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WWII - 1944, Pacific Island Airfield & Cemetery, 06Dec44

Reel Number: 220643-07

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1944

Country: Northern Mariana Islands,Pacific

Location: Tinian ?

TC Begins: 04:53:39

TC Ends: 05:00:06

Duration: 00:06:27

WWII - 1944, Pacific Island Airfield & Cemetery, 06Dec44 GIs filling sandbags on beach. Marine cemetery / war graves. American flag flying. CU cross with Unknown painted on. 04:54:40 Slate: “War Bond Story “ Ships in harbour. Airfield - P-47s buzz runway 04:55:45 Interior field hospital - men in beds (soft focus) Trucks being filled with sand from pit. B-29s landing. Trucks filled with sand. Ground crew working on engine - run to foxhole. Anti-aircraft gun (Ack Ack) not fired. Nose art on B-29 Devils Delight. Sign on wheel: “A member of the B-29 formation to first bomb Tokyo Nov241944.” Men cleaning aircraft. WW2;

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