Several B-29 Superfortress of the U.S. Army Air Forces in a line at North Field in the Mariana Islands. The B-29s taxi on the runway. A jeep on the side of the runway.
U.S. Admiral Byrd's special navy mission in the South Pacific. An airfield at the Galapagos Islands. USS Concord CL-10 in background. Scenes of the airfield. Barracks in the background. A seaplane ramp and water in foreground.
U.S. Admiral Byrd's special navy mission in the South Pacific. View of an airstrip on the Galapagos Islands. A plane taxis and takes off from the airstrip. Jeeps parked on the airfield. Two men stand and talk.
U.S. Admiral Byrd's special navy mission in the South Pacific. View of Clipperton Island. USS Concord CL-10 in the background. A landing boat comes ashore with a jeep. Men get off the boat. A man in the jeep. Men run behind the jeep. They push it. The jeep gets stuck in the soil. Men work on a radio on the beach.
U.S. Admiral Byrd's special navy mission in the South Pacific. A group of men and a jeep on a beach in at Clipperton Island. USS Concord CL-10 in background. An officer gets in the jeep and drives away. A man sitting on a barrel puts on his trousers. A Navy seaplane flies overhead. The plane makes a close pass. Men stand in a group. Men load a raft onto a trailer. The jeep is driven away, raft and trailer in tow.
U.S. B-29 bombers of the 73rd Bomb Wing, at Isley Field, Saipan, during Second World War in Pacific. Seen are those of the 499th Bomb Group (Tail Code "V") and 498th Bomb Group (Tail Code "T"). Also seen are B-29s of the 314th Bomb Wing, stationed on Guam, including those of the 29th Bomb Group (Tail Code "O") and the 330th Bomb Group (Tail Code "K "). Load of bombs on trailer. Bombs under B-29s which are ready for loading. Ground Crews turning props through on B-29s prior to starting. Flight crews boarding aircraft. Briefing chart of mission showing courses from Marianas Islands to Japan and back. Ground crews stacking bombs near aircraft. Brief glimpse of a surfaced submarine underway. Lines of B-29s taxiing and taking off.
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