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Views of buildings on lower Manhattan and Ellis Island from a boat in New York Bay

Views of New York City buildings and skyscrapers on lower Manhattan from a boat in New York Bay. A schooner with sails furled can be seen passing. People walking off ferry towards building on pier.

Location: Ellis Island New York USA
Date: 1948
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032740
Views of Avalon Bay and Casino at Santa Catalina Island.

Shows Avalon Bay and City of Avalon from porch of Wrigley home. Houses in Avalon City can be seen. Views of Casino, Avalon dock and U.S. flag flying.

Location: Santa Catalina Island California USA
Date: 1944, August 29
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039405
Sergeant R. L. Bose demonstrates reliability of Air Service parachutes at Mitchel Field on Long Island, New York.

Sergeant R. L. Bose demonstrates reliability of Air Service parachutes and disproves a theory that a man falling 500 feet or more loses consciousness. Civilians and military spectators watch the demonstration. Views from the airplane as Sergeant Bose free-falls from 3000 feet, delaying his chute opening until 1500 feet. Some of his free fall in slow motion. He makes a routine parachute landing. Spectators and an ambulance come as a precaution to his landing point.

Location: Long Island New York USA
Date: 1930
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068847
Interview of Capt. William S. Parsons, U.S. Navy, crew member on Enola Gay, after the Hiroshima atomic bombing mission

Setting: North Field, Tinian Island in Mariana Islands, South Pacific, almost a week after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima Japan, August 8, 1945, during World War II. Public Relations Officer, Major John F. Moynahan (not seen) is interviewing members of the Crew of the B-29, Enola Gay, from which the bomb was dropped. Here he interviews Captain William Sterling "Deke" Parsons of the U.S. Navy who was weaponeer aboard the Enola Gay, during the mission. and who now serves as Scientific Head of the Atomic Bomb Project in the Pacific Theater. Captain Parsons describes the events of the mission from their early morning departure through the actual bombing. He notes that the actual bombing went smoother than earlier practice missions.

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1945, August 14
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036277
Colonel Paul Tibbets, Pilot of the Enola Gay, describes his mission dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan.

Crew members of the B-29 Enola Gay are interviewed about their atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima Japan by the United States Army Air Force, during World War II. In this interview at North Field, Tinian Island in Marianas Islands, Public Relations Officer, Major John F. Moynahan (not seen) interviews Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., Pilot of the Enola Gay Among things Colonel Tibbets mentions, he recounts that he took a steep turn to avoid radiation from the explosion. When he saw the explosion he was surprised about its intensity. The cloud from explosion covered the whole city of Hiroshima.

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1945, August 14
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036278
Major Thomas Ferebee, the bombardier aboard Enola Gay shares his experience of the Hiroshima atomic bombing mission

Setting: North Field, Tinian Island, Marianas Islands. Major Thomas Ferebee, the bombardier aboard Enola Gay (B-29 that bombed Hiroshima) is asked about his experiences, by Public Relations Officer John F. Moynahan (not seen). He recalls - His navigator aligned him correctly with the target. Hiroshima was clearly visible to him and so he was able to deliver the bomb. (World War II period).

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1945, August 14
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036280
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