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Remains of a United States Army Air Forces B-29 Super fortress that crashed on Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands., during World War II

Remains of USAAF B-29 number 42-65283 from the 9th Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Squadron, that crashed, 30 March 1945, in World War 2, on Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands. All crew members were immediately killed in the crash, except tail gunner, Sgt. Joseph C. Trullo, Jr., who initially survived but died of his injuries, five days later, and the sole survivor, Radio Operator, Sgt. James Langraf who was injured but eventually recovered. Air Force personnel inspect debris that is scattered across the crash site in sand dunes close to the ocean in the background.

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1945, March 31
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045366
Remains of crashed B-29 at crash site on Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands in World War II

Remains of United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress that crashed in Tinian, Northern Marianas Islands during World War 2. It was B-29 number 42-65283, nicknamed "Big Wheel," from the 9th Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Squadron. Opening scene shows remains of two engines and bent propellers from the crashed B-29. Ocean and a B-29 coming in for a landing are seen in background. Two destroyed engines and props along with partially intact empennage, are the only recognizable parts of the airplane. Aircraft debris is scattered close to the beach. Three U.S. Army Air Force personnel stand looking over the wreckage.

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1945, March 31
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045367
Sailors relax at a PT boat base on Mios Woendi Island in Dutch New Guinea during World War II.

U.S. Navy Patrol Torpedo (PT) Boat Base 21, at Mios Woendi Island in Dutch New Guinea during World War 2. A lizard on a beach as sailors look at it. One sailor bats a softball as others field the ball. They also throw a football around on the beach. They take a shower on the beach.

Location: Mios Woendi Island Dutch New Guinea
Date: 1944, August 2
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057654
Sailors eat breakfast aboard a PT boat at Mios Woendi island in Dutch New Guinea during World War II.

U.S. Navy PT Boat Base 21 at Mios Woendi Island in Dutch New Guinea during World War 2. Crew members sleeping in bunks aboard a Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat. A watch comes in and wakes them up. The sailors get up. The watch offers cigarettes to the sailors. He lights up the cigarette for them. A cook prepares breakfast and crew members eat around a table. An officer comes in and calls the crew. The sailors get up and leave the room.

Location: Mios Woendi Island Dutch New Guinea
Date: 1944, August 2
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057655
U.S. Liberator bomber planes destroy the Japanese planes and ships on Makin Islands and reinforcements land in Bougainville.

The U.S. turns offensive against Japanese in the Pacific during World War II. U.S. Liberator bomber planes fly towards island of New Britain. Map of New Britain. Pilots in the cockpit pull a trigger and drop bombs on the island. An invasion fleet moves towards the island. U.S. Marines land on the island and move forward. A map shows Makin Islands. U.S. Planes drop bombs on a Japanese ship. The planes drop bombs on a Japanese airstrip causing the destruction of the Japanese planes. The 6th U.S. Army General and Lieutenant Colonel James Roosevelt on a ship with other officers. Sailors climb down step ladders and move into a boat. A Japanese bomber is driven off and another is hit. Amphibious Forces land on the beach. Dead Japanese soldiers on the island. Japanese are defeated and Prisoners of War taken. A map shows Bougainville in the Solomons Islands. Troop reinforcements land.

Location: New Britain Papua New Guinea
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033567
Development of an atomic test site at the Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Operation Sandstone, the third American series of atomic bomb tests (tests number 6,7 and 8) at the Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in Marshall Islands,Pacific Ocean. Shows development of an atomic test site at the Enewetak Atoll. American personnel dressed in protective suits perform tests and scavenge wreckage on the Eniwetok Atoll. View of men at the shore and distant convoy of U.S. ships at the horizon. An aerial view of the atoll. American army officials map the operation, back at home. Shows unloading of supplies at the shores of Enewetak atoll. Areas are cleared of trees and foliage. Coral soil is leveled by machines. Cement and tar added to harden the surface. Men detonate underwater obstacles. Aerial view of a causeway joining the two islands. Shows tent city for living quarters and quonset supply huts on the island. Workers build cubes of reinforced concrete. Tower in the middle of the lagoon. Man lays underground cables. View of a tower holding fissionable material on the island. Scenes of American scientists working in the Atomic Energy Commission laboratories, exterior of an American university and Mexico's desert.

Location: Enewetak Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1948
Duration: 4 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028983
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