Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Special Film Projects Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1970. TARGET TOKYO

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Special Film Projects Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1970. TARGET TOKYO

1945

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On the formation of the 21st Bomber Command and its activities through its first combat mission. Consists largely of ground and aerial views of B-29's. Reel 1, troops arrive and set up a camp at Grand Island, Neb. The command flies from Nebraska to San Francisco, to Pearl Harbor, to Saipan. Shows Gens. Hansell and Harmon. Reel 2, crews rest and play. Japanese planes attack, damaging planes and buildings; some planes are downed. Crews are briefed and then man planes, fly to Tokyo, bomb Musashina factory (Nov. 24, 1944), and return to Saipan. Shows flak concentrations and enemy fighters over Tokyo. General Arnold promises more attacks.

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Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950

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Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the only U.S. Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the wo...

Hansell, Haywood S.

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Haywood Hansell joined the Army in 1928 to learn how to fly. He quickly became a stunt pilot and barnstormed with the Air Corps Aerobatic team called "The Men on the Flying Trapeze." After the United States entered World War II, he was sent to England and worked with the staff of Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was promoted to Brigadier General in 1942, was commander of bombardment wings of the Eighth Air Force, and flew on air raids in B-17's. He was later assigned to the Pacific and flew B-29's on th...

Harmon, Millard Fillmore, 1888-1945

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Millard Fillmore Harmon (b. Jan. 19, 1889, San Francisco, Calif.-d. Feb. 26, 1945), U.S. Army officer, graduated from West Point in 1912 and earned his wings in 1916. He served with the 1st Aero Squadron during the Mexico expedition and flew with a French aviation unit in combat in World War I. A graduate of Command and General Staff School and the Army War College, he became Chief of the Air Staff, Army Air Force, commanding general of U.S. Army Forces South Pacific, then Army Air Forces Pacifi...