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U.S. B-29 bombers operating from Northern Marianas Islands (WW2)

Boeing B-29 Superfortress taking off from Isley Field, Saipan, during World War Two. View of Pilot at controls. View from nose of aircraft as it flies very low over ships in the water. Crew members in flight gear plus life vests (also known as Mae West jackets) are sweating from tropical heat at low altitude. B-29s moving as they taxi to line up for takeoff. A Curtiss C-46 Commando flies overhead. Seen are B-29s of Saipan-based 73rd Bomb Wing's 497th Bomb Group (Tail Code "A"), 499th Bomb Group (Tail Code "V") and 500th Bomb Group (Tail Code "Z"). Also seen are aircraft of the 314th Wing, stationed on Guam, including those of 39th Bomb Group (Tail Code "P") as well as B-29s of the Tinian-based 313th Wing's 9th Bomb Group (Tail Code "X") and 6th Bomb Group (Tail Code "R"). Views of the B-29s taking off. Name on one aircraft, "The Rocket," can be seen. B-29 taking off directly over camera. Ground operations and departures being controlled by a controller/dispatcher on radio telephone. Formation of B-29s overhead. Interior of a B-29 in flight, showing gunner relaxing at his position. View of crew inside B-29 bomber.

Location: Marianas Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034501
P-51s from Iwo Jima escort B-29s from Marianas Islands on bombing mission against Japan in Second World War

U.S. Army Air Force VII Fighter Command P-51s operating bomber escort missions from Iwo Jima, in World War II. Aerial views of Iwo Jima and airfield. A military cemetery. Several dump trucks working on ground improvements. View of Army camp. Long line of parked P-51s. Three officers looking at chart depicting B-29 mission paths from Marianas Islands to Japan and back. P-51 starting engines. Name on one aircraft is 'The Deacon'. Aircraft pulls out of parking area, second one follows. Formation of B-29s, including some from Saipan-based 73rd Bomb Wing, 499th Bomb Group (Tail Code "V"). Views of interior of a B-29 with crew members at their duty stations. P-51 fighter escorts join up with the bombers. View of escorting fighters from inside B-29 looking through gunners bubble. Formation begins to encounter Japanese Flak. P-51s peel off and are seen maneuvering near the B-29s. Views of gunner rotating turret on a bomber.

Location: Marianas Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034502
U.S. B-29s bombing Japan mainland from Marianas Bases during Second World War

Numerous B-29 bomber aircraft operating against Japanese targets from Northern Marianas Islands bases during World War II in the Pacific. U.S. Army Air Force bombers are seen from following units: Guam-based 314th Bomb Wing, 39th Bomb Group (Tail Code "P"), 29th Bomb Group (Tail Code "O") and 330th Bomb Group (Tail Code "K"); Tinian-based 313th Bomb Wing, 6th Bomb Group (Tail Code"R"); Saipan-based 73rd Bomb Wing, 497th Bomb Group (Tail Code "A"). Aircraft of these units are all seen taking off on missions. View from inside cockpit of a B-29 aircraft taking off. Pilot calls for and signals "gear up" to copilot. View from nose of the aircraft as it flies low over some ships. On airfield, a ground controller/dispatcher is seen on radio telephone. View aboard a B-29, during mission, as bombardier signals that he has control of the B-29. Large clusters of incendiary bombs dropping from B-29s. Bombs away views of many bombs dropping from open bomb bay doors. Explosions and flashes on ground as bombs impact Japanese enemy targets. Huge clouds of smoke rise and obscure the scene after the strikes. B-29s returning to land after the mission. View from nose as a B-29 touches down and taxis on active runway. Crew members discussing mission in front of parked B-29. Final scene is of formation of B-29s from Saipan-based 73rd Bomb Wing, 499th Bomb Group (Tail Code "T").

Location: Marianas Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034503
Red Cross activities at Parkway House, Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands.

Two jeeps stop in front of Parkway House, Red Cross Club. Men getting out and enter the club. Sign reads "Parkway House, Sponsored by Red Cross". Men signing for billiard game at the reception desk. A girl signs the men in. Men playing billiards.

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1945, October 24
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034511
Soldiers and Red Cross girls singing around piano at Parkway House, Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands.

Scene in Clubhouse in Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands. Men writing letters, having coffee, reading, playing cards, checkers and ping-pong. Soldiers and Red Cross girls singing around piano. (World War II period).

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1945, October 24
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034512
Men having coffee on club patio and walking in the garden at Parkway House, Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands.

Men having coffee on club patio and walking in the garden at Parkway House, Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands. Soldiers being served coffee and doughnuts in the snack bar. Tray of doughnuts. Hands reach in taking one at a time. (World War II period).

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1945, October 25
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034513
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