Natives sail craft down Bikini Atoll beach before Operation Crossroads evacuation (nuclear weapon testing program by the United States). Bikini Atoll natives are seen in sailboat. A United States Navy Martin PBM Mariner patrol bomber flying boat in the background. The Martin PBM Mariner seaplane at anchor in Bikini Atoll lagoon.
A Bikini Atoll native woman washing clothes on the beach. Her child sits beside her. A United States Navy doctor uses stethoscope to check on a baby. United States doctor checking native infants and children. Another doctor giving adults physical examinations prior to departure from Bikini. Doctor uses stethoscope on a Bikini Atoll man. Native children playing with paper cups, rattling coral in them. Native girls and women sewing and weaving, some women carry small children. A United States soldier holds a clapboard in front of native women. Native women bring pillows, mats, and baskets outside their house. Native women wrapping up items and belongings prior to departure from Bikini Atoll, before nuclear weapon testing by the U.S. in Operation Crossroads.
Landing craft being readied, in England, for the Normandy Invasion in World War 2. Sailors filling water cask on emergency life raft. LCI(L),U.S. Landing craft Infantry, Large, number 87. A small boat leaves that craft and another passes the camera boat. LCI(L) number 325 is seen (and a barrage balloon in far background). Coast Guard crew at work cleaning rust from craft 325. One is painting the deck. View of two LCI(L)s underway in water.
Large Landing Craft Infantry, LCI(L) underway during training exercises in England, preparing for the Normandy invasion of World War 2. Glimpse from stern of craft, with American flag flying. LCI(L)s behind and British coastline in background. Several LCI(L)s moving in near formation. Gunners aboard camera craft ready their Oerlikon 20mm antiaircraft cannon. They open a locker and remove canisters of ammunition. Cluster of the landing craft moored in a bay. Camera craft moves past Landing Craft tank 644, run aground on a sand bar.
A Coast Guard crew member aboard a Large Landing Craft Infantry, LCI(L) moored in a bay in England, scans the skies with binoculars. LCI(L) 487 is one of a number of U.S. landing craft gathered in the bay. Two of the craft behind, display the American Union jack of white stars on a blue field. A barrage balloon is seen aloft. A town is nestled on a green hill in the background. Closeup of barrage balloon. View of the bay, in late afternoon, shadowed by the hill. Three barrage balloons are seen aloft. Crewmen on deck are sorting out and coiling lines, while another sharpens large compound shears with a file.
U.S.Coast Guard crewmen painting battle star on superstructure of Landing Craft Infantry (Large), LCI(L) number 84, during World War 2, in France. (This craft was already a veteran of North African and Italian campaigns, and is preparing to take part in the Normandy invasion.) Another Guardsman questions whether it will be as good as other stars already painted. Others keep pestering the painter about this and he reassures them all. (View of perfect finished red star.) Landing craft Gunners display the landing craft's Oerlikon 20-millimeter Mk 4 automatic antiaircraft cannon. Views of LCI(L)s numbered 85, 89, 92,90, and 496, all tied together at a port in England. Sailors on LCI(L) 85, at their Oerlikon 20-millimeter cannon. U.S. Navy Union Jack displayed nearby. U.S. Coast Guard officers viewing sky with binoculars.
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