United News. Release 131 (1944), Saipan, 1944 - Base for the B-29sUnited News. Release 131 (1944), Saipan, 1944 - Base for the B-29s
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Airstrips are constructed on Saipan, the first B-29 lands there, and General Haywood Hansel greets the crew; General Arnold greets B-29 crews in Washington, D.C. 2. President Roosevelt and others gather in the White House as Cordell Hull resigns; Secretary of State Stettinius speaks at a Variety Club dinner. 3. C-82 transport planes are tested; a lifeboat being dropped at sea from a B-17. 4. Mail is transferred from a mail ship to a destroyer by breeches buoy. 5. Japanese planes attack a convoy off Leyte; U.S. troops advance across the island; General MacArthur.
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