WWII - 1944, Pacific War: B-29s Bomb Tokyo From New U.S. Air Base On Saipan

WWII - 1944, Pacific War: Saipan Airstrip Construction; B-29 Crew w/ General Arnold; First B-29, Saipan Main title: Movietone News over military montage. 04:01:30 Intertitle: B-29s Bomb Tokyo From New U.S. Air Base On Saipan 04:01:37 Construction of new air strip on Saipan w/ many dump trucks moving coral (?), unloading. Laying asphalt runway. Explosion, man pushing plunger, running. 04:01:51 MCU roller, LS airstrip workers. 04:01:57 B-29 crew shakes hands w/ Hap Arnold in Washington, DC before going to Saipan for missions to bomb Tokyo. Arnold picks a bomb on cart; crew writes message on it “To the warlords of Japan we have not forgotten - the B-29s will remind you again, and again & again!!!” CU. 04:02:27 First Superfortress lands on Saipan; crowd on airfield around B-29. Greetings. 04:02:48 Map re Japan assault. 04:02:55 Superfortresses take off & in flight w/ aerial shots. WW2 Pacific Army Air Force Bases; 1940s; USAAF; Mariana Islands;