A baby crawling race over a 50-foot course at Palisades Park in New Jersey. Mothers arrive with their babies for the baby crawling race. The babies are weighed. They have candidature numbers. The participating babies on the ground. The babies crawl over the 50-foot course. The parents of the babies cheer for them. The winner's mother holds him.
Activities the day before the Trinity nuclear test conducted at White Sands Missile Range (USAAF Almogordo bombing and gunnery range) in the Jornado del Muerto desert of New Mexico, during World War II. This is for the the first atomic bomb test; and first ever detonation of a nuclear weapon in history. View of the White Sands Missile Range,the testing site for Trinity nuclear test. Mountains seen in the background. Men aboard a truck loaded with the plutonium core nuclear device nicknamed "Gadget". Men attach the gadget to hook of a crane. Crane hoists the gadget from truck and place it on ground. Men assemble the gadget.
Activities prior to the Trinity nuclear test conducted in the Jornado del Muerto desert of New Mexico during World War II. Crane lifts a tent canvas. Man lifts a ladder and places it to climb on the steel tower. The plutonium core nuclear device nicknamed the "Gadget" seen on the ground. It is the first atomic bomb test device. This is the day before the first detonation of a nuclear weapon in history. Men prepare for final arming of the device. Man climbs up a ladder to tower. Other men stand on a tower. Drape to cover the bomb is prepared.
Floods in New Jersey, United States. Water level of the Passaic River rises. Floods causing damage to infrastructure. Crowds gathered to watch the flooding of Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey. People wading in floodwater in downtown Paterson. Street sign “River St.”. Parked car partially submerged in flood. War plants are closed, and traffic is completely disrupted. Streets and vehicles submerged in water. (World War II period)
Christening of the USS Franklin D Roosevelt at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, United States. The ship underway in the foreground. Missouri blimp in flight overhead. Officers aboard a ship discussing amongst themselves. USS Renshaw underway at a river.
Christening of the USS Franklin D Roosevelt at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, United States. President Harry Truman at the speaker's stand. Other officials stand nearby. UN flag flies atop a flag pole. Spectators in the background. Crowd of spectators being addressed by Truman. Large buildings in the background.