The first test of a full-scale thermonuclear device in history. Explosion and shockwave during the test codenamed "Ivy Mike" on the Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, during Operation Ivy. Shock waves cause sea water to travel towards the coast. In the aftermath of the explosion sky turns red . Brief view of observors aboard a ship watching the nuclear blast in the distance. As the explosion recedes the sky turns dark. Smoke rises from the site of the explosion. A huge mushroom cloud of smoke is formed. Ivy Mike was the first successful Hydrogen bomb test.
United States forces in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Soldiers advance across the hillside as huge columns of smoke rise. Bomb damaged jungle area. Smoke rises in the background. A flame thrower tank and soldiers advance across the field. A U.S. Marine works on the nose of a Japanese aerial bomb embedded in the ground. Another Marine puts a chain around the bomb and a vehicle pulls out the bomb from the earth. Bomb being loaded into a truck.
United States forces in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Marines stand outside a damaged building. The U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Division hospital building. A Marine seated on the bonnet of an ambulance jeep. Marines get off the jeep. Another jeep towing a trailer arrives at the hospital. A Marine seated at a desk inside a tent. Marines outside the tent. Men around a jeep. A sign outside the hospital reads 'Receiving'. A jeep ambulance driven away. A jeep ambulance backs up. A wounded Marine on a litter being carried into a first aid tent.
United States forces in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Wounded U.S. Marines outside a tent at the 2nd Marine Division Hospital. Soldiers in a chow line served food. Injured Marines in chow line. Tents in the background.
United States forces in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Marines advance into Garapan. Marines shoot rifles. Marines along a railroad track as they set the area on fire and move away. Smoke rises as a flame thrower tank fires a flamethrower.
United States Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Marines use flame throwers as the area is set on fire. Smoke rises due to the fire. Marines move across the wooded area. Marines refill flame throwers.
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