud layers. It banks to the left and descends. View of the WB-29 flying over part of Bermuda. Inside the aircraft, crew member fastens down equipment in preparation for landing. View from the ground as the WB-29 passes overhead. Another from the ground, of the aircraft touching down, bouncing up gently, and then staying down on the Kindley Air Force Base runway. (Note: During World War II, this B-29, tail number 42-94047, named the City of Jamestown, belonged to the 330th Bombardment Group, 459th Bomb Squadron stationed on Guam. On April 24, 1945,it was ditched near the shore of Japan, while returning from a bombing mission against the Hitachi aircraft factory in Tachikawa, Japan. Obviously, it was recovered and placed back in service after the war ended.)

Location: Bermuda
Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076421
Explosions and smoke rise as U.S. soldiers fire artillery and dead soldiers in Guam.

American soldiers in Guam during the Battle of Guam. U.S. soldiers move into action. They fire artillery. M-4 tanks fire. Dead soldiers lying on ground. Explosions and smoke rise due to firing. Soldiers watch through binoculars. Explosions occur near Chamorro homes. Soldiers advance through ruins to atttack. (World War II period).

Location: Guam
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072057
U.S. soldiers carry casualties and transfer them and pay homage to dead soldiers in Guam.

U.S. Soldiers in Guam during the Battle of Guam. U.S. soldiers carry casualties on litters. They transfer wounded to Landing craft. Pile of dead soldiers. Soldiers pay homage and express mourn to dead American soldiers. (World War II period).

Location: Guam
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072058
Announcement is made on loudspeakers for convention of Japanese and ruins in Guam.

U.S. soldiers in Guam during the Battle of Guam. U.S. soldiers walk in line. They are sitting on ground. A native walk with a stick. An announcement is made on loudspeakers for convention. Japanese civilians climb hilly terrain up. Captured Japanese under American soldiers. A soldier bandages to wounded. Ruins and debris. Views of damaged buildings and shelter. (World War II period).

Location: Guam
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072059
Major General LeMay assumes command of 21st bomber group in Guam, Marian Islands during World War II.

Post-world war II image of 4-Star General Lemay in an office with an American flag in the background. U.S. General Curtis LeMay in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 aircraft lands and taxis along. General LeMay walks from the aircraft, smoking a pipe. LeMay talks with Lieutenant General Barney Giles. Major General LeMay and a group of officers salute with a B-29 in the background. The dedication ceremony at North field in Guam and the B-29 aircraft fleet names 'Fleet Admiral Nimitz'. People look on as photographers take pictures of General H H Arnold, Major General Lawrence Cuter and Major General LeMay as they stand beside the ' Fleet Admiral Nimitz'. A B-29 aircraft taxis and takes off. Flakes burst in the air.

Location: Guam Mariana Islands
Date: 1945, January
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059857
USS Comfort (AH-6) attacked by Japanese planes off Okinawa, Japan, with many casualties. Burial services at a cemetery in Guam.

Japanese kamikaze suicide pilot divers attack hospital ship USS Comfort (AH-6), during action off Okinawa, Japan. Damaged USS Comfort. A sign : 'U.S. Navy ship, USS Comfort'. Wounded nurses and casualties are carried and transfered to a van. Burial services are held at a military cemetery on Guam: coffins draped with the flags of the United States are carried to the cemetery. The nurses who treated the casualties shown mourning. The flag draped coffins. Graves of the Americans and the flag of the United States at the Guam cemetery. (World War II period).

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, May 10
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045093
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