Boeing B29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures (1945)

This government documentary short film describes the concerns of the US Army Air Forces over the safe effective and expeditious handling of the loading of bombs onto the Boeing B29 Superfortress heavy bomber A colonel briefs a command board on the problems inherent in the initial bombloading processes and the losses and injuries resultant from those processes He then informs the board as to the development of new model hoists for loading bombs The commanding general asks for approval from the board and following input from an AAF tactical officer the new hoist is approved