Activities following the Test Able atomic explosion at Bikini Atoll during Operation Crossroads. Ground crewman unseals a cable from fuselage and uses it to pull and air sampler box off the top of a B-17 drone aircraft. He avoids being hit by it as it tumbles from atop the airplane. He then drags it to a spot on the ramp, where a man with a geiger counter checks it for radioactivity. Two men transport it on a long pole, to a fork lift. Several other B-17 drones are seen with ground crews offloading them remotely, by means of cables and remote activation of controls inside the B-17 bomb bays. A forklift operator loads an item into the rear hatch of a waiting C-54 transport aircraft.
View from inside a U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft taking off from a field in Tunisia, during World War 2. Martin B-26 bombers seen parked on the field below. View from the air of a B-26 taking off. Formation of aircraft in flight. A B-26 viewed from above as it comes in for a landing.
Pilot and copilot in cockpit of a U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 in flight over Tunisia during World War 2. A formation of B-26 bombers seen overhead. Scene shifts to several B-26s landing in succession on a runway. Some twin engine aircraft seen parked at left edge of the runway and brief glimpse of a Spitfire fighter plane with engine running in dirt at right side of the active runway while B-26s are landing. Pilots holding a large map as they debrief a mission with an intelligence officer on the tarmac. The aircrews then walk to an operations room where they get some refreshments and continue discussing the mission.
An Instrument panel. Matador B-61 missile in the lower position on the zero length launcher with the launch control point in mid in Tripoli, Libya. Matador on zero length launcher with the launching crew working on it. Nose of Matador B-61A. The name "Gay Maria" painted on the nose. Several airmen are near the nose of the missile. Tail section of the Matador on the vertical stabilizer. Name "Carola" has been painted on it. Several airmen working on the matador. An Arab boy, a man and a camel. There is a soldier standing next to them. A dromedary camel is standing behind the Arab. A lieutenant Colonel seated on dromedary camel which is held by the Arab boy. They are standing beside the Matador B-61A which is on zero length launcher. The launch crew are working on the Matador.
A-3B Aircraft refuels an A-4C in flight. A-3B tanker in flight with fuel hose extended. A-4C moves up, makes contact with fuel probe of A-3B. Another A-4C is flied in the background.
B-29 bombers arrive at Saipan in Mariana Islands during World War II. Jeeps and tents at a naval base of the United States Navy. B-29 bomber aircraft of the 11th Commanding Unit of the United States Army Air Force flies round over the runway strip at the base. Two B-29 bombers parked at the base. Two others of the series arrive and land on the strip. Jeeps and people near the landing strip.
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