Invasion fleet off the shore of Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. United States gun crew operates 5" gun on shipboard. Evening scenes: AK(cargo ships) underway. Rigging of USS Bayfield in the foreground. On January 29, 1945, General convoy of AKs (Cargo Ships) in column while underway at sea.
U.S. Army Engineers and the part they played in the preparations for the nuclear bomb tests of Operation Sandstone on at Enewetak Atoll , Marshall Islands. Ships and small crafts underway. United States Engineer personnel move for the final installation. Security guard registers every person. Engineers install blast measuring devices on ground. They set up many instruments to be used during tests. An engineer climbs up domestic control station . Engineers in chow line and take food in plates. They eat food. They swim, play during for relaxation. They attend religious services. Engineers make concrete structures and paint a wall. Engineer places pressure gauge in a bunker. Engineers place electronic device underground and cover it with mud by using shovels. They lay steel cables in hook on a road. The aircraft carrying safety crew lands on the road. Front end loader is driven. Aircraft takes off. Engineers stack up the pile. An engineer protects devices from radiation effect by sealing it and closes station door.
U.S. Army Engineers and their role in the preparations for the atomic bomb tests on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, as part of Operation Sandstone in April-May 1948. View of site for nuclear bomb testing. Engineer personnel leave the site and are transported by landing crafts. Landing crafts comes along side a ship. Crew climb cargo net up and come aboard the ship. Bombs explode on the site and smoke cloud rise during tests. Detonations shown include Test X-Ray, Test Yoke, and Test Zebra. The scenes that follow are all from before the tests, as engineers and personnel work to prepare the test site. Engineers work. Palm trees are removed. Crew works at construction site. Crane hoist construction material. Cubic yards of material are hoisted and placed by crane. Airstrips are built. Planes in flight. Various units in Joint Task Force 7 are recognized for their efforts in contributing to the success of the United States nuclear testing program in Operation Sandstone.
U.S. Navy Seabees (Construction Battalion) attend church services aboard LST (Landing Ship Tank) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Seabees personnel attend communion church services on deck of LST (Landing Ship Tank). Various signal flags on the LST. Flag of the United States at mast and waves.
Beauty contest for the title of 'Miss America -1964' at the Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Participants of beauty contest pose and walk on ramp. Audience watches the beauty contest. A woman watches through binoculars. First runner up of beauty contest, Miss Columbia Roseanne Tueller. Miss Arkansas, Donna Axum receives title of 'Miss America -1964'. She is being crowned. Photographers take photos. Donna Axum smiles and waves.
President John F. Kennedy welcomes Mohammed Zahir Shah in Washington D.C., United States. View of White House during official reception. A helicopter lands on White House grounds. Mohammed Zahir Shah, king (Shah) of Afghanistan gets off the helicopter and is greeted by U.S. President, John F. Kennedy. Troops stand at attention. President Kennedy speaks at dais during 15 minute ceremony. President Kennedy, Mohammed Zahir Shah, U.S. Senator Barry Morris Goldwater and other officials stand outside the White House. President Kennedy awards General Emmett O'Donnell, Jr. the Distinguished Service Medal for long and distinguished service to his country after his retirement from the Air Force. General O'Donnell speaks.
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