Fort Hancock in New Jersey, United States. Military Police checking at the entrance of Fort Hancock. Vehicles enter after the checking. U.S. soldiers march through the entrance. A sign: 'Fort Hancock'. (World War II period).
Fort Hancock in New Jersey, United States. U.S. soldiers enter the military post theater. The soldiers pass a ticket window with a sign announcing "Bellet Russe" in the background. A poster reads 'The one and only, Ballet Russe deMonte Carlo, Friday Evening'. Interior of the theater: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo presenting ballet "Prince Igor" with Franz Allers conducting. The soldier audience listens. The soldiers applaud. (World War II period).
U.S. Army Overseas Motion Picture Exchange in New York, United States during World War II. U.S. soldiers take films from a rack and put them into a fiber case. Soldiers at a shipping table putting fiber film cases into a carton for overseas shipping. A sign on a door: "War Department, Army Service Forces, Special Service Division, New York Branch, Overseas Motion Picture Service". The door is opened and a soldier leaves with a film case. Another soldier leaves the office.
U.S. Army Overseas Motion Picture Service in North Africa and Australia. A runway on Mitchel Field, New York. A stationary airplane. A vehicle loaded with cartons is stopped beside the airplane. Cartons of movie film are loaded on the airplane for U.S. Army Overseas Motion Picture Service in North Africa and Australia. A sergeant puts film cartons into the airplane. Lieutenant T. H. Tennant checks the shipment.
A football match between U.S. Army team and the Columbia Lions team at West Point in New York. A large crowd of spectators gathered to watch the football match between U.S. Army team and the Columbia Lions team. The match begins. The spectators cheer the teams. The army team wins the match against the Columbia Lions team by a score of 48-14.
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.
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