Air Transport Command C-54 aircraft, arrives and taxis to parking place on ramp at airfield in the Marshall Islands, related to the nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll (Operations Crossroads). When the door opens, An officer scurries down the stairway to join two others standing at foot of the stairs ready to greet arriving passengers. Military officers are gathered on the ramp, including Air Force General Henry (Hap) Arnold. Many military and civilian passengers deplane and are greeted and mingle with those on the ramp. Some distance away, base personnel are gathered , including several women, to watch the activity. The only base buildings seen are Quonset huts and buildings contrived from them. The first of several military staff cars drives away carrying the arriving passengers.
Activities of the Seabees at Munda Point in the Solomon Islands during World War 2. Views of utter destruction from the U.S bombardment of Munda. Destroyed buildings, facilities, Japanese airplanes and dead Japanese soldiers. Leafless trees and damaged wooded area. Seabees commence cleanup and construction. They cremate and bury the dead Japanese. Trucks and bulldozers move over muddy terrain to level the land to construct an airstrip. Views of the steady progress of construction over the period from August 8 to August 12, 1943. The airstrip is completed within 5 days. On the 5th day a Navy F4F aircraft lands on the coral runway. . The pilot in the cockpit smiles. The Spirit of 76 is painted on his airplane. Views of other F4Fs landing on the coral runway.
A burial in Bougainville Cemetery, Solomon Islands. Grave marks in the cemetery. Names written on the crosses. Soldiers dig graves and put a dead body in a grave. A burial service for United States Marines. (World War II period).
View inside cockpit of a U.S. Air Force C-13OE plane in flight approaching Ascension Island. Pilot's hands on throttles. Plan position radar in cockpit. The crew makes long straight in approach to runway and lands. Plane taxis along the runway.
A U.S. Air Force C-13OE plane parked at Ascension Island. Belgian soldiers, being transported by the airplanes, march away to their temporary overnight quarters. Ground crews refuel a C-13O plane from a fuel truck. They unwind hose from the truck and connect it to the C-130 center point refueling receptacle. View of connection and dials.
A U.S. Air Force C-13OE plane being refueled at Ascension Island. U.S. Air Force Task Force Commander briefs Air Force flight crews.
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