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USAAF 19th Squadron P-47 fighters strafing Japanese targets on Tinian Island, Mariana Islands, in World War II

Air strike missions against Tinian Island heavily garrisoned by Japanese Forces during World War 2. P-47 Thunderbolt fighters of 19th Squadron taking off from Aslito Airfield in Saipan Island. P-47s in flight. Large formation of P-47s. Aerial view of Tinian Island, Mariana Islands. Aerial view of Tinian town and airstrip. P-47 strafing shows smoke rising from target area.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047547
The Enola Gay drops “Little Boy” atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan (World War 2)

The Enola Gay drops atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan during World War 2. The Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, prepares to leave for the Hiroshima mission. Army Armed Forces maintenance men and Enola Gay crew prepare the Enola Gay in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, checking their watches as the glance at the horizon. Maintenance men check bomb bay doors before closing. Pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets looks out of cockpit window of Enola Gay. Nose art of Enola Gay is seen. Close up of controls with hand show "starter" and "engine primer." Enola Gay engine starts and one of it propellers turns. The Enola Gay takes off from North Field, in the Northern Mariana Islands. Point of view through cockpit window as plane speeds down runway. Motion picture cameraman films the take off. The Enola Gay seen overhead as it leaves for Japan. Aerial View of Iwo Jima Island in Japan. The Enola Gay begins slow climb to bombing altitude over Iwo Jima. Crew member, possibly Tibbets, uses a pair of binoculars. Aerial view of Hiroshima. Enola Gay crew check instruments last time before dropping. The Enola Gay begins its bomb run. Crew bombardier turning a dial on a bomb site. View of Enola Gay with bomb bay doors open. Moving gauge pointer as bomb is dropped. The “Little Boy” is dropped from the Enola Gay and seen exiting bomb bay. The Enola Gay banks away from Hiroshima at high speed. Aerial view in color of mushroom cloud forming over Hiroshima after the atomic bomb detonates in the city. Gigantic mushroom cloud from atomic bombing.

Date: 1945, August 6
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079741
A section of a map shows the islands around Guam in the Mariana Islands

United States Army Air Force operations in the Mariana Islands during World War II. A section on a map of the South Pacific. The islands around Guam on the map.

Date: 1945, September 13
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067208
Soldiers and Red Cross girls singing around piano at Parkway House, Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands.

Scene in Clubhouse in Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands. Men writing letters, having coffee, reading, playing cards, checkers and ping-pong. Soldiers and Red Cross girls singing around piano. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, October 24
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034512
Men having coffee on club patio and walking in the garden at Parkway House, Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands.

Men having coffee on club patio and walking in the garden at Parkway House, Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands. Soldiers being served coffee and doughnuts in the snack bar. Tray of doughnuts. Hands reach in taking one at a time. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, October 25
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034513
Enlisted men working on engine of B-29 aircraft at Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands.

Enlisted men working on engine of B-29 aircraft at Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands. B-29 landing.

Date: 1945, October 26
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034515