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Planes parked in a row for Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Preparation for Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. A U.S. Air Base on the Island. Planes parked in a row at the base. Buildings and hangar in the background.

Date: 1946, July 20
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047108
Operations Crossroads atomic tests. Official observers arriving in Marshall Islands.

Several C-54 aircraft of Air Transport Command arrive carrying official observers for the Operation Crossroads atomic tests in the Marshall Islands. Tropical showers are occurring. Spare propellers for B-29 planes seen stored onsite.

Date: 1946
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034521
Operation Cross Roads. Aircraft brings participants and official observers to the Marshall Islands

Air Transport Command C-54 aircraft, arrives and taxis to parking place on ramp at airfield in the Marshall Islands, related to the nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll (Operations Crossroads). When the door opens, An officer scurries down the stairway to join two others standing at foot of the stairs ready to greet arriving passengers. Military officers are gathered on the ramp, including Air Force General Henry (Hap) Arnold. Many military and civilian passengers deplane and are greeted and mingle with those on the ramp. Some distance away, base personnel are gathered , including several women, to watch the activity. The only base buildings seen are Quonset huts and buildings contrived from them. The first of several military staff cars drives away carrying the arriving passengers.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034526
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.

Date: 1946, July 1
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075074
U.S. Navy personnel aboard a patrol boat off the coast after Able Day atomic bomb explosion on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.

Operation Crossroads (Atomic Bomb Test Able Day) by the United States on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. U.S. target fleet off the coast. U.S. Navy personnel aboard a patrol boat. The navy personnel hose down the decks of another ship. Guns of various ships.

Date: 1946, July 1
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075077
Target ships in a lagoon after U.S. Able Day atomic bomb explosion on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands during Operation Crossroads.

Operation Crossroads (Atomic Bomb Test Able Day) by the United States on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Smoke rises from aerial drop of an atomic bomb over Bikini Atoll. U.S. target ships in the foreground. Smoke rises from a ship underway.

Date: 1946, July 1
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075078