Amphibious operation by U.S. Marines and Army Troops at Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall islands during World War II. Film taken from onboard the attack transport USS Neville, APA-9. Starboard side view of the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43, in measure 32/1d camouflage. Starboard side view of the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, CA-35, 1943 measure 21 camouflage. Port side view of the battleship USS Pennsylvania, BB-38, in measure 21 camouflage. Port side view of the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43, in measure 32/1d camouflage. Stern view of hospital ship USS Solace, AH-5. Smoke rises from the coast of the atoll from bombardment. Marines of the 22nd Marine Regiment on the deck of USS Neville preparing to board landing craft. LCV being lowered along side the ship into the sea. LCV (Landing Craft, Vehicle) loaded with troops pulls away. Landing Crafts Personnel underway as they circle. Other attack transport ships in the background. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) comes up on a beach at Eniwetok Atoll.
Removal of air sampling equipment from an aircraft at Enewetak atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in the Pacific Ocean on day of Able shot atomic test on Bikini Islands during Operation Crossroads. A man standing near a trailer. United States Army Air Force DB-17P Flying Fortress drone controllers aircraft parked at an air base. The trailer under the aircraft. Air sampling devices and camera equipment are unloaded from the aircraft. Jeeps parked at the air base. Men working. Other airplanes parked at the air base. Men carrying a crate.
United States conducts nuclear tests for Operation King at Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in the Marshall Islands. Footage of King test, which involved a prototype of a Mk 18 Super Oralloy bomb ("SOB") dropped by a B-36H bomber. Broken clouds in sky. Whiteness of blast from atomic bomb obscures the area. Shock wave spreads over the water, the mushroom cloud with its thin trunk extends up from the water, top of the cloud becomes very white. Mushroom cloud churns up further skyward.
U.S. sea power in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Aerial view of landing craft speeding through the water below. Animated map of Pacific Islands including the Solomons, New Britain, and New Guinea. Shows arrows depicting American amphibious assaults on Russell Islands in February, 1943; on New Guinea, and Rendova in June, on New Georgia in July, on Eastern New Georgia in August, on Choiseul, in October, and Bouganvillle in November, 1943. Aerial view of a Pacific Island airfield. Grumman F4F aircraft with engine running on an aircraft carrier. Bow view of an American Essex class Aircraft Carrier making way in heavy seas. A Douglas Dauntless airplane heading away from a carrier (in background). Map showing locations of American North and South Pacific naval forces and arrows pointing to Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and then to the Marshall Islands (Kwajalein Atoll and Enewetak Atoll). American infantry marching with full field packs, at a port, where they board transport ships. An artillery field piece being loaded on the ship, along with landing vehicles tracked, and army trucks. A convoy of troop ships and supply ships at sea.
Amphibious operation by U.S. Army 16th Infantry Regiment troops on Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall islands during World War 2. U.S. soldiers hunkered down on steep rocky shore of Eniwetok during the assault. An M4A2 Sherman tank of the U.S. Marines 2d Separate Tank Company, with triangle 1 marking is parked nearby. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT)( hits the beach. An LCV (Landing Craft, Vehicle) approaches the beach and ramp being lowered. An M-7 Priest self-propelled gun exits the LCV. An M4 Sherman tank with diamond 3 marking moves inland. Uprooted palm trees in the foreground. Soldiers relax on the beach. U.S. officers hold a chart as they discuss and plan. Glimpse of an aircraft in flight overhead.
Removal of atomic test air sampling equipment from an aircraft at Enewetak atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in the Pacific Ocean on day of Able shot in Operation Crossroads tests. United States Army Air Force DB-17P Flying Fortress drone controllers aircraft parked at an air base. Men working near the aircraft. Other airplanes parked at the airbase. Men remove camera equipment and air sampling devices from the aircraft.
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