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Marines leave Pearl Harbor to invade Eniwetok Atoll (WWII)

United States Marines leave for Eniwetok Atoll from Pearl Harbor during World War II. travel to a dock by truck as they prepare to leave Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Trucks and Jeeps pass by Quonset huts. The Marines prepare for invasion of Eniwetok Atoll. Sailors pull netting away. United States Navy ships are docked on Pearl Harbor. A sailor watches a ship depart for Eniwetok Atoll. Marines crowd a ship deck. Ships and attack transport attack Pearl Harbor. Submarine netting. Marines on deck of transport. Gun crew practice firing with naval machine gun. Machine guns fired. Bullets shoot upwards. Tracers seen near the target. United States Commanders Admirals Harry W. Hill, John T. Walker and Thomas E. Watson deliberate on plans to capture Eniwetok onboard. Boatswain's Mate blowing whistle. Sailors repair rope ladder. Sailors and Marines play boardgames such as checkers onboard. Invasion leaders studying models. Marines receive their K rations. A Marine cleans his rifle. Naval bombardment at Eniwetok Atoll. United States ships firing at Japanese positions on the atoll. A group of aircraft in flight. Shells exploding on atoll. Barges and landing crafts approach the island. Marines and soldiers watch as the landing craft approach the atoll. Marines crouch after landing on the beach. A soldier digging a dugout. An amphibious truck lands at Eniwetok Atoll beach.

Location: Pearl Harbor Hawaii USA
Date: 1944, February
Duration: 8 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041090
American outpost built at the Enewetak Atoll in Marshall Islands for atomic testing.

Covers events relating to the Operation Greenhouse atomic tests. Shows U.S. troops and men at an American outpost at Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in Marshall Islands. A water pumping station on the island. Boats and small planes provide transport facility on the island. The test island serve as a learning ground to U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force. Tanks fitted with measuring instruments are stationed near the Zero Tower to measure the radioactivity ,heat and pressure generated at the time of blast. Reinforced concrete buildings are build to withstand the atomic blast. Test objects like an airplane wing and fuselage section are positioned to study the effect of blast on them. U.S. parachute troopers stand beside a transport plane. Commander and his crew at the Joint Task Headquarters in Perry Islands,USA, make final decisions before the atomic test on Enewetak. Unmanned B-17s and fighter jets take off at night to collect valuable information during the blast. View of the atomic bomb explosion and its effect on the buildings at the test island.

Location: Enewetak Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1951
Duration: 5 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028990
Activities on the Enewetak Atoll just before the Operation Sandstone atomic bomb tests.

Covers the events just before the atomic bomb tests (Operation Sandstone) on the Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in the Marshall Islands. U.S. parachute troopers board a transport plane. Scenes of men working on communication systems. Tests and experiments are conducted in the laboratories and valuable data collected. Light aircraft is used to ferry scientists from one point to another. An air laboratory inside a plane to collect valuable information. Men prepare to leave Eniwetok. Scientists and technicians make a last minute inspection of all the necessary instruments before leaving the island. U.S. ships loaded with men move to safer water. Unmanned B-17 drone aircraft takes off to capture traces of the atomic cloud. Men prepare to trigger the atomic bomb on the Eniwetok atoll.

Location: Enewetak Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1948
Duration: 4 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028985
U.S. Marines head towards Eniwetok Atoll in landing crafts during World War II.

Amphibious operation by U.S. Marines and Army Troops at Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall islands during World War II. Film taken from onboard the attack transport USS Neville, APA-9. Starboard side view of the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43, in measure 32/1d camouflage. Starboard side view of the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, CA-35, 1943 measure 21 camouflage. Port side view of the battleship USS Pennsylvania, BB-38, in measure 21 camouflage. Port side view of the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43, in measure 32/1d camouflage. Stern view of hospital ship USS Solace, AH-5. Smoke rises from the coast of the atoll from bombardment. Marines of the 22nd Marine Regiment on the deck of USS Neville preparing to board landing craft. LCV being lowered along side the ship into the sea. LCV (Landing Craft, Vehicle) loaded with troops pulls away. Landing Crafts Personnel underway as they circle. Other attack transport ships in the background. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) comes up on a beach at Eniwetok Atoll.

Location: Eniwetok Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1944, February
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077518
U.S. Army 106th Infantry Regiment in amphibious assault at Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands during World War II.

Amphibious operation by U.S. Army 16th Infantry Regiment troops on Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall islands during World War 2. U.S. soldiers hunkered down on steep rocky shore of Eniwetok during the assault. An M4A2 Sherman tank of the U.S. Marines 2d Separate Tank Company, with triangle 1 marking is parked nearby. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT)( hits the beach. An LCV (Landing Craft, Vehicle) approaches the beach and ramp being lowered. An M-7 Priest self-propelled gun exits the LCV. An M4 Sherman tank with diamond 3 marking moves inland. Uprooted palm trees in the foreground. Soldiers relax on the beach. U.S. officers hold a chart as they discuss and plan. Glimpse of an aircraft in flight overhead.

Location: Eniwetok Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1944, February 19
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077519
Atomic bomb test of Operation Greenhouse on the Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Atomic bomb test (Operation Greenhouse) on the Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in the Marshall Islands. Animation shows the effects of an atomic blast. Men suspend various reading instruments from a bomb-shaped plastic balloon that will provide valuable readings at the time of atomic blast. Banks of high speed cameras are planted close to the tower holding the fissionable material (Zero Tower). Radioactive measuring instruments are planted on the islands. Scientists and technicians perform a last minute check of the necessary instruments before leaving the island. A view of the Zero Tower. Men leave the island and detonate the bomb. Mushroom cloud of the atomic blast at a distance. Men in boats at a safe distance watch the explosion wearing protective eye glasses.

Location: Enewetak Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028989
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