Shipboard activities of United States sailors while underway in the Pacific Ocean. A lookout and a telephone talker aboard a United States ship. The lookout looks through mounted binoculars. A United States light aircraft carrier underway at sea. A large carrier task force on the horizon. A captain and an admiral sit on the bridge of the carrier as one of the officers smoke. A small island. The lookout looks through binoculars. A large carrier task force at an anchor. A navy signal man sends a blinker signal. An Essex class aircraft carrier of United States Navy comes along side the ship.
'Radioactive contamination' about the hazards posed by the sinking of a United States aircraft carrier and the methods to control radioactivity. United States Navy F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft taking off from United States aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. F6F-3 Hellcat firing rockets in air. Landing signal operator LSO using flags while guiding plane for landing on USS Independence. Kamikaze attacks at Tarawa. Anti aircraft guns on carrier cut down kamikaze planes as they attack. USS Independence flying USA flag at Tokyo Bay. Scene of surrender of Japanese at Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. Aerial view of atomic bomb blast at Bikini in 1946. The wrecked carrier Independence being towed away after it was used as a target for an atomic bomb test in 1946 as part of Operation Crossroads. Men at a construction site talk about contamination caused in sea water due to sinking of Independence containing radioactive waste. They comment, "she's all full of that radioactive poison" and with respect to eating fish in water near the ship, "would you eat fish again?" Two women dressed in furs, in a car, also discuss radioactivity. One woman says, "from what I've heard it's very dangerous. " View of 1940s car backing into oncoming traffic and almost causing an accident. An aerial view of atomic explosion at Bikini. Damaged USS Independence ship after TEST ABLE. Signs on board warn of radioactivity with words, "Keep Clear, Danger! Very Radio-Active" and "Radioactivity. Do not remain more than 2 hours." Men in small boat near USS Independence examine damage to the ship. Parts of the USS Independence being tested for radioactive contamination at the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory NRDL, Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California. The USS Independence being sunk in 1951. View of Bikini atomic bomb blast within a bay surrounded by ships. Simulation shows the effect a similar blast would have on a coastal city as a radioactive cloud covers the city. Officers holding handkerchiefs to their mouths as they enter an office building from outside. Firemen climb ladders while putting out a large fire. A house wife working in a kitchen and responding to a pot boiling over on the stove burns her hand. A man slips on a bar of soap in the shower while singing. An officer honking at an oncoming car as he is run off the road. Woman driver dressed in furs exclaims to her friend about the bad driving of men. Officer just run off the road by woman driver exclaims, "Women !" with frustration. Aerial view of test nuclear explosion at Bikini Atoll.
United States Marines being transferred to United States LSV-2 in the Pacific Ocean for landings on Japan during World War II. The marines with landing party gear on the flight deck of United States ship Cowpen underway in the Pacific Ocean. A marine puts apples in a knapsack. The marines load .45 pistol clips. A marine with a monkey mascot on his arm as others look on. A monkey on a mortar. The marines at quarters for muster on the flight deck. They put on their battle equipment.
United States Marines being transferred to United States LSV-2 in the Pacific Ocean for landings on Japan during World War II. The marines being transferred from United States ship Cowpen to LSV-2 which is along side the ship. They are transferred from Cowpen to LSV-2 by breeches buoy.
Hurricane Janet hits Tampico, Mexico. Mexican men unload C rations boxes from a helicopter. People grouped around United States Navy HUP 2 helicopters. People stand against a truck as they wave. People loaded on a truck in the background. A flooded village with submerged houses. A partly flooded roadway. Cows and horses stranded on a patch of high ground. Stacks of inundated small factories protrude from the water.
Hurricane Janet hits Mexico. An officer loads gear aboard a United States Navy HUP 2 helicopter. The cockpit of the helicopter as it is in flight. On the flight deck of United States ship Saipan, several people stand near the HUP 2 helicopter. The helicopter takes off. A sunset in the background with men on the flight deck of Saipan. Saipan underway at sea as a HUP 2 helicopter goes in for landing on its deck. A jetty extends from the mainland. Sunken ship next to the jetty.
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