Battle of Eniwetok during World War II. Amphibious tank approaches the beach. U.S. soldiers on the beach. Another tank hits the beach. Tank moves up the slope, soldiers around it. Tank unloaded from Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT). Medium tank passes. Palm trees destroyed. U.S. officers look at the chart. Unidentified plane in flight. Troops on island.
Battle of Eniwetok during World War II. United States flag at half mast. United States soldiers and officers on a ship. Dead bodies of U.S. soldiers on stretchers. Officer reads a prayer. The U.S. flag. Soldiers salute. U.S. officers and soldiers on Landing Craft Personnel (LCP). Soldiers unload equipment from LCP. Soldiers carry wounded on a stretcher. Soldiers carry dead bodies on stretchers. Dead bodies on Island.
Final phase in battle of Saipan, during World War 2. U.S. marine throws hand grenade at Japanese defenders dug in bunker on the island. After the grenade explodes, marines fire rifles at the bunker. Bodies of two fallen Japanese soldiers.
U.S. President John F Kennedy receives Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Ms. Indira Gandhi at Newport airport, Rhode Island. American ambassador to India John Galbraith, Indian students from Brown University and the press are also present. Military honor guard holding flags stands with airport terminal in background. Scene changes to Washington DC. Daytime view of exterior of U.S. Capitol building under a bright blue sky. Wide view of Washington Monument and reflecting pool. Scene in a park with yellow and orange colored autumn leaves on trees and ground, and adults and children walking in the park, wearing typical early 1960s fashions. Wide view of tidal basin and Jefferson Memorial in the distance. Arrival of President and Mrs. Kennedy accompany the visiting Prime Minister and his daughter on Air Force One aircraft as it arrives in Washington DC. Military honor guard holds flags and military band members play music, including the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets fanfare ensemble. The arriving officials are received by Vice President and Mrs. Lyndon B Johnson, Secretary of State and Mrs. Dean Rusk, and other dignitaries. President Kennedy speaks at a podium with microphone and welcomes the Prime Minister on his third visit to the U.S. Prime Minister Nehru then speaks and expresses gratitude for the welcome and for the friendship expressed by the President. View of Air Force helicopter taking off to fly the guests and the President to the White House after the ceremony.
Aerial view of mushroom cloud rising from detonation of atomic bomb in Test Able of the atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. The mushroom cloud rises straight up from the Bikini Lagoon. Bikini Atoll visible in background.
B-17 drone aircraft of the 509th Bombardment Group (bearing mushroom cloud Logo) is parked on pierced steel plank ramp, at Eniwetok (sometimes spelled Enewetak or Eniewetok), Marshall Islands, during Operation Crossroads atomic tests. Airmen remove air sampling instruments from the aircraft that was exposed to the cloud during the Able Atomic Test explosion. They place them on a truck for analysis. One airman carries a cage full of birds, from the aircraft.
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