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Post-WWII - 1945, Military Returning: Three B-29s Fly Non-Stop From Japan to US. Sep45

Reel Number: 220469-38

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1945,1940s

Country: USA

Location: CHICAGO, Illinois,Washington, DC

TC Begins: 04:27:56

TC Ends: 04:28:58

Duration: 00:01:02

Post-WWII - 1945, Military Returning: Three B-29s Fly Non-Stop From Japan to US. Sep45 Intertitle: Three B-29s Fly Non-Stop From Japan to U.S. 04:28:02 Aerial of USAAF Superfortress past Mt. Rainier / mountain. 04:28:08 Intertitle: Chicago & landing in Chicago, Silverplate B-29 (numeral 2 on tail) turning on tarmac. 04:28:15 Pilots / Generals Emmett Rosie O’Donnell, Curtis LeMay & Barney Giles pose. Bombardier Kermit Beahan who dropped Nagasaki atom bomb comes out of plane, CU Beahan. Silverplate B-29 passing low at taking off. 04:28:34 Intertitle: Washington. Night & crew off plane, Barney Giles welcomed by Gen. Hap Arnold. ?? greeted by wife. Men shake hands w/ Hap Arnold beside microphones. Post-WW2; Heroes; Modified Aircraft; Atomic Bomb; 1940s; Celebrities; Military Heroes;

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