In honor of Armed Forces Day 2016
"Absolutely fantastic footage of some the members of what I consider to be THE GREATEST GENERATION!!! Riveting, to say the least.
To think of 600 B-29s all taking off to bomb Japan at one time is beyond my imagination.
We hear so much about the Atom Bomb raids on Japanese cities by B-29s that we forget these raids took place before that...... at least I do.
This is video from the color film archives so is of rather poor quality....especially at full screen. The narration(audio) isn't too bad.
Please notice it is the Army Air Force (corps). This is spectacular live footage of the 3,000 round trip mile air assault upon the Japanese mainland,
with 3 bomber wings and a host of P-51's. This is the real way to end a war. No matter what war footage you ever saw before, this is the real deal
and will keep your undivided attention. The P-51 & B29 footage is remarkable. The strafing runs by the P-51 pilots were incredible.
There are several break as the film canisters are changed, just wait for the count down
(View Full Screen/Sound On) B-29/P-51 Actual WWII Footage"
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