WWII: 1944 - X-Mas, Ball Game, Nurses vs Medics of 462nd Bombgroup Piardoba, India; 1945 - Tinian Scenes: Tennis by Donald Budgetal[?], Stage Show on Flying Line at Tinian Base
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Home movie shot while Rhodes Patterson was a reconnaissance photographer based in India and the Northern Mariana Islands during World War II.
Credits
Rhodes Patterson (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Rhodes Patterson Collection
Notes: The first half features a Christmas 1944 baseball game between cross-dressing medics and nurses at the Piardoba Airfield in India. Now abandoned, the airfield was home to the United States Army Air Force 462d Bombardment Group during World War II, prior to its deployment to the Mariana Islands.; The group relocated to West Field, Tinian, in the Northern Mariana Islands on April 4, 1945. The rest of the footage was shot there, and includes a tennis match and a musical stage performance.
Subjects: World War II, 1939-1945; Baseball; Leisure; Performances
Places: Asia > India > West Bengal; Oceania > Northern Mariana Islands > Tinian
Cfa elements: 400 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/5428
Notes: The first half features a Christmas 1944 baseball game between cross-dressing medics and nurses at the Piardoba Airfield in India. Now abandoned, the airfield was home to the United States Army Air Force 462d Bombardment Group during World War II, prior to its deployment to the Mariana Islands.; The group relocated to West Field, Tinian, in the Northern Mariana Islands on April 4, 1945. The rest of the footage was shot there, and includes a tennis match and a musical stage performance.
Subjects: World War II, 1939-1945; Baseball; Leisure; Performances
Places: Asia > India > West Bengal; Oceania > Northern Mariana Islands > Tinian
Cfa elements: 400 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/5428
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:10