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.
Aftermath of Japanese air raid on Wakde Island, New Guinea during World War 2. Army engineers (or Seabees) operate a group of construction graders in formation, to level the field for aircraft operations. Some destroyed U.S. aircraft are still smoking on the field. Several U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft taxi out and take off from the newly leveled dirt field.
A film about the Allied campaign in New Britain, New Guinea during World War II Allied soldiers erect tents on Goodenough Island. Natives cut bamboo and construct bridges. Natives build thatched roof huts. Natives work on roof of the huts. Telephone cables tied to coconut trees. Soldiers communicate using a field phone. Allied military drivers clean their trucks and jeeps in a pond. Men bathe in the pond and wash clothes. Soldiers in a mess line. Food served to soldiers. Men eat the food. Soldiers seated on ground as they eat the food.
A film about the Allied campaign in New Britain, New Guinea during World War II Tent area on the Island. A man blows a bugle as the day begins. An Allied soldier pours water into a helmet and bathes. Animated map depicts the Allied landings at Arawe in New Britain. Soldiers briefed by an officer in a field.
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.
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