From "The Last Bomb", showing U.S. Army Air Forces bombing targets in and over Japan during World War 2. B-29s taxi on airfield and take off from runway. Crew in cockpit of aircraft. More B-29s taxi on runway at Tinian airfield. B-29s leave flight lines at Saipan airfield. B-29s taxi and take off from runway. Last B-29 takes off from Saipan airfield. Controller in tower talking into radio. Controller in Guam attends phone call. Take off times of each wing are noted by men at desk. Man attaches copy on report board. B-29 in flight over Pacific Ocean. Crew inside the plane. Navigator marks the chart. Aircraft makes run over Iwo Jima Island. Bulldozer leveling the surface at Sulfur island of Iwo Jima. P51s parked at airfield. Officers discuss around chart. P-51s warm up in flight line. P-51s taking off from airfield. Group of P-51s in flight. Controller at Guam talks over phone. Officer marks positions of each wing on mission board. P-51s fly low over water. Pilot of P-51 speaks. Crewman's hand at instrument panel. P-51s in flight behind B-29s. Smoke marker is dropped from an aircraft. Groups of planes separate. B-29s defend against attacking Japanese planes. A Japanese plane drops phosphorous bomb which explodes in the way of formation of B-29s. P-51 peels off to attack Japanese plane and protect B-29. P-51 fires at Japanese plane. Japanese plane is hit and goes down in flames. Formation of B-29s heading for mission. B-29s dropping bombs on Tokyo.
Passengers are interviewed as they prepare to depart on the Zeppelin LZ 129 "Hindenburg" from Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. One passenger smokes pipe. Close view of a lady passenger. A young U.S. Naval officer, wearing Naval aviator wings, poses for photograph. Huge tail fin of the German airship Hindenburg with the Nazi swastika emblem.
Airship LZ-129 Hindenburg in flight over Lakehurst Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey. The Hindenburg Airship at mooring tower. The U.S. Navy dirigible, ZR-3 (USS Los Angeles LZ-126) is seen in background. Ground crews maneuver the Hindenburg's tail around a circular track to reposition it. A man stands on one of the Hindenburg's engine nacelles, by the propeller, as the ship is rotated. Ground crewmen pull on cluster of lines to maneuver the Hindenburg.
People gathered outside a dirigible hangar building at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, to look at the German zeppelin Hindenburg, parked inside. A railroad train is parked outside the hangar, with smoke rising from its locomotive. The crowd enters the hangar by a side entrance. Crowds entering are monitored by a U.S. Marine.
Steam locomotive pulls long passenger train up to dirigible hangar at Lakehurst Naval Air Station.Visitors crowded aroung outside the hangar to see the German dirigible, LZ 129, Hindenburg, parked inside the hangar. Crowd enters the gate of the building. Sign overhead reads 'No Packages or Cameras allowed inside hangar'. The visitors are monitored by U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy personnel, as they enter the hangar.
Steam locomotive pulls long passenger train up to dirigible hangar at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey. Engine of train emits smoke. People leave the train after arrival and walk to side entrance of the hangar, where they queue up to enter and view the dirigible Hindenburg (LZ-129) parked inside.
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