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B-29 crews of 73rd Bomb Wing receive mission briefings at Isley Airbase, Saipan, Marianas Islands, during World War 2

United States Army Air Force B-29 crews prepare for a mission on Saipan, Marianas Islands, in the Pacific. Crews assembled outside a briefing hut. Crews who have already been briefed leave the briefing center. Those waiting enter. Views inside the briefing hall. Mission briefer refers to large map on the wall as he points out information and Japanese targets.

Location: Saipan Marianas Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051692
Prewar scenes of Tokyo, Japan, contrasted with results of incendiary bombing during World War II.

City scenes of prewar Tokyo, Japan. Traffic, pedestrians, railroad trains, and parks and places of interest in Tokyo before Allied bombing. People walking and crossing a busy street. View of Ginza district as seen from a moving car. A policeman in white directs the traffic. Hand opens a book on Japan. The hand opens to a page about Tokyo. The grounds of the Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan) as seen from Marunouchi. Men bowing down in front of a temple. Deer feeding in front of a pagoda. Scene changes to views of U.S. Army Air Force B-29 and B-24 bomber aircraft. Scenes of destruction and chaos on the ground in Tokyo following incendiary bomb raid by American B-29 aircraft of Tokyo, Japan, during World War 2. Japanese fighting fire; scenes of smoke and rubble on the ground in the city of Tokyo.

Location: Tokyo Japan
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051706
Effects of conventional bombs compared to incendiary bombs in tests against wooden structures, at Eglin Field in World War II

Tests to compare effects of conventional bombs to those of incendiaries,on wooden structures. Test conducted at Eglin Field, Florida, during World War 2. Actor Lee J. Cobb, portrays an Air Force Captain, seated at Project Officer's desk. He shows photographs of a wooden test house constructed similar to houses in Japan. View of wooden structure being ignited from within. The resultant fire is put out promptly. B-17 airplane in flight over the test area, drops conventional bombs, which destroy some of the test village houses. A second bombing using incendiary bombs that break apart and ignite many fires, produces greater destruction across the test village.

Location: Florida United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051710
Bombing tests using conventional and incendiary bombs against wooden structures, at Eglin Field, Florida, in World War II.

Tests by the U.S. Army Air Forces to assess the effectiveness of incendiary bombs against wooden structures (typical of Japanese homes) during World War 2. Tests conducted at Eglin Field, Florida. B-17 bomber drops conventional bombs on test village, producing considerable damage where they strike. In contrast, bombing with incendiaries produces fire and smoke engulfing the entire complex, and greater destruction and confusion on the ground.

Location: Florida United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051711
Dedication of Wright Field near Dayton, Ohio, in 1928.

In 1926, Frederick Patterson, in cab of a Steam shovel, breaks ground for the construction of Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. Horses pull wagons past the steam shovel. Dedication of Wright Field at Dayton in 1928. Flag raising ceremony shows Mr Orville Wright pulling the rope which raises the flag upon the pole. In addition to Orville Wright, the event was attended by Secretary of War, Davis; Judge (and Baseball Commissioner) Kenesaw Landis; Assistant Secretary, F. Trubee Davison; Air Corps Chief General Patrick, and others. Artillery salute is fired at the ceremony. Squdrons of airplanes fly overhead.

Location: Dayton Ohio USA
Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051733
The Pacific War Council and British and American General staffs meet at the White House in Second Washington Conference in World War II

Allies of the Pacific War Council met at the White House on June 25, 1942 Pictured with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (both seated) and Canadian Prime Minister, Mackenzie King, standing immediately behind and between them. Others, standing behind are: Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eelco N. van Kleffens, Australian representative, Stanley Melbourne Bruce. The tall man behind Prime Minster King, is British Vicount Halifax (Edward Wood). To his left is Chinese Foreign Minister T.V. Soong, and Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. The last person standing at the right, is Walter Nash, New Zealand's minister to the United States. Scene shifts to military leaders of the combined British and American General Staffs, meeting in the so-called Second Washington Conference (Code named Argonaut). Closeup of U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General George S. Marshall, conversing with lieutenant General Henry H (Hap) Arnold, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Another closeup shows U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Ernest King, conversing with Admiral William D. Leahy, personal Chief of Staff to President Roosevelt. Glimpse of British Military General Staff members.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1942, June
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051759
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