A huge crowd of Soviet people assembled, on an outdoor train station platform, wave in greeting to friends and relatives arriving on a Russian passenger train. Some grasp hands of passengers and others present flowers to them through the train windows, before they leave the train. As some passengers step from the train a photographer takes pictures. A sick (or injured) passenger is carried from the train. There are no signs indicating the name of the station or location..
A nuclear artillery cannon fires during the Upshot-Knothole Grable nuclear weapons test in Area 5 of the Nevada Test Site during the Cold War. The tactical nuclear atomic artillery cannon fires over the Frenchman Flat area of the Nevada Test Site. A mushroom cloud forms with the cannon that fired the shell in the foreground.
A documentary detailing the effects of atomic weapons on Boeing B-50 bomber Superfortress airplanes, via Project 5.2 for the measurement of the effects of atomic weapons. Animated drawings of aircraft identified as WADC B-50 D, SAC B-50D, Navy AD-2, and T-33. and flying over a map, including aircraft shockwaves nearby. A B-50 bomber Superfortress aircraft codenamed “Clay Pigeon No.3” in flight formation on target run. B-50 bomber code named “Clay Pigeon No. 2” flies over a mountainous terrain. A Douglas AD-2 of the United States Navy code named “Duckbill” in flight formation on target run. Seven Lockheed TAC T-33 Shooting Star (with code name Leap Frog) approaching target after a bomb’s release. A target circle in ground as seen above. Aerial view shows the detonation of an atomic bomb, showing the expansion of super-heated circle cloud. Aerial view of cloud formation from atomic bomb detonation. A B-50 Superfortress in flight experiences sudden violent vibration from detonation nearby. A view of a mushroom cloud formation. A Douglas AD-2 flies near a mushroom cloud.
Four Japanese Ministry of the Navy admirals gather for address on radio, appealing to Japanese defense workers to increase their efforts, during World War 2. Map of the Philippines in Japanese. Japanese shipyard workers listening to the radio address. Young Japanese women, wearing white bands around their heads, listening to the radio address. Shipyard workers in moving cab of a crane, listening. Large formation of Japanese women wearing the white headbands, listening.
Japanese Lieutenant General steps from a headquarters building and walks toward airfield ramp, during World War 2. He poses for photograph with staff officers in background. In change of scene, The general, dressed in flight gear, is escorted with an aide, to a kawasaki ki-49 bomber (Helen), which they board through a door in the roundel on the aircraft fuselage. The General goes forward to pilot's seat and secures cockpit canopy. The aircraft is seen taking off. change of scene shows a Japanese Squadron Commander standing on a step stool, to brief his pilots. After the briefing, they salute and go to their aircraft. Engine being started on a kawasaki ki-49 bomber.Two are seen taking off as ground crews wave to them.
United States Navy FJ-3 aircraft being towed by a yellow tractor up the deck of USS Bonhomme Richard (CV-31) in waters off coast of California. The aircraft is from Navy Squadron VF-211 (Red Checkertails). It carries tail code "G" of Carrier Group 21. Ordnance men load Sidewinder missile on underside of wings of FJ-3 aircraft. A man polishes nose of the missile as another man conducts flashlight test check on the nose. The FJ-3 aircraft is catapulted from the carrier.