Airmen of United States Army Air Force at their base in the Isley Field in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Airmen and crew of the 500th Group of the 73rd bombardment wing leave the briefing room near the sea shore and board trucks. Trucks carrying crew move on roads. Anti aircraft gunners clean their weapons. Gun post and mud sacks. Crew members with flight gear stand near a B-29 bomber.
73rd bombardment wing of the United States Army Air Force at their base in the Isley Field in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Engineers smoothen the runway for the planes using equipment. Ordinance men unloading bombs from a truck and load to the bombers. Guided bombs kept on racks ready to be loaded with the B-29 bomber. 'V-E Special' on the bombs.
Crew members of the United States Army Air Force at their base in the Isley Field in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Men buy goods from a PX shop at the base. Jeeps and barracks near the store. Men look at war news board with newspaper sticking on the board. War map of Europe with words saying 'Allies Kaput' and a dead German soldier.
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.
Japanese air raid over Saipan during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombers parked at an airfield in Saipan, Mariana Islands. Crewmen work on a B-29. Pilots being briefed by USAAF Brigadier General Emmett O'Donnel. B-29s take off from an airbase. B-29s fly through flak. Bombing of Tokyo by B-29s. Wreckage of B-29s after Japanese air raid on Saipan. Firefighters in action. Black smoke rises from the burning B-29s. A Japanese plane goes into a kamikaze suicide dive over Saipan.
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).