From "The Last Bomb": The defeat of Japan through American airpower in World War 2. Mix of actual combat footage and a small amount of vintage, dramatized, pilot in cockpit footage. A single B-29 from the 39th Bomb Group (stationed at North Field Guam) drops clusters of incendiary and fragmentation bombs over Japan. Bombs away view of large number of bombs falling toward Japan. A formation of B-29s from the 498th Bomb Group, Isley Field, Saipan, in flight during a daytime bombing mission over Japan. Explosions and smoke rise from targets in Japan, including two Japanese aircraft plants and an airdrome as part of U.S. tactical plan 574. Color, low aerial view of massive bomb damage over Tokyo following U.S. air attacks of March 1945. Escorting P-51s from Iwo Jima engage defending Japanese fighter aircraft in dogfights. Aerial gun camera footage of Japanese airplanes being hit, exploding, bursting into flames, and falling from sky to crash. Later, P-51s conduct strafing attacks against Japanese ground targets, including: lines of communication; railroads; marshaling yards; factories; airfields; ships; and harbors. Color gun camera footage shows these strafing attacks. P-51s returning to land at Iwo Jima and performing celebratory rolls over the field. Crippled B-29s making emergency landings on Iwo Jima. A B-29 from 500th Bomb Group with an engine shutdown. A B-29 from the 29th Bomb Group. Bad weather over runway at Iwo Jima forces a P-51 pilot to bail out over the field. A B-29 from the 6th Bomb Group ditches in water near beach on Iwo Jima. A B-29 crashes and bursts into flames during landing at Iwo Jima (all crew escapes.) Firefighters douse the flames with foam. Formation of B-29s from 39th Bomb Group returning to Guam after bombing mission over Japan. A B-29 crashing on landing and bursting into flames. Sole surviving crew member being carried on stretcher, as firemen and rescue teams work at scene. Formations of B-29s from 498th Bomb Group and 9th Bomb Group, in flight. Good color view from B-29 of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, which brought about the capitulation of Japan and end of World War 2. Large mushroom cloud rising into the air following atomic bomb explosion at Nagasaki.
U.S. 3rd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment advance in Okinawa. Marines move on crest of a hill. Few marines in a foxhole. White phosphorous explosion on hill. Marines move in one column.
U.S. 3rd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment advances in Okinawa. White phosphorous explosion on hill. Marine takes cover behind trees and fire. (World War II period).
U.S. 3rd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment near Naha town during their advance in Okinawa. Marines give first aid to casualties with wounded foot and forehead injuries. Explosions on ridge. Billows of smoke arise from ridge. Column of black smoke rise from an explosion on a hill. Marines advance in one column. Smoke rises from explosions.
Marines of U.S. 'K' Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment with flame throwing tank in operation at Okinawa. Hills in background. Tanks attack Japanese caves used as fortifications. Blast on hill throws billows of smoke. (World War II period).
U.S. Marines of 'B' Company, 1rd Battalion, 7th Regiment advance in Okinawa. Casualty is assisted by two Marines over ridge. Casualty with shoulder wound receives first aid and is carried away on a stretcher. U.S. Self Propelled howitzers on field. SP howitzer fire. Marines in foreground. Marines move on hillside and SP howitzers fire. (World War II period).
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