A Bikini Atoll native woman washing clothes on the beach. Her child sits beside her. A United States Navy doctor uses stethoscope to check on a baby. United States doctor checking native infants and children. Another doctor giving adults physical examinations prior to departure from Bikini. Doctor uses stethoscope on a Bikini Atoll man. Native children playing with paper cups, rattling coral in them. Native girls and women sewing and weaving, some women carry small children. A United States soldier holds a clapboard in front of native women. Native women bring pillows, mats, and baskets outside their house. Native women wrapping up items and belongings prior to departure from Bikini Atoll, before nuclear weapon testing by the U.S. in Operation Crossroads.
Helicopter lands on ground at Quonset Point in United States. President Eisenhower and his wife disembark the helicopter along with naval aide and other officers. Eisenhower removes his hat and is greeted by a naval officer. Eisenhower and party walk towards the Presidential plane Columbine. They walk up the ramp of the plane. The doorway is closed and the ramp is pushed away. Columbine in the parking area prepares for the take off. Crew pulls cable from the aircraft. Three naval Officers stand by. Navy plane director guides the plane. Columbine taxies for take off.
President of the Philippine Commonwealth Sergio Osmeña poses with four United States Marine pilots on the steps of the Provincial Capitol Building of Leyte (Leyte Provincial Capitol, 34 Senator Enage St, Downtown, Tacloban City, Leyte). The President shakes hand with pilot. He carries a Marine combat helmet. President Osmeña waves his helmet, turns, and climbs the steps of Capitol after the Battle of Leyte in World War II.
Three United States Marines walk down the street in Tacloban City. Civilians on the street. Military ship on the streets. Marines cross the unpaved street. Marines pass in front of a building marked 'Restaurant'. Army MP (Military Police) directs traffic in front of the building. Sightseers bargain for souvenirs. Native men hold up a string of a fish for a Marine's inspection. A Marine draws a cup of water from lister bag.
United States conducts nuclear test shot "Zuni" as part of Operation Redwing nuclear tests at the Pacific Proving Grounds. Bright flash appears due to the Zuni shot bomb blast, the first ever of a three-stage thermonuclear design. Huge fireball boils upward into the sky. Spots of fire in sky as darkness spreads. Zuni was a 3.5 Megaton Hydrogen bomb with 85% of its yield from fusion. This was a companion test to the "dirty" (87% fission) Tewa shot using the same bomb design.
Napalm bombs, improvised from wing fuel tanks, installed under wing of a P-47 from U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) 318th Fighter Group, on Aslito airfield (Isley field) during the Tinian campaign of World War II in the Pacific. Airman fastening improvised napalm bomb under wing of the P-47 aircraft. Ground crews drop off 55 gallon drums of fuel beside a P-47 and fasten a fueling hose to them. They pump napalm and gasoline into the 165gallon suspended wing tanks (bombs), creating gel gas mixture. Soldier holds a sample of the rubbery gel incendiary gel in his hand and manipulates it showing its texture. After fueling the incendiary bombs, the crewmen fasten detonators into the napalm bombs.
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