Operation Crossroads activity preparing for Test Able. Shows LCT- 1113, LSTs 133 and 545. Monitoring personnel are seen maneuvering in small boats at side of LST-133. LST-133 was the first tank landing ship to reach Omaha beach during the Normandy Invasion and also served in Okinawa. William I. Scheunemann was one of the many who served aboard LST-133 during World War II.
Operation Crossroads following atomic test "Able." LlST-545, USS Fillmore (APA-83), and the Navy hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9).
Atomic bomb testing on Bikini Island. View of island of Bikini from an aircraft. Battleships and other Naval vessels. Animated drawing showing action of atomic bomb on Naval vessels. A small Naval ship and the hoisting of the American flag. Officers and one civilian ride in the back of a boat and observe a small destroyer in the background. An officer and an enlisted man checking passes at the cabin door. The removal of a padlock. Officers and enlisted men operating electronic instruments. Officers and enlisted men look through telescopes. Cameramen and cameras on lower deck. Atomic bomb exploding. Several naval vessels underway. Officers using Geiger counter to test radioactivity. An officer observing the damage done by atomic bomb. Damaged Navy ships. Explosion of an atomic bomb. Huge tidal wave is formed which sweeps the decks of ships nearby.