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Scenes of U.S. Army Air forces operations on Adak Island during the Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II

As film begins, organ music is heard. Camera pans across tops of tents showing sky above. Scene shifts to a Chaplain conducting Sunday services in the open. A soldier plays a field organ as soldiers and airmen participate in the service. Closeup of the Chaplain kneeling before a makeshift altar where objects are placed to facilitate communion in a mass or service. Complete change of scene shows airmen arranging bombs for loading aboard an open truck that then backs up to an airplane, into which they are loaded. Narrator notes that these are all purpose bombs weighing 250, 500, and 1000 lbs, respectively. Closeup of a 1000 lb bomb in foreground marked "GP 1000 lb AN-M44." Airmen arnorers install fins and fuses before loading the bombs aboard the aircraft. An airman loads belts of machine gun ammunition at a gun turret of the airplane. others load guns elsewhere on the aircraft. Closeup of pilots being given final briefing about the mission, before departure. Narrator notes that the mission will involve two flights of B-24s and one of B-17s. Planned altitudes and routes of the bombers are drawn on a map in colors. They are to attack a Japanese installation on Kiska Island. Fighter support is described. A Flight crew assembles near their B-24 Liberator bomber. Closeups of individual crew members waiting on the airfield ramp. Scene shifts to fighter pilots who will be accompanying the bombers. They converse in front of a row of fighter aircraft. They are wearing flotation gear over their flight suits. The area is paved with Marsden matting (pierced steel planking). Closeups of men in the group, including: Lieutenant George I. Rudell, Lieutenant Holy P. Mail, Lieutenant Lial A. Bean, Major Willson Aston, Lieutenant Henry J. Strencops and Colonel Jackson.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057602
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
Writing on nose of the B-29, Enola Gay, parked on Tinian Island, Mariana Islands.

Writing on nose of 313th Bomb Wing B-29 Superfortress aircraft named "Enola Gay" that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War 2. The aircraft is parked on Tinian Island, Mariana Islands. The writing reads, "First Atomic Bomb, Hiroshima - August 6, 1945."

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1945, October 26
Duration: 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034514
Enlisted men working on engine of B-29 aircraft at Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands.

Enlisted men working on engine of B-29 aircraft at Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands. B-29 landing.

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1945, October 26
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034515
Three piece band starts playing in garden of Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands.

Three piece band starts playing in garden of Red Cross Club in Tinian Island, Mariana Islands. Couples start dancing.

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1945, October 26
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034516
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