Events related to China's First Nuclear Test at Lop Nur. View of the Atomic bomb explosion. Mushroom cloud rises in the sky. Chinese troops celebrate. Personnel and technician wearing protective clothing are examined before entering the blast radius. They wear breathings masks and board trucks and helicopters. The area is examined for the extent of damage and several readings are taken. Test subjects retrieved. The inspecting party returns. Men greet them and cheer. Translation narration in English overlaying background of Chinese propaganda narration.
A line of landing craft silhouetted on the horizon. An explosion on the shore behind them. Camera pans from beach, across a bay to a beached landing craft, and then back past some damaged huts, to a destroyed Japanese motorcycle that an American marine examines. A marine climbs through a damaged Japanese wooden structure. A marine examines a knocked out Japanese 1st Yokosuka SNLF Type 2 Ka Mi Amphibious tank
Reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Crisis. Photo intelligence personnel examine aerial photographs of ships and plot their course by shadow in the United States. One of the personnel examines the photographs using a magnifying lens. The other one looks into a booklet and plots a course using a ruler and a pencil.
Captain McCreery's voice heard in the background. S Sgt (Staff Sergeant) Taylor examines reconnaissance photos and writes down results. Reconnaissance film rolls over a light table and army technician examines the film. (Vietnam War period).
25th Infantry Division M-133 Armored Personnel Carrier enters cemetery. 1st Infantry Division soldiers search cemetery. Soldier in front of memorial with French writing. He checks for hidden openings. Soldier in armored vehicle speaks over headset. Various soldiers as they search. Stone mausoleums examined. Soldiers examine hedges. (Vietnam War period).
Film titled 'Biological studies at Hiroshima' determining biological effects of the atomic bomb damage in the city of Hiroshima. Animated chart shows various distances from epicenter. Demolished buildings due to atomic blasts. Blast effect of atomic bomb showing damage to vegetation. Destroyed area of Hiroshima. Damage to trees. Damage to citrus trees and fruit. Damage caused to shrubbery. Various views of damage to plants. Animation shows heat rays spreading towards various distances. Damage to vegetation around Gokuku Shrine. Scientist examines plants and bushes. Damage to plants and leaves. Scientists dig earthworms and examines them. (World War II period).
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