About a month after the end of World War 2, Airmen at the Headquarters, U.S. 20th Bomber Command, Guam, Marianas Islands, try their hand at movie making for fun. Numerous takes of airman's hand on control stick in cockpit of a P-51. The first is with a glove on. Others are barehanded. He manipulates the control stick and presses weapons firing buttons. In a different scene, a "pilot" sits in cockpit of a dented P-51 and with help of contrived background appears to be flying. He acts somewhat bewildered.
USS Bluegill SS-242 off the coast of Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A man fires at a mine with a rifle from the deck of USS Bluegill SS-242. CPO (Chief Petty Officer) and an enlisted man on the deck of USS Bluegill. A U.S. ship off Saipan Island. Stowing rope in a stowage space on the deck of USS Bluegill. A sailor paints on the deck of the boat. Saipan Island in the background. Men shoot at a mine with a 40mm gun and rifles. A man on the deck looks through binoculars.
USS Bluegill SS-242 off the coast of Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. 40mm gun crew in action aboard USS Bluegill. Another U.S. submarine rises. A U.S. Navy PBM Mariner flying boat in flight. U.S. sailors retrieve a glass fishing buoy. Gun crew aboard USS Bluegill. Men load and fire a 5 inch gun. Men load a gun.
U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) aircraft at Isley Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft parked on aprons at airfield in Guam. Tail Code "A" of the 497th Bomb Group (73rd Bomb Wing) can be seen on one of the B-29s. A formation of USAAF P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft, in flight. U.S. airmen pull through propeller on number 4 engine of a B-29 to assure against hydraulic lock before starting the engine. B-29 parked next to this one displays "Square M" tail code of the 19th Bomb Group (314th Bomb Wing) stationed on Guam.
B-29 bombers of the United States Army Air Force at Isley Field base in Saipan, Mariana Islands, during World War II. Crew members examining a B-29 bomber after its return from a bombing mission over Nagoya in Japan. Crew members climb scaffolds to reach to the engine. The damaged engine of the bomber. Crew members examine damage caused to one of the wings. A man looks at a hole made by bullet strike in the fuselage of the plane.
Atomic bombing mission in Japan by the United States Army Air Force, during World War II. U.S. military base in North Field, Tinian Island in Mariana Islands, South Pacific. Brigadier General Thomas F. Farrell, Deputy Commander, Atom Bomb Project thanks all people who contributed in the manufacturing of the bomb. He hopes that future use of the atomic power will be for peaceful purposes only.