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B-29 Superfortress aircraft fly in a formation over Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II.

United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) 314th BW / 29th Bombardment Group in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War 2. An aerial view of North Field and the vicinity. USAAF B-29 Superfortresses of the 314th Bomb Wing. 29th BG and 39th BG aircraft parked on the airfield. Aircraft of the 29th BG take off and fly in a formation. The coastline of Rota Island.

Date: 1945, May 9
Duration: 4 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062250
American forces capture a Japanese airbase on the Mariana Islands.

The joint force assault by the American Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force against the Japanese on the island of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Marianas Islands. U.S. mortar crew fires at the Japanese. Tanks and infantrymen advance ahead. American troops fire mortar guns, artillery guns and machine guns. Troops advance toward a Japanese airbase. The airbase is captured. Many of the Japanese planes are captured. U.S. forces advance north towards another Japanese airbase. Tanks and mortar guns are fired at enemy positions. View of destroyed Japanese tanks and dead Japanese soldiers. U.S. Naval fleet shelling Japanese installations on the island. A Japanese ammunition dump explodes. Massive cloud of the explosion rises in the air. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050443
B-29 , tail number 42-224802 on Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II.

Camera pans across North airfield on Guam, Mariana Islands, in World War 2. Next a large group of Airmen are seen standing around a shiny B-29 bomber parked on the ramp. It has "K333" stenciled on left side of its forward fuselage. Its tail number is 42-224802. (This B-29 is named "Purple Shaft," but that is not stenciled on its left side.) The airmen walk around and examine it. Next, The aircraft commander, Lieutenant Warren Richard Aylsworth is seen speaking with a Captain, as they stand next to the plane. Others join in the conversation. (Note: The plane is scheduled to fly to Tinian this night, the 20th, but will land at Saipan, instead, because runway lights were not yet operational on Tinian. The "Purple Shaft" will be the first B-29 to arrive at Tinian, the following day, December 21, 1944.)

Date: 1944, December 20
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036235
U.S. Marines and tanks advance in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II.

United States Marines during Allied operations in Guam, Mariana Islands, World War II. U.S. Marines loaded on to tanks as they move up a road. Marines advance. Bomb damaged area of the jungle with uprooted trees. Two Marines drink water. Tanks and Marines advance. Uprooted trees in the jungle. Smoke rises from behind a wooded area.

Date: 1944, July 27
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059625
U.S. Marines dig up and remove Japanese bomb and a mine in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II.

United States Marines disarm Japanese bombs and mines in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. United States Marines work on ground to search for Japanese mines and bombs. A Marine digs up earth with a shovel. Men work on a dug out part of ground with tents in the background. Wrecked equipment on the field. Marines dig up earth as they search for mines. Japanese torpedo and bomb in ground. Marine removes the torpedo.

Date: 1944, July 2
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059641
U.S. Marines dig up and remove Japanese bombs and mines in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II.

United States Marines disarm Japanese bombs and mines in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. United States Marines search for Japanese mines and bombs. A Marine removes a detonator from the ground. He removes a detonator from a Japanese torpedo. A view of the mine detonation and disposal operation area. Wrecked equipment on field and ships at sea in the background. Wrecked barges on the coast. A Marine disarms an aerial bomb set in the ground. A Marine digs up earth and removes a Japanese mine from the ground.

Date: 1944, July 2
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059642