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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
Damage and radiation assessment,Operation Crossroads ships at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands,USS Butte,LCT-112,USS MacLeish

Operation Crossroads target ships at Bikini Atoll in Marshall Islands. United States damage assessment and radiation monitoring crews visiting target ships after the first atomic bomb test ("Able") during Operation Crossroads. States Navy ships seen include: USS Butte (APA-68) with smoke issuing from her stack, LCT-112,USS MacLeish (DD-220). Pictures taken from small boat show numbers 68, 220, and LCT-112 clearly painted on bows and sterns of ships. Navy hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9) is seen. It served as home for radiation monitoring crews. Assessment personnel seen in small boats maneuvering around USS Butte (APA-68)

Date: 1946, July 7
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058529
United States Navy Target ships and support ship APA-33, Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll,Marshall Islands

Views from small boat of target ships and support ship for Operation Crossroads atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, Marshal Islands. Ships seen are: LCT-112, USS Butte (APA-68), USS Catron (APA-71),LST-661, LST-133, and the USS Bayfield (APA-33), the support ship for damage assessment teams Small boats used by the assessment teams are seen near stern of the Bayfield..

Date: 1946, July 7
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058530
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