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Operation Crossroads, Atom Bomb Tests, Bikini Atoll, 1946
About this film
No National Archives description. National Archives shot list card: Bikini, Atoll (No cations) 1946 CU, message giving time of test. MSs, men aboard unidentified ship hoisting signal flags. Low angle, two men signalling with flags as officer gives them message. MSs, unidentified general officers on bridge looking through binoculars, conversing. Several LSs, ships which are taking part in the tests under way at sea. MSs, unidentified admiral accompanied by another officer coming down ship's ladder and getting into launch alongside. CU, the unidentified admiral. The US Submarine Folk [?] diving and surfacing. (This is being watched by officers aboard ship.) CUs, group of officers aboard ship looking at a chart of the Bikini Atoll. MSs, native ruler of Bikini gets into a launch from flying boat. Unidentified admiral and officers getting into launch alongside of vessel. National Archives Identifier: 20946 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks.
Directors & creators
United States. Army
Subjects
Nuclear Test, Atomic Bomb, United States. Navy, Project Crossroads, United States. Army, Bikini Atoll, United States. Army Air Forces, Cold War, Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946, Atomic bomb -- Marshall Islands -- Bikini Atoll -- Testing, Nuclear weapons -- Marshall Islands -- Bikini Atoll -- Testing, World War II: Postwar Issues, Nuclear Weapons, King Juda
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