FIRST B-29 RAID ON JAPAN TARGET TOKYO 1945 3446 | Tokyo
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Narrated by then-actor and later President of the United States Ronald Reagan, TARGET TOKYO presents the story of the first bombing raid on Tokyo by B-29 Superfortress bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces flying out of Saipan. B-29 crews are followed from their training staging at Grand Island, Nebraska to their bombing embarkation point on the island of Saipan. From there, the B-29 attack on the Nakajima aircraft plant outside Tokyo is depicted. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com God Bless America
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What happened to the two that didn't make it? Crews bail out?
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Great footage. Fortunately I was able to turn off Ronald Reagans Bullshit
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Hand picked draftees lol? That's like a happy slave!
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the Japanese started the war in the Pacific, occupied territories and
raped and slaughtered millions of people. Only in Hong Kong the Japanese
slaughtered more than 1 million people. Before the Japanese occupation,
there were 1.61 million people in Hong Kong. After the Japanese
occupation, only 0.6 million left. And then the Japanese claimed that
they liberated Asians from the evil white devils colonialism. This is
only the interest the Japanese paid for their war debt. Good and well
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God it is so nice to hear Ronald Reagans voice again. What has happened to this country with the election of a complete fool in Obama and the prospect of that liar Hillary?
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Go AMERICA!!
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American narrators of these documentaries get so dramatic lol
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Think we ought to do another bombing run with some stealth bombers just for good measure.
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19:43 Tokyo Racecourse
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What is the big gun at the tail end in 14:00?
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The music at 13:00 sounds familiar but I can't place it?
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What is that music at the beginning?
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The Japanese emperor Hirohito (1901 - 1989) was 100% responsible for this bombing, not American people. I live in Brazil.
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Why did USAAF in Europe insisted on "precision bombing" but used area bombing (city flattening) against Japan?
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where do you get off putting your ugly filthy disgraceful watermark on a public domain piece of history? You don't own the rights to it. If you had any decency and respect for those who died in WWII you'd flash a credit at the beginning and the end. Shame on you. You disgust me. Happy fucking memorial day
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Disgusting.
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The Conspiracy of Roosevelt
1937 Battle of Nanking - USA Enter the China War
1938 Battle of Chongqing - Attack to JP Army
1938 Burma Root = 200 Fighters, 100 Bombers
1938 Burma Root = Army, - 300,000 Soldiers
1938 Bomb on Many China Cities
1941/08 "Trade blockade" = ABCD encirclement
1941/10 "Halnote" = Declaration of war to Japan
1941/12 "Pearl Harbor" = Japan Attack !! -
Why do old documentaries have Looney Tunes music in the background? lol
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The '29 crews out of Grand Island, flew many training missions into the Caribbean, out of GI, well before their commitment took them to Japan. This presentation makes it appear that they just gathered in GI, then went off to Japan. As a kid growing up in GI, at the time, it was truly something to remember.
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Question...back then could they refuel the B 29 in the air ?? This goes to show you it does not pay to piss off the USA...