U.S. aircraft bombard Japan during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 aircraft on an airstrip in Saipan. Pilots being briefed by Brigadier General Emmett O' Donell. Officers make final checks about the mission on a map. B-29 aircraft take off for the bombing mission. Aircraft in formation flight. Bombs being dropped on Tokyo and smoke rises as bombs impact. Aircraft return to the air base after the mission. Smoke rises from the airfield as a result of Japanese attack. B-29 aircraft on fire and smoke rises. A Japanese bomber aircraft goes into a kamikaze suicide dive. Smoke rises from the airfield. Wreckage of B-29 aircraft.
Opening scene shows Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-21 aircraft, Army Type 97 heavy bomber (Allied code name: Sally) flying in formation. Closeup from inside an aircraft, of gunner manning machine gun in the nose. View from aircraft of Bombs falling on industrial target. View from cockpit of explosions from bomb strikes. Scene shifts to a group of Japanese Imperial Navy Mitsubishi G3M aircraft (Type 96, code named: Nell) on an airfield, with engines running. A Japanese admiral, in dress whites, speaks to pilots, who are dressed in white flight suits. The pilots then march in loose formation past an honor guard of Naval officers and sailors assembled at the entrance of a hangar. The pilots and their well-wishers exchange salutes. Some G3M airplanes take off. A formation of them silhouetted in flight overhead. View of them in formation over a cloud cover. View from a Japanese aircraft dropping bombs on targets in a river gorge.
A stern-looking Japanese Army Lieutenant General stands on an open field. Several cars are parked at the field's edge, behind him. A formation of Mitsubishi Ki-57 transport aircraft is seen flying overhead. A Close view, from another aircraft, of a Mitsubishi Ki-21, Type 97 Heavy Bomber (Sally) in flight. The Ki-21 seen very closeup. View of crew members inside the aircraft. A map showing disposition of military units on the ground.
United States Army Air Force aircraft flying over an airfield as seen from the ground during World War II. Groups of aircraft flies away. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress with “A” marking lands at the airfield. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes a landing near parked fighters. Jeeps drive near the B-29 Superfortress after its landing. Air Force personnel surround the B-29 Superfortress. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress taxiing from the runway.
Side view of United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (“Rawls’ Gravy Train”, Tail Number: 47-0040) in flight during World War II. Close view of the nose with nose art. Nose art shows a cartoon train and words that read “Rawls’ Gravy Train”. Camera moves away from the nose to show aircraft in flight. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber flies over snow-capped mountains. The camera moves back to show engines and nose of the B-29 bomber. Side view of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (Tail Number: 46-9770) flying during World War II. Side view of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. The camera moves for a closer view of the middle portion of the aircraft. Closer view of the plane belly showing the bomb bays. The camera focuses on B-29 bomber modification showing large rounded area in middle of plane.
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