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Smoke rises from firing and bombardment by a U.S. ship convoy on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Burlesque, Camouflage, Jacob, Albert, Allen and Ivan Islands are shown on a map. Preparations for the second phase of occupation are undertaken. All objectives of phase I are secured. A ship convoy underway at sea. Smoke rises from naval gun fire. Troops aboard a landing craft underway. Men fire rifles and other guns at an island. Black smoke rises from bombardment. Aircraft in flight overhead.

Location: Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077292
Japanese prisoners of war are interrogated by U.S. soldiers on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Camouflage Island and Burlesque Island. Damaged buildings and shelters. Several pillboxes and tank ditches are also damaged. Wrecked tanks and other equipment. Important information is gained from captured documents. Japanese prisoners of war are questioned by U.S. soldiers. Korean and Japanese prisoners of war are being interrogated. The prisoners are marched along the beach by the troops. The troops and the prisoners aboard landing crafts underway at sea.

Location: Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077302
Balloonists prepare shortly before ill-fated hot air balloon race from Catalina Island

Hot air balloon race disaster in Catalina Island, California. Five hot air balloons in Catalina Island. Participants use gas tanks and flames to inflate the hot air balloons. A 42-year old woman, Barbara Ruth Keith, puts on her life vest and helmet before the race. Barbara Keith boards her hot air balloon and tucks her toy mascot, a stuffed toy dog, into the top of her hot air propane tank. Hot air balloon contestant Barbara Keith waves at spectators upon her ascent. POV from balloon of spectators on ground as it ascends. Catalina Island. Swiss-born American balloonist, Donald Louis Piccard (also known as Don Piccard), ignites his heater and leaves the ground aboard balloon. Distant shot of balloon over ocean.

Location: Catalina Island California USA
Date: 1964, January 19
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078609
U.S. Marines bivouacked on Saipan in Mariana Islands, during World War II

U.S. Marines and their improvised shelters on the island of Saipan in Mariana Islands, during World War 2. A Marine examines an undetonated mortar round over which a trenching tool has been placed to warn them.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, June 22
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027622
Deployment of security and testing measures in Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands for Operation Sandstone.

Deployment of atomic security and testing measures in Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) before the Operation Sandstone atomic bomb tests. Exterior of the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission laboratories in Los Alamos,Oak Ridge, Hanford and Brookhaven. American flag post and a distant tower (Zero Tower) on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Loading unloading of cargo at shipyard in Long Beach,California. Convoy of U.S. ships heads for Enewetak. Scenes of men aboard the ships. U.S. troops in Eniwetok Atoll deploy security measures and plant testing and recording instruments near the Zero Tower. Several types of photo cameras in a workshop . Troops mount high speed cameras on an aircraft.

Location: Enewetak Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1948
Duration: 5 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028984
Atomic bomb test on the Enewetak Atoll in Marshall Islands.

Covers events relating to Operation Greenhouse. Scenes of American personnel working on the test islands of the Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok). View of various bomb proof reinforced test buildings. Several scenes including man building wooden structure, Zero Tower, vessel in water and master control station. Men prepare to leave Eniwetok Atoll. Scientists and technicians make a last minute inspection of all the necessary instruments before leaving the island. Ships loaded with men move to safer water. Men prepare to trigger the atomic bomb on the Eniwetok Atoll. The bomb explodes resulting in a high mushroom shaped atomic cloud. Men of Los Alamos return home after a successful mission.

Location: Enewetak Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1951
Duration: 6 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028992
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