The Pacific campaign on the Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. P-47 Thunderbolt planes loaded aboard carriers in Ford Island, Pearl Harbor. P-47s of the 318th Fighter Group, 19th Fighter Squadron , are loaded aboard the two aircraft carriers, USS Manila Bay and USS Natoma Bay, at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor. Among the aircraft seen are: P-47 named "Big Baduzi;" P-47 number 42-75783 named "Little Rock-ette;" one named "The Wicked Wench;" and one with serial number 43-2530. Various views of aircraft being loaded on carriers from dock area. Crane in operation. Plane being swung over onto the deck where it is pushed on the elevator and moved down into the hold of the ship. Air Force mechanics working with Navy personnel moving planes and placing them below deck. Navy personnel pushing the aircraft around into position above and below the deck of carrier. Sailors cut loose the mooring lines. Several officers and sailors standing on deck of a carrier as they move out of the harbor. View across Pearl Harbor at Diamond Head mountain in background. Remaining ground crews, support personnel, and others of the 318th Fighter Group assembled on the pier, ready to embark on a troop ship, June 6, 1944. They commence boarding via a gangplank, being checked off as they board.(This third convoy, departs on June 7th.) Various sections of ship with views looking out across at land and ships parked in the harbor.
Covers the events just after the atomic bomb test (Operation Sandstone) on the Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in Marshall Islands. Atomic cloud generated after the atomic explosion moves away from the atoll. Unmanned B-17 planes that have collected valuable traces of the atomic cloud are made to land. Radioactive data is collected from the B-17 aircraft by remotely operated forceps. A tank, remotely controlled from a helicopter,digs out sand to collect samples on the Enewetak Atoll. Men dressed in protective clothing search the rubble on the atom blasted island. Valuable data is collected from the island and sent to the laboratories in America for analysis. Scientists perform analysis of the collected data, helping in the further development of atomic energy.
Water breaks on rocks at shore in Devil's Island, French Guiana. A guard moves in yard of the Devil's Island prison. A prisoner draws water from well. A gravestone in a cemetery. Telegraph shack and transmitter, to which power is supplied by the prisoners turning hand cranks. Men send signal using reflectors. A man climbs ladder carrying something in his hands. A rope-way runs between two islands.
Depth charge explosion at sea during invasion of Saipan by U.S. forces in Mariana Islands. Shoreline of island. A ship burns at sea. Smoke columns rise. Tracers strafe island. 20 and 40 mm guns on U.S. Navy Destroyer are fired. (World War II period).
73rd bombardment wing of the 20th Air Force of the United States Army Air Force at Isley Field Base in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bombers flying for a mission on Truk, Caroline Islands under Japanese rule. Pilot and crew members inside a B-29 cockpit. Clouds and sky as seen from inside the cockpit. Crew member looks for enemy airplanes from the top canopy. Bombers flying over sea. The land strip of island between the sea waters.
73rd bombardment wing of the 20th Air Force of the United States Army Air Force at Isley Field Base in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bombers take off for a mission to Truk, Caroline Islands under Japanese rule. Crew member inside a B-29 cockpit shoots other bombers flying above clouds, with film camera. A Japanese island as seen from the plane. Formation of B-29 bombers high in the sky.
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