Baker nuclear test (part of Operations Crossroads) detonates 21-kiloton bomb MK III, “Helen of Bikini”, on Aomoen Island (Bikini Atoll). A clock is seen on the lower right side of the screen. Baker target ships for the explosion (such as the USS Saratoga) are docked on Bikini Atoll. The Baker test detonates 90 feet (27 m) underwater, halfway to the bottom in water 180 feet (55 m) deep. A column of hot gas bubble forms after detonation. Thicker clouds of hot gas falls, covering Bikini Atoll and ships. Lower clouds around the area dissipates.
United States attack transport ships (APA) sailing toward the beach at Kerama Islands (Japan) during World War 2. A group of APA ships sailing on choppy waters in the Pacific Ocean. View of an APA ship.
U.S. troops gathered around a tent, eating, in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, in 1942, during WW2. A line of soldiers carrying plates and bowls and cups waits to receive food. A man cooks food on a stove. Soldiers sit on the ground eating and warming by a fire. Wide view of the beach with ships and cranes out on the water. Crates of supplies stacked on the beach, soldiers move about. A soldier stacks an ammunition crate onto a large pile. Dozens of unfinned cylindrical bomb bodies on the shore. A crane, tractor, and bulldozer are unloaded from a boat. Panoramic view of a wide flat area to be built into an airfield, covered in shallow lakes.
Natives talk to a group of U.S. Marines in Okinawa. Native talks with Lieutenant Colonel John C Miller, Junior. Group of Marines listens. Face of native. Face of native with beard. Face of native with beard and mustache. Native civilians talk to Marines. Marine interpreter. Marine interpreter talks to native civilian. Native civilian talks to Marine. (World War 2 period.)
Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The whaler at St. Lawrence Island. Natives on dog sledges arrive at the ship. Dogs and sledges near the ship. Natives wrestle on the ice, bare skinned and at 20 degrees below 0 temperature. The whaler in the background.
Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The whaler at St. Lawrence Island in Alaska. The crew visits the village of Gambell. Tents in the village. Dogs with sledges. Native women with children on their shoulders. Native families. Dogs lie on the ground.
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