Animated atom logo of the Atomic Energy Commission. Narrator comments that in World War 2, the operations at Los Alamos were hidden behind postal box 663. View of the town of Los Alamos in New Mexico, United States. Men, women and children in the town going about ordinary business at post office, shopping, cutting grass in a front yard of a home, playing golf, hanging out laundry to dry on a clothesline. Workers entering secure areas of Los Alamos atomic and nuclear facilities, with views of fences and a sign with two ears on it that says, "Security starts between the ears." Officials inside the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) of the Atomic Energy Commission of United States. Narrator speaks of the "J Division" as the unit responsible for testing of nuclear weapons, which the narrator notes is "a routine practice by now." Scenes of scientists working with specialized equipment in laboratories at the LANL. Officials viewing a map of Eniwetok Atoll. Aerial view of the Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Officials of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission, in a joint meeting, collectively map Operation Greenhouse. Joint Task Force Three. View of Washington Monument in Washington DC, panning down to views of people and traffic near the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings. Group of uniformed officials of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Atomic Energy Commission meeting around a large conference table in Washington DC. Men from government agencies, colleges and universities throughout America work to instrument the operation; scenes of more scientists in laboratories; closeup views of beakers and test tubes. A man at Los Alamos leaving his house, accompanied by a boy (his son) and a dog who walk with the man toward a car as the man departs for extended work on Operation Greenhouse. Aerial shots of the Perry Islands (U.S. transport and scientists base) and the Eniwetok Atoll (US Army and Air Force base). U.S. Navy ship anchored at the lagoon. Scenes of barracks, laboratories and scientific structures on the islands. Scientists and engineers standing near the frame of a metal tower used for hoisting and positioning an atomic weapon for testing. Views inside the test tower, looking upward at the elevator system. Wide view from the distance of a test tower on an island.
Parade by French Foreign Legion bands in a review in honor of the American army at Sidibel Abbes in Algeria, North Africa during World War II. French guards dressed in traditional uniform of legionnaire at attention. Parade by the Arbar Cavalry (Sphais). French Foreign Legion troops armed with rifles march in columns. High ranking officers review the parade. (November 1942-December 1942)
Convoy of U.S. General Lee (M3) tanks rolls through the streets of Bone (now Annaba) in Algeria, North Africa, during World War 2. Natives cross desert with their camels and donkeys in the background. The tank convoy heads for the Tunisian Front. American C-47 transport planes loaded with supplies follow the convoy from above. Sign board reads 'GHARDIMAOU SOUK AHRAS'. The tank convoy climbs the Atlas mountain range lying east of the province of Souk Ahras. Dispatch riders speed ahead of the convoy on their motorbikes. Tanks being camouflaged to set up a bivouac. A U.S. soldier shaves another soldier. Anti aircraft gun crew member scans the skies at dim light. (November 1942-December 1942)
Shows American parachute troops accompanied with armed Arab guides in a desert near Tebourba in Tunisia, during World War 2. Troops take shelter from sun under a large rock. Troops rest on sand in open. Allied convoy comprising of U.S. M3 Grant tanks, half-tracks and jeeps rolls near Tebourba in Tunisia. The convoy crosses a bridge guarded by French soldiers. U.S. P-38 aircraft circle the skies at low altitude above the convoy. (November 1942-December 1942).
Wreckage of an Allied hospital train, bombed and machine gunned by the Germans in Souk El Khamis, Algeria, North Africa, in World War 2. Allied troops inspect the wreckage. Man paints red cross sign on the top of a damaged train-car. One of the damaged car reads 'Our Blue Bird bombed and machine gun to hell but still kicking'. (November 1942-December 1942).
U.S. soldiers buy chicken from Arab sellers in Tunisia, North Africa during World War II. Troops cut chicken and prepare its stew for dinner. (November 1942-December 1942).
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