Inauguration of Republic of the Philippines after the end of World War II. Crowds at barricades across the Rizal Monument in Luneta Park. U.S. Senator Millard E Tydings arrives at grandstand. General of the U.S. Army, Douglas MacArthur shakes hands with Robert Finnegan. Tydings and others in grandstand. President of Republic of Philippines Manuel Roxas shake hands with General Macarthur. Prelate makes invocations. Senator Tydings speaks. Crowds in stand. MacArthur makes a speech. U.S. ambassador Paul V. McNutt speaks. Crowds standing in rain. McNutt lowers U.S. flag from staff. MacArthur speaks to Hannegan and turns around and laughs. President Roxas speaks and takes an oath.
Inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines after the end of World War II. A man with a pet dog. Delegates at a field and pose for camera. Representatives of Brazil, Argentina, and Poland disembark from a U.S. plane. Unidentified U.S. Senators and delegates at Nichols Airfield in Manila. View of a civic parade.
Nuclear weapon tests during Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The day on which the operation was undertaken is called Able Day. An atomic bomb explosion. Aerial view of the explosion. Formation of a mushroom cloud.
Nuclear weapon tests during Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The day on which the operation was undertaken is called Able Day. An atomic bomb explosion. A close view of the explosion. Formation of a mushroom cloud. Clouds in the sky.
Nuclear weapon tests during Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. An atomic bomb explosion. A cloudy sky. Formation of a mushroom cloud due to the explosion. A close view of the mushroom cloud.
Removal of atomic test air sampling equipment from an aircraft at Enewetak atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in the Pacific Ocean on day of Able shot in Operation Crossroads tests. United States Army Air Force DB-17P Flying Fortress drone controllers aircraft parked at an air base. Men working near the aircraft. Other airplanes parked at the airbase. Men remove camera equipment and air sampling devices from the aircraft.