Bombardment of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War 2. Tennessee class battleship fires its triple batteries of 14-inch guns. Cruisers pass in formation. Firing from ships. Soldiers near guns on a ship. Smoke columns rise from the island under bombardment.
Invasion of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II.. A task force leaves Roi anchorage. Destroyers and light aircraft carriers in sea. A U.S. Navy OS2U Kingfisher floatplane on a catapult. Battleships and an Escort aircraft carrier in the sea.
Invasion of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II.. Aircraft land on Escort aircraft carriers. Firing from battleships on the island. Smoke columns rise from the island under bombardment.
Views from a U.S. warship firing its guns at Saipan, Mariana Islands, in World War 2. Smoke rising from strikes along the shoreline. At TC:00:17, a smoke ring can be seen from a gun. View from deck above pair of 5-inch guns firing. A twin Bofors 40mm gun, quiet, but ready for action. Shell explosion raising water near the ship. A huge fireball rising from a shell strike ashore. A flush deck destroyer near the camera ship. Empty shell casings littering a gun deck. Sailors directing water hoses on gun batteries to cool them. Sailor Fire fighter dragging a hose up to a gun battery where another sailor uses it to cool gun barrels. Gunners throwing spent shells into a well on deck. Series of explosions in the water near the shore. The Heavy Cruiser, USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in Dazzle camouflage paint, nearby. Sailors eating rations on camera ship deck. A battleship in camouflage paint, firing heavy guns at Saipan. Sailors aboard camera ship looking over the railing at something of interest. Behind them are stacks of spent shell casings. View of OS2U Kingfisher aircraft on catapult aboard the camera ship. Glimpse of what appears to be a triple turret of 6-inch guns. A Navy pilot, in flight gear, walks on deck, where sailors are stacking spent shell casings. Empty plane catapult in background.
Invasion of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II.. An aircraft in flight over a destroyer. Fire on the island. Men watch from the destroyer deck in the foreground. Smoke columns rise from the island. Another ship in the background. Gun barrels on the destroyer. Rail at the deck. An aircraft on the deck. Ships in sea.
Bombings in Tokyo, Japan during World War II. A bomb truck backs up to a United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber at an airfield on Saipan, Mariana Islands during the preparations for Tokyo bombing. A soldier writes 'Only the Beginning' on a bomb. The soldier wheeling a bomb cart to the underside of the aircraft. An airman on the top of the aircraft. A Commandant briefing the members of the 21st Bombing Command. Mission leader United States Air Force Brigadier General Emmett O'Donnell and Commanding General of 21st Bombing Command Brigadier General Haywood Hansell, Jr., look at a document and discuss on the airfield. USAAF pilot Robert Morgan, who piloted B-29 Dauntless Dotty, with another crew member. The men beside the B-29 Dauntless Dotty which would lead the team. B-29s lined up on a runway. B-29 Dauntless Dotty takes off. Several men on the airfield watch. A man beside a camera mounted on a tripod takes pictures. The B-29s take off one after the other. They head towards Tokyo. A map shows the flight path from Saipan island to Tokyo, Japan over the Pacific Ocean. Aerial view of Tokyo. The B-29s drop bombs over target areas. Explosions occur in the bombed areas. The B-29s drop more bombs over industrial targets. Explosions occur. The B-29s head back to Saipan after the bombardment. U.S. Army tents in Saipan. Japanese aircraft drop bombs over an airfield in Saipan. Thick clouds of smoke rise from the bombed areas. Wrecked B-29s in view. Flames and smoke rising from the bombed areas. Wreckage of the Japanese aircraft shot down in the raid. Men extinguishing fire. A B-29 taking off from the airfield.
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