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Men and women put on socks and shoes near an open fireplace in Fort Richardson, Alaska.

Man and woman put on socks and shoes near an open fireplace in Fort Richardson, Alaska. A man stands nearby them.

Location: Fort Richardson Alaska USA
Date: 1955, February 2
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034980
U.S. Army training in cold weather at Camp Denali in Alaska; 105mm howitzer, parachuting.

US Army soldier looks through sights of 105mm howitzer at Camp Denali in Alaska. The howitzer is loaded. Four Army soldiers with rifles in cold weather gear. Aircraft in flight and view of side door open as soldiers jump from aircraft to parachute to landing site. Interior view of aircraft as bomb bay doors open and supplies are dropped through the bomb bay toward snow covered ground below. Four Army soldiers with packs, wear heavy winter clothes in deep snow.

Location: Alaska Camp Denali USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035032
Army soldier gives instructions and points in Fort Richardson, Alaska.

Army soldier gives instructions and points in Fort Richardson, Alaska. A building in the background.

Location: Fort Richardson Alaska USA
Date: 1955, January 17
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035057
Men remove dead bodies from a plane crashed into a mountain killing 66 people in United States.

1955 air disasters in the United States. Wreckage of United Air Lines Flight 629, a Douglas DC-6B aircraft (N37559, Mainliner Denver) that was blown up over Longmont, Colorado on November 1, 1955, by a dynamite bomb placed in the checked luggage. The crash site of United Air Lines Flight, a Douglas DC-4 propline (N30062), in Medicine Bow Peak, near Laramie, Wyoming. Dead bodies carried out from wrecked plane. Crowd watches.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052616
Preparations for the "Apple Two" atomic test shot and associated U.S. Army's "Desert Rock VI" exercise, at the Nevada Test site

The U.S. Army prepares for its "Desert Rock 6" atomic maneuvers and tests , as part of Operation Teapot atomic tests in 1955. U.S. Army troops in trucks, pass through entry gates, headed for ground zero of atomic test shot "Apple 2" , the 13th in this series, scheduled for May 5, 1955, at the Nevada test site. A soldier with clipboard notes their passing. Next, the Control Center Building is shown. It displays several types of antennas. View from inside the building. Vehicles moving in area near the control center. Low-level aerial view of the "ground zero" area. Men walking into a bunkered shelter housing instruments for measuring atomic explosion data. View upward from ground, of instrumentation being setup on a steel tower outdoors. Glimpse of a soldier who will be participating in the exercise. A technician adjusting instruments atop the steel tower. Soldiers walking into ground zero and inspecting an artillery piece there to determine the planned explosion's effects on it. Other things placed in the area to determine effects atomic explosive effects on them include: sand-bagged emplacement; a jeep (labeled, Test Equip. off limits); a 155mm howitzer; A Browning heavy machine gun; portable field radio; trench mortar; simulated soldiers, including steel helmet and rifle; trees; an unsheltered North American B-45 tornado aircraft; and Republic P-47 aircraft in both sheltered and dug-in positions. Workmen are seen erecting buildings in a model village (including mannequins representing occupants and food to be tested). M-48 Patton tanks and their crews, part of "Task Force Razor" are seen raising dust as they travel across deserts to the Nevada test site. Army soldiers performing maintenance on their tanks and equipment prior to entering the test site. More trucks and equipment approaching the test site.

Location: Nevada United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073527
Parachutists jump from C-119 aircraft at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.

Cargo stacked on snow covered ramp at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. C-124 aircraft on flight line. Military man rolls up parachute. Parachutists jump from C-119 aircraft. One of the parachutists. Men dressed in white have dark parachutes. Parachutist lands. Parachutist immediately after fastening parachute, disengages parachute from himself.

Location: Alaska Elmendorf Air Force Base USA
Date: 1955, January 20
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035047
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