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U.S. Nuclear test "Cherokee" in Operation Redwing, off Namu Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.

First air drop test of a thermonuclear weapon. The weapon was dropped from a USAF B-52 bomber (not seen) that flew from Fred Island, Eniwetak (sometimes spelled Enewetak or Eniewetok), on May 21, 1956. View appears to be from an aircraft flying above altocumulus clouds, below higher stratiform layers. The film begins with a complete whiteout from the initial fireball. As that subsides, local stratiform clouds take on a rosy hue and the center fireball is seen rising above them. As the fireball rises, it takes on a somewhat hemispherical shape, flat on the bottom, from which a straight stem-like column extends toward the ground. The light of the explosion slowly fades and complete darkness ensues. Official accounts state that the intended ground zero was directly over Namu Island, but the flight crew mistook an observation facility on a different island for their targeting beacon with the result that the weapon delivery was grossly in error. The bomb detonated some 4 miles off target over the ocean northeast of Namu. As a result essentially all of the weapons effects data was lost. ( Note: According to ancillary reports, the delivery error resulted in blast overpressures and thermal effects on the 6 structural response targets between Iroij and Namu Islands, greatly exceeding specifications for any use in scientific military modeling of high yield aerial detonations. Plans for graded damages analysis failed when all the structures collapsed. Effects cameras also failed from the intense fireball heat.)

Location: Bikini Atoll Marshal Islands
Date: 1956, May 21
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046794
Raydist site on Bikini and Eniwetok atolls in Marshall Islands,Pacific Ocean.

Shows one of the many raydist site (HF & MF relay station) situated on the Bikini and Eniwetok atolls in Marshall Islands,Pacific Ocean . Aircraft carrier, USS Badoeng Strait in the Pacific Ocean. Several receiving antennas near radar trailers on the aircraft carrier. Radar dish on top of trailers on the Bikini atoll. Man checks radar antenna on top of trailer. Aerial shots of shoreline radar installations, an AFB and living quarters located on lagoon. Several United States Aircrafts that participated in Project Red Wing can be seen on the AFB.

Location: Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1956, March
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028980
USAF aircraft at an AFB on the Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall Island,Pacific Ocean.

Nuclear detonation on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean as part of the Operation Red Wing. A resultant mushroom cloud. Scenes of landing of several United States Air Force aircraft like B-52, B-47,B-66, B-57 on a United States AFB situated on the Eniwetok atoll (sometimes spelled Enewetak or Eniewetok) in Marshall Islands. Shows the aircraft carrier USS Badoeng Strait in Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Several US-airplanes like F-84F, F-101, B-52 and B-36 can be seen on the AFB. Maintenance crew can be seen working on a B-52's (Stratofortress) engines. Men working on the nose and wing section of a F-101 Voodoo. Technician working on the F-101's electronics equipment, opens its nose dome to reveal photo panel radiation gauges. Airman removes motion picture camera from the nose of F101. Technicians work at the instrumental panel of a B-57. Radiometer attached at tail section of B-66. Technician removes dust for radiation sample. Technicians work on the horizontal stabilizer of B-47 tail section.

Location: Eniwetok Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1956, March
Duration: 6 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028979
United States Army doctor examines Cold War atom bomb fallout victims near Bikini Atoll

United States Army doctor examine radiation sickness patients for fallout and radiation effects, including hair loss, likely after the disastrous atomic bomb BRAVO test at Bikini Atoll March 1, 1954 during the Cold War. U.S. Army doctor examines the eyes and teeth of an elderly Micronesian man and a little girl, as locals watch the procedure in Marshall Islands, near Bikini atoll. Army doctor examines scalp of a little boy and shows hair that has fallen out during the examination. Army doctor examines the scalp and skin of a Micronesian young woman. Micronesian young woman’s inner elbow show discoloration from radiation due to fallout. Army doctor examines the neck of a Micronesian woman. Likely residents of Rongelap Island or Utrik Atoll, which was engulfed in nuclear fallout after the BRAVO test.

Location: Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1954, March
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078698
The damaged aircraft carrier, a destroyer and a sinking ships at Bikini Atoll during Operation Crossroads in Marshall islands.

The damage caused due to an atom bomb test during Operation Crossroads on Bikini Atoll in Micronesian islands, Marshall Islands. An aircraft carrier sinks. Damaged aircraft carrier. Damage caused to Bikini atoll. A damaged destroyer. Some of the damage of the destroyer. Aircraft on the carrier and water being sprayed on it. A destroyer and the fire fighting equipment in operation. Aircraft carrier tilting on one side. Aircraft carrier sinks.

Location: Marshall Islands
Date: 1948
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032120
U.S. Navy personnel practice measures to be taken shortly before Atomic Bomb Test Able Day on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.

Atomic Bomb Test Able Day (Operation Crossroads) by the United States on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Navy personnel aboard a ship of a target fleet off the coast of Bikini Atoll. Cameramen set up their camera aboard the ship. The navy personnel being briefed on the deck of the ship. Personnel practice the measures to be taken during the atomic explosion and they cradle their arms across their face.

Location: Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1946, July 1
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075074
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