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Preparations for bombing, and bombing of Tokyo, Japan, by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II.

From "The Last Bomb", shows U.S. Army Air Forces conventional bombing of Japan in 1945, during World War 2. Map shows take off points in Saipan, Guam and Tinian. Guam Island shores. Houses and mountains in Guam. Civilians in village. U.S. military equipment, ammunition, vehicles and aircraft parked at airfield. Men around tents. Men at airfield engaged in morning activities. B-29 aircraft parked and others taxi at airfield. Technicians work on aircraft engines. Men manning B29s. Men board B29s. Sign reads 'Headquarters XXI Bomber Command'. General Curtis LeMay around chart planning raid on Japan's industrial areas. Other officers in room. Officer stand up as General Curtis leaves. Officers discuss the plan of attack. Bombs including GP bombs transferred at airfield. Submarines speed up in water to take up positions. Officers at headquarters in discussion. Officers talk on phone. Officer around flight status panel carry out visual progress of the flights. Officer marks positions. Time table for statistics of each wing on wall. B29s taxis for take off at airfield.

Location: Guam Mariana Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 7 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051971
Bulldozers, power shovels and trucks at work during the reconstruction of Saipan airfield in the Mariana Islands.

Reconstruction of Saipan airfield in the Mariana Islands by American soldiers. Damaged hangars on Saipan airfield due to bombings by Japan. Men beside bulldozers parked in an area. A bulldozer clearing the airstrip. Men set detonation charges on the ground. The bulldozers at work in the background. The charges going off resulting in explosions. Power shovels, bucket elevators and trucks used to reconstruct the airstrip. Equipment at work on the airstrip. Narrow gauge flatcars are loaded with supplies by a crane. The flatcars moving on a path. The supplies are unloaded. A man beside a flatcar. Men beside equipment clearing the airstrip. Two U.S. soldiers sitting on a track and one of them writes 'B & O Express' on the back of a rail cart. The men shake hands. A man beside a rail cart of drums on a track. Men stand on materials in rail carts and the rail carts move. Several tents in view. (World War II period).

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069992
Injured Marines being loaded onto aircraft to be taken to Honolulu in Saipan during World War II.

A U.S. Navy training film about the treatment and recovery of Marines wounded in Saipan during World War II. An aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean. Smoke rises from the coast of Saipan as battle continues. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft as critically wounded Marines are being loaded aboard the aircraft. Marines aboard the aircraft. Aircraft taxis and takes off for Honolulu. Litter patients being loaded aboard a PB2Y Coronado flying boat. Fruit and juice crates being loaded aboard an aircraft. U.S. flag flies aboard a ship.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077541
U.S. B-29 base on Guam in World War 2. GIs in routine activities

Animated map indicating routes from Northern Marianas Islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Guam to Japan, and return. Map of the islands and focus on Guam. A village in Guam. Shows natives going down street on a bullock cart. Supply dump showing boxes, tires, and Pilot oxygen containers. Trucks hauling supplies. B-29 on hardstand, with tail code "Z", from the 73rd Bomb Wing, 500th Bomb Group, stationed at Saipan. Several B-29s along the flightline, displaying tail code "O", from the 314th Bomb Wing, 29th Bomb Group, home-based on Guam . Scenes of tent area. GIs standing at table, eating. Two homemade washing machines. Two GIs scrubbing fatigues with brushes. Three GIs taking showers.

Location: Guam
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034499
U.S. B-29 bombers operating from Northern Marianas Islands (WW2)

Boeing B-29 Superfortress taking off from Isley Field, Saipan, during World War Two. View of Pilot at controls. View from nose of aircraft as it flies very low over ships in the water. Crew members in flight gear plus life vests (also known as Mae West jackets) are sweating from tropical heat at low altitude. B-29s moving as they taxi to line up for takeoff. A Curtiss C-46 Commando flies overhead. Seen are B-29s of Saipan-based 73rd Bomb Wing's 497th Bomb Group (Tail Code "A"), 499th Bomb Group (Tail Code "V") and 500th Bomb Group (Tail Code "Z"). Also seen are aircraft of the 314th Wing, stationed on Guam, including those of 39th Bomb Group (Tail Code "P") as well as B-29s of the Tinian-based 313th Wing's 9th Bomb Group (Tail Code "X") and 6th Bomb Group (Tail Code "R"). Views of the B-29s taking off. Name on one aircraft, "The Rocket," can be seen. B-29 taking off directly over camera. Ground operations and departures being controlled by a controller/dispatcher on radio telephone. Formation of B-29s overhead. Interior of a B-29 in flight, showing gunner relaxing at his position. View of crew inside B-29 bomber.

Location: Marianas Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034501
U.S. B-29s bombing Japan mainland from Marianas Bases during Second World War

Numerous B-29 bomber aircraft operating against Japanese targets from Northern Marianas Islands bases during World War II in the Pacific. U.S. Army Air Force bombers are seen from following units: Guam-based 314th Bomb Wing, 39th Bomb Group (Tail Code "P"), 29th Bomb Group (Tail Code "O") and 330th Bomb Group (Tail Code "K"); Tinian-based 313th Bomb Wing, 6th Bomb Group (Tail Code"R"); Saipan-based 73rd Bomb Wing, 497th Bomb Group (Tail Code "A"). Aircraft of these units are all seen taking off on missions. View from inside cockpit of a B-29 aircraft taking off. Pilot calls for and signals "gear up" to copilot. View from nose of the aircraft as it flies low over some ships. On airfield, a ground controller/dispatcher is seen on radio telephone. View aboard a B-29, during mission, as bombardier signals that he has control of the B-29. Large clusters of incendiary bombs dropping from B-29s. Bombs away views of many bombs dropping from open bomb bay doors. Explosions and flashes on ground as bombs impact Japanese enemy targets. Huge clouds of smoke rise and obscure the scene after the strikes. B-29s returning to land after the mission. View from nose as a B-29 touches down and taxis on active runway. Crew members discussing mission in front of parked B-29. Final scene is of formation of B-29s from Saipan-based 73rd Bomb Wing, 499th Bomb Group (Tail Code "T").

Location: Marianas Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034503
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