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Operation Redwing Nuclear Test: Zuni

United States conducts nuclear test shot "Zuni" as part of Operation Redwing nuclear tests at the Pacific Proving Grounds. Bright flash appears due to the Zuni shot bomb blast, the first ever of a three-stage thermonuclear design. Huge fireball boils upward into the sky. Spots of fire in sky as darkness spreads. Zuni was a 3.5 Megaton Hydrogen bomb with 85% of its yield from fusion. This was a companion test to the "dirty" (87% fission) Tewa shot using the same bomb design.

Location: Pacific Proving Grounds Marshall Islands
Date: 1956, May 28
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046795
United States Maritime Services trainees marching to classes on main streets of Avalon.

United States Maritime Services trainees marching to classes on main streets of Avalon. Various views of trainees marching.

Location: Avalon Santa Catalina Island California USA
Date: 1944, August 29
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039407
United States Maritime Services trainees attending Cargo boom classes.

Shows Avalon dock with USMS trainees waiting to unload the T.U.Avalon. View of Cargo booms from Casino balcony. Shows Cargo booms from Casino point. Cargo handling and transfer apparatus can be seen. The boom is supported by a series of ropes. Winches and lift cranes in action. Trainees learning in Cargo boom class. Close views of trainees in Cargo boom class

Location: Avalon Santa Catalina Island California USA
Date: 1944, August 29
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039408
American engineer tests a Heat-Suit made of light weight Aluminum coating fabric

Engineer D.J. Bennett prepares new Heat-Suit made of lightweight Aluminum coating fabric. The suit enables the wearer to stand at ease in a 1200-degree industrial furnace. The suit can be used for rescue operation.

Location: Long Island City New York USA
Date: 1956, June 25
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040941
Babe Ruth and TY Cobb competes in a charity golfing match in Flushing, New York

Baseball heroes Babe Ruth and TY Cobb square off in golfing match in Flushing New York as a charity endeavor for war effort. Two hold a golf-club and pose for camera before start of match. Hundreds of fans gather to see the two compete. Cobb plays a tea shot while Ruth waits for his turn. A World War II (WW2) Banner saying "USO deserves support of every single individual citizen" seen in background. Both players putt several holes and Ruth emerges winner. Starting form left shots of Ruth and Cobb.

Location: Flushing Long Island New York USA
Date: 1941, June 27
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028734
U.S. officers examine a wrecked Lockheed XP-38 airplane at the Mitchel Field in New York.

Remains of the Lockheed XP-38 that crashed at Mitchel Field, New York, the day before, after a cross-continental flight from March Field, California. The airplane was flown by Lieutenant Ben Kelsey, who escaped without injury. But the airplane was totally destroyed.

Location: Mitchel Field Long Island New York USA
Date: 1939, February 12
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076312
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