THE LAST BOMB Part 1

Description

Summary: B-29 & P-51 operations, Saipan, July, 1945. 1) ADS B-29. Formation flying. Three B-29s in full view dropping bombs on island. Smoke coming up from island after bomb drop. 2) ADS Island. 3) ELS down on seven B-29s flying over water, and over coast. 4) LS target smoking from bomb burst. 5) INT B-29, bombardier, pilot, co-pilot and navigator. 6) Formation flying of four P-51s, 3/4 up shot. Peel off. Camera pans on eight P-51s in a row. Only four or five visible at one time. First group of four peel from the right. Second group of four peel from the left. 7) Formation flying of four P-51s in a line, R 3/4 upshot. Camera pans back to another formation. Four P-51s SV. 8) CU nose of P-51, wing, pilot in view. 9) Formation flying four P-51s RV upshot. Camera pans to other formation of P-51s side view. 10) Formation flying four P-51s side view. Pans to formation of three. 11) MCU Formation of P-51s SV upshot. P-51s drop wing tanks, peel off.

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities