497th BG, 498th BG, 499th BG, 500th BG, Saipan Harbor & Airfield; B-29 Takeoffs & Landings, 3/4/45

About this film

U.S. Army Air Forces silent Combat Subjects film #3338. Welders near harbor. Men playing baseball. Trucks at harbor. Clapperboard: "CARANO, INVASION FORCE FOR IWO JIMA TOP SECRET" Footage of ships in Saipan harbor. Clapperboard: "CARANO, PRELUDE TO INVASION, TOP SECRET" Shots of harbor area and airfield. Footage of air field at night. B-29s take off in the dark. Clapperboard: "LOCANTORE, ROLL 3" View from ground: B-29s in flight overhead. B-29s land on airfield. B-29 with "Z square" tail code [500th BG]. B-29s land. "LOCANTORE, ROLL 5, B-29s RETURN, 3/4/45" Bomber with "A square' tail code [497th BG] lands. Bomber with "V square' tail code [499th BG] lands. B-29 with "Z square" tail code [500th BG lands. B-29 with "T square" tail code [498th BG lands. Bomber with "A square' tail code [497th BG] lands.] Footage at night? Daytime blurred shots of B-29s landing. B-29 with "Z square 29" taxiis. Air crew near parked bomber. Crew sits on ground. B-29 with "Z square 45" taxiis. Personnel on flight line. B-29 flying overhead. B-29 with "Z square" taxiis. Crew near parked bomber. National Archives Identifier: 4878 no description listed as "Saipan Harbor & Airfield; B-29 Takeoffs & Landings"…

Directors & creators

United States. Army Air Forces

Subjects

B-29 Bomber, WWII, United States. Army Air Forces, World War, 1939-1945, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Bombardment Group (H), 497th, World War II, Army Air Forces -- Combat Subjects, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Bombardment Group (H), 498th, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Bombardment Group (H), 499th, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Bombardment Group (H), 500th, Baseball, Aviation Ground Crews

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