Preparing fighter planes for strike missions against Japan, Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands in World War II. P-47 Thunderbolts serviced and readied for strafing, dive bombing, and fire bomb strikes by U.S. personnel on Aslito Airfield. 318th Fighter Group Commander Colonel L. M. Sanders discusses the next strike with 19th Squadron Commander Major Harry McAfee. Pilots are briefed by officer. Men preparing planes for strike missions. A man holding Japanese flag. Man working on wing of P-47 Thunderbolt fighter. Soldier loads 50 cal machine gun belt onto aircraft. Demolition bombs transported on airfield. Men loads bombs and rockets onto a P-47.
Napalm bombs, improvised from wing fuel tanks, installed under wing of a P-47 from U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) 318th Fighter Group, on Aslito airfield (Isley field) during the Tinian campaign of World War II in the Pacific. Airman fastening improvised napalm bomb under wing of the P-47 aircraft. Ground crews drop off 55gallon drums of fuel beside a P-47 and fasten a fueling hose to them. They pump napalm and gasoline, into the 165gallon suspended wing tanks (bombs) creating, gel gas,. Ground crewman shows a sample of the rubbery gel gas. After fueling them, the crewmen fasten detonators into the napalm bombs.
U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) P-47s of the 318th Fighter Group on Aslito airfield (Insley Field) Saipan, launch mission against Japanese positions onTinian Island during World War 2. Preparations showing Base Weather Station with men preparing last minute data, Saipan Island. Pilots are being briefed by officer in front of chart titled Tinian. 19th Squadron pilots in jeep leaving for take off area on Aslito Airfield, Saipan. Pilots boarding P-47 Thunderbolt fighters. P-47s warming up in flight line. P-47s moving out of flight line and taxiing on airfield. P-47s of the19th and 333rd Fighter Squadrons take off from airfield. (Note: last 60" or so of film is reversed.)
Deserted streets in Paris, France during the very end of its occupation by German forces in World War II. A sign board on a street reads 'Hotel De Ville'. View of the building. People gathered around the signboard. Nazi flags flutter on poles over a building on Rivoli Street. A man walks in front of a deserted square.
FFI (French Forces of the Interior) fire at German snipers in Paris, France, during the Liberation of Paris. FFI men manning a street barricade. They fire from behind a sandbag barricade and open windows. French soldiers return fire from a building. FFI men fire at snipers in Notre Dame Cathedral. The FFI members seated in a Vercors Republic captured truck. (World War II period).
Captured German civilians and soldiers in Paris, France. German prisoners, men and women get out of an army truck at a prefecture. Captured German soldiers come out of a building. Police FFI (French Forces of the Interior) written on the truck. Red Cross workers operate on a street. (World War II period).
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