U.S. Army Air Forces pilot walking towards F-5B aircraft (P-38 modified as photo plane) on Okinawa, Japan, during World War 2. Lieutenant F.R. Martin in cockpit, his name seen painted on the plane. Lieutenant Edward L. Krum enters cockpit of his F-5B, number B-7 . "Lucky Lu" painted on the side of its left engine. The two F-5Bs taxiing. One is number A3, piloted by Martin. Both aircraft take off on dusty airfield.
Two ordnance men stand at bomb elevator aboard USS Constellation in North Vietnam. The elevator comes to flight deck level with bombs on a bomb cart. Ordnance men, one backing off with a bomb cart loaded with bombs. Man walks backwards over flight deck with two bombs on a bomb cart. AO backs off elevator with two bombs on a bomb cart. He wheels the cart over flight deck toward the aircraft. Bull pup attached under wing of an A-4C plane. A man in red shirt off to left and other men under wing of aircraft. The man in red shirt pulls on a bomb cart. Three bombs on pylon under A-4C. Bomb carts on flight area next to island ready for loading aboard aircraft. AO wheels two bombs. Red shirt man under wing of an aircraft. AO works with two bombs. Bombs and rockets on pylon. Men work around aircraft F4B, getting it ready for flight. Box on bomb cart loaded with fuses. AO wheels box. Two AO hoist up a section of the rocket pod and secure it to the rack. AO wheels up two bombs. AO works around under wing of aircraft. AO with his red shirt tied around his waist, working over after section of port engine. Flight deck area shows tractors moving about. Two F-4B planes stationary in the background. A-3B in the background. AO with a belt of 2Omm ammo walks.
Two squadrons stand before General Chen at podium during transfer of F-104 planes to Chinese Nationalist Air Force at Kuang Kuan Air Base in Taiwan. Two Chinese Nationalist F-104B's in the background. Chinese Nationalist F-104B taxies and turns. Four F-86F planes stationary. Chinese Nationalist F-104B flies by. Major General Doran and a Chinese Nationalist look up at aircraft. Chinese Nationalist officers look at sky.
Beach scene at Tumon Bay, Guam in 1945, at end of World War 2 . Bathers and some small boats in water of a bay. Sand beach covered with palm trees and other semitropical flora. People seated on the sands. Water of the bay and promenatory of land in background. Different sequence, showing three U.S. Landing Craft Support, Large, LCS (L) clustered together at anchor in a bay, with buildings on shore in background. The mast of a U.S.warship. A U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 bomber in flight overhead. It displays tail code of solid black square with "M" inside, identifying it as belonging to the 20th Air Force, 314th Bomb Wing, 19th Bomb Group, based at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. Camera focuses on the bomber as it passes overhead. Sailors speed into the bay, aboard a motor boat. The B-29 circles directly overhead, passing the American flag displayed on the main mast of a warship. The B-29 appears to be descending to land at the airbase.
An B-17 bomber of U.S. Air Force flies over runway strips and air field at Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II. The landing strips and parking areas for fighter planes at the Guadalcanal base. Number of B-17 bombers and other fighter planes at the airfield. The strips of the airfield. Taxis and houses for airmen and officials at the airfield. A ship at the shore near the airfield. Tail of a B-17 as seen from the inside while take off.
Air raids and battle in Japan in the Pacific Theater near the end of World War II. A cemetery of United States military soldiers in the Japanese island of Okinawa. Memorial at the tombstone of Ernie Pyle built by the 77th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. General Doolittle, General Henry Arnold, General George Kenney, General Ennis Whitehead and other officers during a discussion standing before planes at the 48th Air Force base. B-29 aircraft advances towards Tokyo. Bomber aircraft dropping of a number of guided bombs towards their targets. Targets include Japanese airplane factories, shipping industry, military supply chains in the cities of Tokyo, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Okinawa and Yokohama of Japan. Explosion and smoke arises from bombed targets on ground. Aerial wide and close up views of a B-29 aircraft in flight. Narrator notes that on 05 August 1945, Enola Gay, a B-29, carries the atomic bomb and flies towards Hiroshima. Atomic explosion seen signifying the one in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, but narrator indicates the image seen is that of the first atomic explosion (the Trinity test) during on July 16, 1945 in New Mexico. Immense cloud of smoke and light. This atomic explosion, the first of two, was pivotal in compelling Japan to surrender unconditionally. Film ending includes public service announcement image "Buy Bonds. Hold Them. Victory Loan."
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