(Opening slate identifies D+4, and then a corrected slate says D+5.) U.S. marines amphibious landing activities on Iwo Jima during World War 2. Marines silhouetted against bright sky, while standing inside a Landing Ship Tank (LST) as the front ramp is lowered. An M4A3 Sherman medium tank, equipped with raised exhaust and air intakes (a wading tank), is exiting the ship. Scene shifts to views from onshore, of Landing Ships Tank (LSTs) 477 and 808, beached, on the sand. A Landing Craft Tank (LCT-1243) is on the deck of LST 808. Several M4A3 wading tanks of the 3rd Marine Tank Battalion are seen leaving LST 477. Exhaust fumes are visible from their raised ducts. Third Marine Division infantry, on the deck of LST 477, watch the tanks offloading. (Note, regarding the date. Accordng to the Navy Department Library, the 3rd Marine Division joined the Iwo Jima fighting on the fifth day of the battle. So the unloading operations, from LSTs, 477 and 808, seen in this film, could be taking place on D+5.)
United States Marine Corps of 4th Marine Division at Iwo Jima island during Iwo Jima operation of World War II. The rocket trucks advances towards front line. The Marines walk beside the rocket launcher. Rocket barrage strikes from behind the hill. Smoke rises from the explosion in the foreground.
Operation Cue conducted at Yucca Flat region in Nevada in the United States. The test conducted to examine the effects of atomic bomb explosion on buildings, and the cars parked in front of the buildings. View of houses and dummy cars parked at the site. Following nuclear bomb explosion, a house explodes, fragments fly in the air. Huge smoke rings rise from the nuclear test explosion.
Operation Cue conducted at Yucca Flat region in Nevada, United States. The test conducted to examine the effects of atomic bomb explosion on buildings, and the cars parked in front of the building. View of house and cars parked at the site. Following nuclear bomb blast, view as house explodes from the blast wave or shock wave, with fragments flying in the air. View of mannequin dummies inside the house as the blast destroys the house.
Footage from Operation Cue conducted at Yucca Flat region in Nevada. The test conducted to examine the effects of a nuclear bomb explosion on buildings and houses. A man walks inside a house and dummy or mannequin cars parked in front of the house during setup for the experiement. Next scene shows view from cameras as the house explodes from atomic bomb blast wave or shock wave, with fragments flying in the air. Exterior view as blast wave hits house. The impact of the explosion on the house. The impact on dummies and furniture inside the house as seen from an interior camera when the shock wave hits and windows blow in.
Operation Cue United States military nuclear testing conducted at Yucca Flat region in Nevada, United States. The test conducted to examine the effects of atomic bomb explosion on buildings and houses. Dummy cars parked outside houses. Two cars drive up in front of a house. The houses explodes after the nuclear bomb detonates. Shows the impact of the explosion on the houses and cars.
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