ABOUT US
About the Irving and Reba Winkler Estate Collection
The Irving and Reba Winkler Estate Collection is owned by Ilona Winkler, Henry Benjamin Winkler and Betty Winkler.
Irving Winkler served as an officer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Among his posts were Hawaii and Tinian.
About Lieutenant
Irving Winkler
Lt. Irving Winkler was stationed in Hawaii in November 1942. He was stationed in Tinian, in the Marianas from Fall 1944 to June 1945. Tinian was the busiest airport in the world in 1945, as the U.S. Armed Forces used it as a base to bomb the Empire of Japan. This culminated in August 1945, when B-29 Superfortresses, stationed on Tinian, dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hastening the end of World War II.
Lt. Irving Winkler on Tinian, 1944–45
Color Slides
The two boxes of slides that contain over 700 color slides from the Pacific theater. The Navy blanket was from the period Irv Winkler was attached to the Navy.
Black and White Images
The two recently discovered cigar boxes of negatives that contain the approximately 1000 black and white images from the Pacific Theater.
Now Available!
Questions & Answers
About Our Films & Photos
What is in the Film?
Irving Winkler Pacific Films (1942-1945)* is a silent film, with no audio, so notes will be included to the download of this version of the film, to help you identify what you are watching.
This film, digitized from 16mm movie film, much in color, features President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a motorcade in Honolulu, July 1944, seated with General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nitmitz; First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in Honolulu, August 1943; Natives and U.S. Military personnel on Palmyra Island and the Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu); and extensive footage of Tinian Island, in the Marianas. Scenes on Tinian include several B-29 Superfortress bombers (Including one of the 1st landings); P-51 Mustang fighters; damaged Japanese aircraft, tank, artillery and buildings; Japanese soldiers surrendering in the field; Japanese, Korean and native (Chamorros) civilians, Assemblies, with lots of military personnel in the crowds, include Civilian Talent Show, USO Show, Baseball and new dock dedication.
This video file is almost 24GB. Make sure you have enough room on your computer, USB drive, external drive or other storage device you plan to download your order.
Can I view the photos before I buy them?
The World War II Era Photos from Tinian, Hawaii and other Pacific locales* are available for free viewing at ihbwink.com
Subjects include U.S. military personnel, Hawaiian natives, Tinian natives (Chamorros), Ellice Islands natives, Japanese and Koreans, B-29 Superfortresses, P-51 Mustang fighters, Japanese P.O.W.s, flora and fauna, flag-raising on Tinian, disembarkment of wounded from Okinawa.
For further descriptions of the film or slides, please visit our Historic World War II Era Photos and Films website at: ihbwink.com
The versions for sale have been scanned and digitized in high resolution: 35mm color slides at 1200 dpi and 35mm black & white negatives at 2400 dpi. The photo(s) you receive will have a copyright mark in the lower right corner, but the semi-transparent watermark copyrights, covering photos at ihbwink.com, are removed.
Photo sets can be as big as 32GB. Make sure you have enough room on your computer, USB drive, external drive or other storage device on which you plan to download your order.
How do I order?
If you did not get an order form, write to the above email address requesting a Winkler Enterprises Order Form. Fill it out and email (if using paypal.com ) or mail with check to the above address. Call or email if you have any further questions.
Why doesn’t Winkler Enterprises offer DVDs, USB thumb drives or other formats?
Better quality and better affordability! A digital file usually has better resolution than a DVD. No inventory or manufacturing costs mean we pass savings onto you. Downloads only means No Sales Tax! No Shipping Costs!
Instead, you can download to any storage device. May we suggest downloading directly to a USB thumb drive plugged into your computer. Why? Most TVs now have a USB port. After loading your own USB thumb drive with the movie, photos and/or slide show, you can stick in into your TV’s USB port and watch on your big screen, as well as your computer. Call or email us if you have more questions or need help.
How do I get the film or photos?
After we receive your order and payment, we will send you an email with a link (or links). Clicking or copying this link will take you to a Google Drive shared webpage, where you can download your purchase.
Do you license your film footage or photos for broadcasting or commercial purposes?
Yes! Besides the private study/student projects license, we have other licenses and rates for print, broadcast, exhibition and other commercial purposes. Contact Ben Winkler at the address, phone or email above in the letterhead.
What is Winkler Enterprises?
Our father, Irving Winkler, who served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. saved these photos and film footage from his time in the Pacific Theater, October 1942 to June 1945.
Winkler Enterprises is the way The Estate of Irving and Reba Winkler makes their collection of films and photos available to residents of the Marianas, Veterans, and their families, as well as the general public. Besides selling digital copies of the film footage and photos, Winkler Enterprises has donated copies of the entire collection to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Archives at the Northern Marianas College, Saipan and the B-29 Museum, Pratt, Kansas. Winkler Enterprises also loans out or licenses material to military veterans’ reunions and other gatherings.
Ben Winkler runs Winkler Enterprises.
* The Photos and the film footage is © 2017 Irving & Reba Winkler Estate Collection. All rights reserved.
The film is © 2018 Henry Benjamin Winkler. All rights reserved.
Licensed: for private study/student projects. No rights for duplication, distribution, and/or exhibition are granted or implied.
Under this license, Henry Benjamin Winkler, Betty L. Winkler, Ilona R. Winkler and affiliate persons, organizations and/or businesses will be the sole owners of all rights to these photographs, images, films and/or recordings, which may be copyrighted under his/her/their name(s).