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Baker nuclear bomb test detonates “Helen of Bikini” on Aomoen Island (Bikini Atoll)

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.

Location: Bikini Atoll Marshal Islands
Date: 1946, July 25
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079525
Re-enacted broadcast of the 'Zero Hour' by Felipe d' Aquino from Radio Tokyo.

Re-enacted broadcast of the 'Zero Hour' by 'Orphan Ann' from Radio Tokyo. Radio announcer, possibly Felipe d' Aquino, reads from a sheet of paper. He reads Japanese propaganda suggesting that the capture of Okinawa was a worthless sacrifice of American lives.

Location: Tokyo Japan
Date: 1945, September 20
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043008
U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat bursts into flames during landing on USS Randolph. Another F6F gets caught in the flames

U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat fighter aircraft, from Squadron VF-12, with the number 59 painted on its fuselage, bursts into flames during landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier, USS Randolph (CV-15), in the Pacific near Okinawa. The F6F, piloted by Ensign Lowell Rund, experienced engine problems soon after takeoff and returned to the Randolph. As his F6F snags an arresting cable on the deck of the carrier, his centerline drop tank shackles fail and the 150 gallon fuel tank flies forward into the propeller, bursting into flames that engulf the aircraft. F6F-5 number 58, from the same squadron, gets caught in flames sweeping part of the flight deck of the Randolph. Firefighters carrying hose, respond. Other fire on flight deck seen in the background. They successfully rescue the pilot of number 58, who is seen on deck, as crew members help him remove his flight gear. (Not shown: Ensign Lowell Rund of number 59 was also rescued. He suffered third degree burns on his face and arms.) (World War II period).

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1945, April 22
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044901
Radio reporter John Charles Daly reports on U.S. Navy in Pacific Front War under command of Admiral Nimitz (WW2)

(Audio only). Radio reporter John Charles Daly reports on U.S. Navy operations in Pacific Front War under command of Admiral Chester W Nimitz in World War II. News about bombardment of Okinawa and attack on Japan by U.S. troops. New York weather report and news about Easter celebrations. News about war in Italy.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052700
Tanks and other military vehicles are reclaimed from battlefields in Japan and Europe during World War II.

Salvage and reclamation activities in various Theaters of Operation during World War II. European Theater: Wrecked tanks, cranes, locomotives, cars, trucks and other wreckage on the ground. Men standing nearby and working. Writing visible on some tanks including names some names: Clipper (of "C" Company 1st Corps Medium Tank Battalion, U.S. Marines), Booze Hound, and Creeping Headache. Men working on the reclamation. Marine evacuating a hit and disabled tank on the battlefield in Okinawa, Japan. Smoke rises after the tank is hit . A smoke screen is laid to obscure it during repairs. A tank retriever aids the tank. The tank is repaired by crew. As smoke screen dissipates, the the tank and tank retriever have completed repairs and drive on. Men working on reclamation activities, refitting and redeploying tanks in a tank reclamation factory.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076674
An intelligence officer briefs officers at a patrol boat base on Mios Woendi Island in Dutch New Guinea during World War II.

U.S. Navy Patrol Boat Base 21 at Mios Woendi Island in Dutch New Guinea during World War II. An officer in a briefing hut with a map in the background. Other officers enter the hut and take their seats. An intelligence officer at the map as he briefs the officers. The officers take down notes. They look at a map. The intelligence officer points at an island on the mp.

Location: Mios Woendi Island Dutch New Guinea
Date: 1944, August 2
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057653
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