No Movie Tonight by Jack Delano, 1945 - 20
I ran across this very unique photo album at the Library of Congress Archives. I was so impressed with it but saw it needed restoration. I decided to download what was available and restore the items as a historical tribute to creator Jack Delano and the 314th Bombardment Wing based at the North Field on Guam in 1945. The originals do not belong to me.
*** Library Of Congress Text ***
No Movie Tonight (Photo Album) by Jack Delano, 1945
Title: No movie tonight, 24 hours at a B-29 field / pictures and text by Jack Delano.
Other Title: No movie tonite
Creator(s): Delano, Jack, photographer Delano, Jack, author
Date Created/Published: [1945 ]
Medium: 1 album (57 photographic prints, 4 leaves of text, 1 map) ; 27 x 34 cm.
Summary: Photographs (without captions) show military personnel and aircraft at an American B-29 base in Guam during World War II. Includes the activities of ground and air crews before and after bombing missions over Uwajima, Japan, July 13 1945. Accompanying text describes the preparation for the bombing raids, the tensions the men experience while they wait for the B-29's return from their mission, and the activities of the flight crews upon return to base. The title, "No movie tonight" was taken from a sign posted on the base indicating there would be a bombing raid that night, hence no movie would be shown for the entertainment of the soldiers. There is a photo of the sign in the album. One map, captioned "The mission of 13 July, 1945" identifies Japanese cities targeted for bombing missions by American forces stationed in the Mariana Islands.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-13572 (digital files from original album)
Rights Advisory: Publication restricted. Written permission required.
Access Advisory: Served by appointment only.
Call Number: LOT 13832 (H) [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Notes:
Photographs are various sizes. The largest measure 27 x 34 cm, the smallest measure 7.5 x 5 cm.
Delano produced this unique photo book while stationed in Guam waiting for his discharge papers from the Army. It was not commissioned by the Army or any other official organization. The negatives were later lost (this information from Jack Delano's son Pablo).
Title from album page [3].
Album pages, originally spiral bound, are now unbound. Page numbering has been assigned by LC staff and may not reflect Delano's original sequence. One small portrait photograph of a "gunner" is lacking, [pg. __].
Purchase; Pablo Delano; 2006; (DLC/PP-2006:089).
Subjects:
United States.--Army Air Forces--People--Guam.
World War, 1939-1945--Military life--American--Guam.
World War, 1939-1945--Air operations--American--Japan.
Air warfare--1940-1950.
Air bases--American--Guam--1940-1950.
Bombers--American--Guam--1940-1950.
Format:
Gelatin silver prints--1940-1950.
Group portraits--1940-1950.
Portrait photographs--1940-1950.
Collections:
Groups of Images (LOTs)
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No Movie Tonight by Jack Delano, 1945 - 20
I ran across this very unique photo album at the Library of Congress Archives. I was so impressed with it but saw it needed restoration. I decided to download what was available and restore the items as a historical tribute to creator Jack Delano and the 314th Bombardment Wing based at the North Field on Guam in 1945. The originals do not belong to me.
*** Library Of Congress Text ***
No Movie Tonight (Photo Album) by Jack Delano, 1945
Title: No movie tonight, 24 hours at a B-29 field / pictures and text by Jack Delano.
Other Title: No movie tonite
Creator(s): Delano, Jack, photographer Delano, Jack, author
Date Created/Published: [1945 ]
Medium: 1 album (57 photographic prints, 4 leaves of text, 1 map) ; 27 x 34 cm.
Summary: Photographs (without captions) show military personnel and aircraft at an American B-29 base in Guam during World War II. Includes the activities of ground and air crews before and after bombing missions over Uwajima, Japan, July 13 1945. Accompanying text describes the preparation for the bombing raids, the tensions the men experience while they wait for the B-29's return from their mission, and the activities of the flight crews upon return to base. The title, "No movie tonight" was taken from a sign posted on the base indicating there would be a bombing raid that night, hence no movie would be shown for the entertainment of the soldiers. There is a photo of the sign in the album. One map, captioned "The mission of 13 July, 1945" identifies Japanese cities targeted for bombing missions by American forces stationed in the Mariana Islands.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-13572 (digital files from original album)
Rights Advisory: Publication restricted. Written permission required.
Access Advisory: Served by appointment only.
Call Number: LOT 13832 (H) [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Notes:
Photographs are various sizes. The largest measure 27 x 34 cm, the smallest measure 7.5 x 5 cm.
Delano produced this unique photo book while stationed in Guam waiting for his discharge papers from the Army. It was not commissioned by the Army or any other official organization. The negatives were later lost (this information from Jack Delano's son Pablo).
Title from album page [3].
Album pages, originally spiral bound, are now unbound. Page numbering has been assigned by LC staff and may not reflect Delano's original sequence. One small portrait photograph of a "gunner" is lacking, [pg. __].
Purchase; Pablo Delano; 2006; (DLC/PP-2006:089).
Subjects:
United States.--Army Air Forces--People--Guam.
World War, 1939-1945--Military life--American--Guam.
World War, 1939-1945--Air operations--American--Japan.
Air warfare--1940-1950.
Air bases--American--Guam--1940-1950.
Bombers--American--Guam--1940-1950.
Format:
Gelatin silver prints--1940-1950.
Group portraits--1940-1950.
Portrait photographs--1940-1950.
Collections:
Groups of Images (LOTs)
Bookmark This Record: