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Mothers arrive with their babies who crawl over a 50-foot course for a baby crawling race at Palisades Park in New Jersey.

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.

Date: 1945, August 23
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072163
Men work with assembling of plutonium core nuclear device gadget prior to the Trinity nuclear test in New Mexico.

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.

Date: 1945, July 15
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072460
Men prepare for assembling of plutonium core nuclear device Gadget prior to the Trinity nuclear test in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

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.

Date: 1945, July 15
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072461
War plants closed and traffic completely disrupted due to floods in New Jersey, United States (WW2)

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)

Date: 1945, July 26
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072725
Ships underway and the Missouri blimp in flight overhead at the Brooklyn Navy yard in New York, United States.

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.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075944
President Harry Truman addresses a large crowd during the christening ceremony of USS Franklin D Roosevelt in New York.

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.

Date: 1945
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075945