Signal Corps

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SAIPAN LANDING - No Captions
WW II

LS, damaged hangars on airfield on Saipan.

MLS, bulldozer preparing to clear strip.
MS to CU, detonation charge is set into ground by crew.
LS, charges going off.
Seq: Power shovels, bucket elevators, and trucks are used to re-
construct airstrip.
Narrow guage flatcars loaded with lumber and other supplies moving
out.
LS, tent encampment.
Sequences from Air Digest showing bombing missions to the Volcano
Islands and Yap Island.
Sound Portion:
Gen Henry H (Hap) Arnold is introduced to a B-29 Bomber crew by
Gen Lauris B Norstad.
The General asks them to deliver a message for him to the Japanese
that he will dictate. Record Group 111
Accession III-NAV-210
ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER , 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERBS/mle
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SAIPAN LANDING - No Captions Cont'd
WW II Cont'd

The message is chalked on a bomb and reads "To the War Lords of Japan
etc etc". Various scenes of flight of B-29s in the air.
AVs, unidentified terrain.
LS, B-29 in flight dropping bombs. AVs, smoke from exploding bombs.
AV, above clouds as the sun sinks in the distance.
Night shots, burning fires, plane and truck afire.
Travel shot, open countryside; clouds of smoke in the bg.
MS, burning planes on airstrip,

ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERBS/mle

Record Group 111

Accession III-NAV-210