Preparation for Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. A U.S. Air Base on the Island. Planes parked in a row at the base. Buildings and hangar in the background.
Atomic Bomb Test Able Day (Operation Crossroads) conducted by the U.S. Army on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. A mushroom cloud rises after an aerial drop of an atomic bomb. Aerial views of a cloud of smoke and a target fleet in Bikini Island lagoon.
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.
Chief Juda of Marshall Islands is seen accompanied by another Marshellese (possibly interpreter), standing in front of a sign which reads 'Absolutely No Swimming in Dock Area, by Order of SOPA' (Senior Officer Present Afloat). (Chief Juda, or King Juda, as called by the American forces, was the chief of the residents of the Bikini Island , who numbered 160 native people from 11 families.) They walk toward a beach and talk to each other. Something attracts their attention and both men point offshore. Views of United States ships anchored off coast in readiness for Operation Crossroads Atomic test.
Operation Crossroads target ships at Bikini Atoll in Marshall Islands. United States damage assessment and radiation monitoring crews visiting target ships after the first atomic bomb test ("Able") during Operation Crossroads. States Navy ships seen include: USS Butte (APA-68) with smoke issuing from her stack, LCT-112,USS MacLeish (DD-220). Pictures taken from small boat show numbers 68, 220, and LCT-112 clearly painted on bows and sterns of ships. Navy hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9) is seen. It served as home for radiation monitoring crews. Assessment personnel seen in small boats maneuvering around USS Butte (APA-68)
Views from small boat of target ships and support ship for Operation Crossroads atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, Marshal Islands. Ships seen are: LCT-112, USS Butte (APA-68), USS Catron (APA-71),LST-661, LST-133, and the USS Bayfield (APA-33), the support ship for damage assessment teams Small boats used by the assessment teams are seen near stern of the Bayfield..
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