Location: North Field, Tinian Island, Marianas,Pacific
TC Begins: 06:00:09
TC Ends: 06:10:00
Duration: 00:09:51
WWII - 1945, Tinian Field: Crew of Enola Gay & The Great Artiste Interviewed. 15Aug45
Officers and men standing in front of the aircraft which dropped the first atomic bomb - B29 - Enola Gay. Brigadier General Thomas F. Farrell, Deputy Commander of Atom Bomb Project gives interview re responsibility of seeing that the atom bomb is always used for good and never for evil.
Navy Captain William Sterling Parsons, scientific representative aboard Enola Gay recounts his journey on the Enola Gay says it went better than rehearsals at Iwo Jima.
Colonel Paul Tibbets, Jr. pilot of Enola Gay tells of experience in dropping the bomb on Hiroshima. Commander Frederick L. Ashworth USN scientific observer aboard Bockscar which observed dropping of Fat Boy tells of experiences over Nagasaki.
Major Tomas Ferebee bombardier of Enola Gay, USN tells of bombing.
Major Charles W. Sweeney, pilot of the second B-29 which dropped its bomb on Nagasaki. Says they failed to reach primary target & dropped bomb on secondary target of Nagasaki. Captain Kermit Beahan - Bombadier on second plane. Captain Theodore J. Van Kirk - navigator of the Enola Gay tells of going over coast of Japan.
Shots of Enola Gay - CU name
WW2; Atomic Bomb; Firsts;
NOTE: Crew of The Great Artiste flew Bockscar which dropped Fat Boy on Nagasaki, see wikipedia for explanation.
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WWII - 1945, Tinian Field: Crew of Enola Gay & The Great Artiste Interviewed. 15Aug45 Officers and men standing in front of the aircraft which dropped the first atomic bomb - B29 - Enola Gay. Brigadier General Thomas F. Farrell, Deputy Commander of Atom Bomb Project gives interview re responsibility of seeing that the atom bomb is always used for good and never for evil. Navy Captain William Sterling Parsons, scientific representative aboard Enola Gay recounts his journey on the Enola Gay says it went better than rehearsals at Iwo Jima. Colonel Paul Tibbets, Jr. pilot of Enola Gay tells of experience in dropping the bomb on Hiroshima. Commander Frederick L. Ashworth USN scientific observer aboard Bockscar which observed dropping of Fat Boy tells of experiences over Nagasaki. Major Tomas Ferebee bombardier of Enola Gay, USN tells of bombing. Major Charles W. Sweeney, pilot of the second B-29 which dropped its bomb on Nagasaki. Says they failed to reach primary target & dropped bomb on secondary target of Nagasaki. Captain Kermit Beahan - Bombadier on second plane. Captain Theodore J. Van Kirk - navigator of the Enola Gay tells of going over coast of Japan. Shots of Enola Gay - CU name WW2; Atomic Bomb; Firsts; NOTE: Crew of The Great Artiste flew Bockscar which dropped Fat Boy on Nagasaki, see wikipedia for explanation.