United States Marine Corps soldiers in training, during Vietnam War, sit on top of military vehicles driving on desert road in Nevada. A pair of M50 Ontos tank destroyers moving on desert road. Aerial view showing military trucks and vehicles on road in Nevada. Sign reads “Historical Marker”. View of the Sand Mountain historical marker (Nevada Historical Marker 10: Sand Mountain, 85F37HGP+3M, NV, United States) 20 miles east of Fallon, Nevada along U.S. Route 50.
Operation Cue (part of Operation Teapot) nuclear test preparations at Nevada test site in Nevada, United States. Views of Nevada site. A sign of civil defense and 'Operation Cue' written on a vehicle of civil defense. A woman exits the vehicle and enters the headquarter building of the 'Civil Defense Operations'. Interior: A Civil Defense staff member working. He talks to personnel. The Civil Defense staff member shows her prospective of entire lay out and models of the system. Men work on constructing shelters and structures. An engineer goes in a corner room of a basement. A man climbs down a power pole. Power poles, power lines and transformers are tested. Transformer substations are tested. Radio towers are tested. In a test house a radio transmitter is used for broadcasting. Liquid petroleum and natural gases are tested. All connections are checked. Installation of equipment is checked. A 18000 gallon supply tank is sprayed. A storage house on the test site.
World War I scenes of U.S. Army airplanes in action at the front. A picture of U.S. Army Major Henry A. (Hap) Arnold and California Forester Kurt Dubois, who, together, started the fire patrol practice by United States Army aircraft in1919. Army flyers lined up on a field. Army Curtis JN-4 (Jenny) airplanes in flight as smoke rises from the forests below. Weighted messages with ribbons attached, being dropped by pilots while in flight to inform about a forest fire. Later on after the installation of radios a pilot sends a message on a radio set in case of a forest fire. In 1920s, Crawler tractors used to skid logs out of the forest. In 1925, tractor with a blade was developed and used to build forest roads. In 1932, a Bulldozer being used to create firebreaks during a Southern California fire. A fire plow in operation.
Operation Cue nuclear bomb test preparations at Nevada test site in Nevada, United States. Types of houses to be tested include single story buildings without basement, two story buildings with basement, 8 inches concrete buildings reinforced by steel and single story buildings with walls and roof joined by steel nuts. 55 hundred foot line and a house similar to the one which had been tested. Men unload a truck. Mannequins are carried into the house. Mannequins lined up at the test site. Several men lining them up. One mannequin has no arms.
Operation Cue nuclear test at Nevada test site in Nevada, United States. A man in a construction hat walks amidst rubble caused due to a nuclear test explosion. Civil Defense personnel at the blast site to inspect. Ruins of a two story building. An undamaged test house reinforced by concrete blocks. A partially damaged two story frame house. A protective basement room is inspected. Ruins of a house destroyed in the nuclear blast.
Evaluation of Operation Cue nuclear test at Nevada test site in Nevada, United States. A collapsed radio tower at the site after the blast. Slightly twisted radio tower. An undamaged 18000 gallon supply tank. In a radio house transmitter equipment is replaced on a table. Partially damaged power lines and transformers. Several power poles are undamaged. Radio substations are undamaged. Food in cases is taken away for laboratory tests.
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