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USAAF General Henry Arnold briefs a B-29 combat crew on Saipan, Mariana Islands before a mission to Tokyo, Japan.

A B-29 combat crew is briefed on Saipan island, Mariana Islands during World War 2. Several aircraft parked on an airfield. Few baggages in front of an aircraft. United States Army Air Force Generals Henry H Arnold and Lauris Norstad and another officers walking up to B-29 crew standing on the airfield. General Norstad introduces General Henry Arnold to the combat crew of B-29 Superfortress and the commandants who are on their way to Tokyo, Japan after joining the 21st Bomber Command. General Henry Arnold shakes hands with the commandants. The crew standing in a row beside a USAAF heavy bomber B-29 Super Fortress. General Arnold briefs the crew. The General says the 21st Bomber Command has been operating out of China and the crew has the best of the aircraft which could carry the heaviest of loads. The General tells the crew that the message which is to be conveyed to Japan, is to be written on bombs. A few members of the crew wheel a cart loaded with bombs beside the aircraft. One of the crew members writes a message on a bomb as the General dictates. The Generals, the commandants and the crew members beside the cart of the bombs. The General wishes the crew good luck and shakes hands with the commandants. The message on the bomb for the enemy reads 'To the Warlords of Japan, We have not forgotten - The B-29s will remind you again and again and again'.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069994
Officers and enlisted men prepare for atomic bombing and action of atomic bomb on Naval vessels in Bikini Island.

Atomic bomb testing on Bikini Island. View of island of Bikini from an aircraft. Battleships and other Naval vessels. Animated drawing showing action of atomic bomb on Naval vessels. A small Naval ship and the hoisting of the American flag. Officers and one civilian ride in the back of a boat and observe a small destroyer in the background. An officer and an enlisted man checking passes at the cabin door. The removal of a padlock. Officers and enlisted men operating electronic instruments. Officers and enlisted men look through telescopes. Cameramen and cameras on lower deck. Atomic bomb exploding. Several naval vessels underway. Officers using Geiger counter to test radioactivity. An officer observing the damage done by atomic bomb. Damaged Navy ships. Explosion of an atomic bomb. Huge tidal wave is formed which sweeps the decks of ships nearby.

Location: Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1946
Duration: 5 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071634
LSTs, LCIs, LCs and battleships underway off the shore of Saipan, Mariana Islands during the Battle of Saipan.

A U.S. Navy Task Force underway in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Saipan, Mariana Islands during the Battle of Saipan of World War II. A U.S. Navy observation floatplane OS2U Kingfisher is catapulted. A BB (battleship) fires. An LST (Landing Ship Tank), LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry) and LCs (Landing Crafts) underway. Mounted guns on the battleship. An airplane bombs the island. Transport area, LSTs, LCI, and LCs.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, June 16
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071743
Animation depicts Private Snafu undergoing extremes in weather conditions in the Aleutian Islands, Northern Pacific Ocean.

Cartoon character Private Snafu undergoes extremes in weather conditions in the Aleutian Islands, Northern Pacific Ocean during World War II. Animation depicts thunder and rain. Solution about clothing under extreme conditions. Vegetation on islands. Gummy mud. Earthquakes and cold breeze. Transportation by vehicles on sledge. Aircraft in flight covered with snow. Airstrip submerged under water.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072901
Atom bomb Test Able conducted on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands as a part of Operation Crossroads by the United States.

Atomic Bomb Test Able Day (Operation Crossroads) conducted by the U.S. Army on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. A mushroom cloud rises after an aerial drop of an atomic bomb. Aerial views of a cloud of smoke and a target fleet in Bikini Island lagoon.

Location: Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1946, July 1
Duration: 10 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075073
King Juda of Marshall Islands, views ships anchored at Bikini Atoll for nuclear bomb test

Chief Juda of Marshall Islands is seen accompanied by another Marshellese (possibly interpreter), standing in front of a sign which reads 'Absolutely No Swimming in Dock Area, by Order of SOPA' (Senior Officer Present Afloat). (Chief Juda, or King Juda, as called by the American forces, was the chief of the residents of the Bikini Island , who numbered 160 native people from 11 families.) They walk toward a beach and talk to each other. Something attracts their attention and both men point offshore. Views of United States ships anchored off coast in readiness for Operation Crossroads Atomic test.

Location: Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1946, July 25
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075085
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