Preparations at Tinian: Preparing and Loading the Two Atomic Bombs for Delivery to Japan - Narrated by Fred J. Olivi, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret); 20 min. VHS Vintage Documentary.

The preparation and loading of the two atom bombs "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" on Tinian Island in the Pacific, as well as the dropping of "Fat Man" on Nagasaki are documented in this vintage film.  Shown in the film are the B-29 "Enola Gay", which dropped the "Little Boy" bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and the B-29 "Bockscar" which dropped the "Fat Man" bomb on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.  Fred J. Olivi, who narrates this film, was a 23 year old Army Air Corps pilot when he flew as co-pilot of the B-29 "Bockscar" on the historic mission to Nagasaki.

Some of the vintage film is in both black & white and color.  It is all original 509th Composite Group official footage and some portions of the film are of somewhat poor quality.  Excellent footage of "Bockscar" backing up under her own power (only the 15 B-29's assigned to the 509th had this capability) over the bomb pit containing "Fat Man".  Also, excellent color footage of the Enola Gay returning from the Hiroshima mission.

NOTE: Lt. Col. Fred Olivi passed away on April 8, 2004.