U.S. Army Engineers and their role in preparation for the nuclear bomb tests on at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, during Operation Sandstone. Bulldozer being driven up, large crane hoists construction material in the background. Engineers use construction equipment to level the land for atomic bombs testing. An engineer pushes construction material on metal conveyor. Engineers throw sacks on site from a truck trailer. They shovel soil. Front end loader levels the land. Engineers use hand tamper. Engineers work to construct an airstrip and parking area.
The Match Race for America's Cup in Newport, Rhode Island. Race between home-bred sailors and Captain John M. Vanderbilt and his crew for America's Cup. Sail boats of home-bred sailors, underway at sea during the race. Ships of Captain John M. Vanderbilt and his crew underway. Captain John M. Vanderbilt and his crew's ships win from home-bred sailors.
A U.S. Navy Task Force in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Saipan, Mariana Islands during the Battle of Saipan of World War 2. Heavy Cruiser, USS Indianapolis, CA-35,seen in camouflage paint. Smoke rising ashore, from naval guns firing. Shell splashes in water from Japanese shore battery. The U.S. cruiser and Japanese shore battery exchange fire. Much smoke rising on shore from naval gun strikes. A Tennessee class battleship in camouflage is illuminated by sunlight against dark background. Sunlight frames clouds.
America's Cup Racing in 1937: British racing sail boat "Endeavour" towed to safe harbor in Newport, Rhode Island, after having been missing for several days on her trip across the Atlantic before the races. Sail boat underway at sea. U.S.Coast guard personnel aboard vessel tow Britain's challenger "Endeavour I" racing yacht into safe harbor.
U.S. Atlantic Fleet amphibious exercise, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Several large ships with smaller vessels surrounding and departing from them. A surfaced submarine. View from aboard ship where Piasecki HUP-3 helicopter lands and takes off again. Submarine (on surface) and a destroyer.View, from ship's porthole, of submarine. View from ship of departing HUP-3 helicopter. Assault boats. View from beach of shells exploding on the beach. Assault ship number 1472 with derricks.Amphibious assault vehicle speeding through water toward beach. Shells bursting inland.Amphibious assault vehicle rides up on sand beach, past observers and photographers. Marines hitting the beach, as they charge from assault boats. One boat has number: 1153-3 painted on hull. Marines charge inland past photographers. Group of helicopters seen in distance, inland.
U.S. nuclear submarine, USS Seawolf (SSN-575) in bay near Newport, Rhode Island. President Eisenhower standing on deck with group of Naval officers. The American flag and the President's ensign fly from the boat. President Eisenhower descends through a hatch. He greets members of the crew and tours the boat. He observes crewmen at their duty stations. He cuts a cake, with "Commander in Chief" written on it. The cook serves the cake. President Eisenhower dines in the Crew's Mess. With him are Chief Hospital Corpsman Milton W. Tucker, USN; Presidential Press Secretary James Hagerty and Seaman Apprentice W.J. Dooling. The President climbs out of the submarine on to the deck.
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