A reenactment showing radio transmission security in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Two U.S. soldiers drive in a jeep. Explosions and smoke in the background. Dead soldiers lying beneath a truck and along the side of wreckage. Explosions as soldiers drive in the jeep and a truck passes along a road. (World War II period).
A radium mine in Slick Rock, Colorado. The mine country and hilly terrain. A sign 'Radium Mine'. Interior of the mine. Mine workers wheeling wheel carts filled with vanadium and uranium ore.
A radium mine in Slick Rock, Colorado. Interior of the mine. Drilling being done. Mine workers load a wheel cart with ore. A mine worker with a pick axe. Mine workers are wheeling wheel carts filled with vanadium and uranium ore. A worker uses a pick axe.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA ) champ Chuan-Kwang Yang sets mark in 10 events of decathlon at Walnut, California. Chuan-Kwang Yang smiles. He exercises. The decathlon events include the 1500 meter run, the 100 and 400 meter dashes, high hurdles, pole vault, javelin, discus, high jump, shotput and broad jump. Yang wins five events and adds other points with fine performances in the other five. He is greeted and receives trophy.
An Army-Navy football match in Philadelphia. Army cadet making touch down. Army kicking for point and missing. Navy team makes a touch down and gains extra points by a kick. Crowds jam the stands, and cheer for the Navy. Score board reads Navy 7, Army 12. Crowds come down from stands on the grounds. Middies sitting in stands. Army Band parading on the field, cadets follow. The band and cadets in the field. The Annapolis Middies seated in the stands.
Explosion of the first ever Atomic Bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico in World War II. Brilliant flash at detonation of the Atomic bomb. Huge smoke cloud rises. Smoke all around. Narrator indicates that men 5 miles away were knocked down, that a pressure wave was felt and the sound and quake was noted in an area 300 square miles in size. He indicates that the testing platform was vaporized. He comments on the awesome power of the weapon, its ability to shorten the war, and the important responsibility that rests with those who know the secrets of the weapon.
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