Shows U.S. General Knudsen and fellow American soldiers and officers in conversation at Henderson Field in Guadalcanal. A distant explosion in an ammunition dump occurs 5 minutes after the departure of the General, and is caught on camera. (World War II period).
Guests from across the nation arrive to attend the wedding of Senator John Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy in Newport. John Kennedy and his wife walk out of the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
Pilot climbs aboard TBM. TBM catapulted. Another pilot boards TBM. Pilot signs clearance sheet. TBM spotted on a catapult. TBM lands on carrier deck. TBM pilot dismounts from airplane. Gun crews lounges near guns.
Destroyer underway at sea. Aircraft takes off from CVE (aircraft carrier).
'A' bomb test on Able Day during Operation Crossroads nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll. U.S. navy sailors aboard a U.S. Navy ship. Sailors practice shielding their eyes with hands and heads bent down. Admiral's flag, United States flag and signal flag can be seen. Mushroom cloud seen rising in the sky due to atomic bomb explosion. Sailors stand to watch impact.
U.S. marines indulge on board a U.S. navy ship on Able Day during Operation Crossroads in Bikini Atoll. Group of sailors indulge various activities on the ship deck. Two officers set up camera equipment for recordings. Marines seen talking and looking towards the sky. A marine observes the sky through binoculars. Army officers play cards and read a magazine. Film cameras can be seen in the background. An OS2U Kingfisher float plane with cadets in the foreground on the ship deck.
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