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A close view of a mushroom cloud formed after nuclear weapon testing during Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll.

Nuclear weapon tests during Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. An atomic bomb explosion. A cloudy sky. Formation of a mushroom cloud due to the explosion. A close view of the mushroom cloud.

Date: 1946, July 1
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077096
Development of an atomic test site at the Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Operation Sandstone, the third American series of atomic bomb tests (tests number 6,7 and 8) at the Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in Marshall Islands,Pacific Ocean. Shows development of an atomic test site at the Enewetak Atoll. American personnel dressed in protective suits perform tests and scavenge wreckage on the Eniwetok Atoll. View of men at the shore and distant convoy of U.S. ships at the horizon. An aerial view of the atoll. American army officials map the operation, back at home. Shows unloading of supplies at the shores of Enewetak atoll. Areas are cleared of trees and foliage. Coral soil is leveled by machines. Cement and tar added to harden the surface. Men detonate underwater obstacles. Aerial view of a causeway joining the two islands. Shows tent city for living quarters and quonset supply huts on the island. Workers build cubes of reinforced concrete. Tower in the middle of the lagoon. Man lays underground cables. View of a tower holding fissionable material on the island. Scenes of American scientists working in the Atomic Energy Commission laboratories, exterior of an American university and Mexico's desert.

Date: 1948
Duration: 4 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028983
A map locates various islands of the Pacific and the invasion of these islands by U.S. forces.

A training film titled 'The Kwajalein Operations' on the operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. A map locates islands in the Pacific Ocean. Animation depicts the area invaded by U.S. forces. The Gilbert Islands, the Solomon Islands, Midway Island, Tarawa and other islands located on the map. U.S. lines of communication on various islands. Kwajalein Atoll on the map. The atoll is selected as a base for U.S. forces. It is selected because of various benefits which would prove useful during the invasion of the Marshall Islands. Bases and installations on Kwajalein Atoll.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077284
U.S. Air Force aircraft at an air base on Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall Islands.

B-52 lands on an airstrip at the Eniwetok Atoll In Marshall Island. Man checks over B-57 with a geiger counter with two men seated in cockpit . Nose art of aircraft reads 'The Prowler' and shows a picture of a woman kneeling. A F-101 on ramp. Cameraman takes a photo of aircraft damage . Several U.S. Air Force aircraft such as F-101, B-66, B-47, F-84F's and others at the air base.

Date: 1956, March
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028982
United States Navy personnel do routine physical exercises on deck of U.S. naval ship in Bikini Atoll

USS Saidor passes by. Four navy cadets play deck tennis and few others do routine physical exercises. Sailors fishing over side of ship. Two personnel sitting on deck reading letters.

Date: 1946, July 1
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040334
Information about arms, ammunition and equipment used to fortify various islands of the Marshall Islands is given.

A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Animated map of Kwajalein Atoll locates Cohen Island, Porcelain, Arnold Pass and Burlesque Island. Major air facilities are on Burlesque Island and Porcelain. Guns, machine guns, defense installations, artillery, trenches, anti tank ditches, barricades and embankments are used to fortify Burlesque Island. Burlesque and Camouflage Islands are located. Camouflage Island is the most strongly defended island. Abraham, Allen, Andrew and Anton Islands also had gun emplacements. On Allen Island are three tower radio station. On Jacob Island is a radar installation.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077287