Bikini Atoll Declassified Film, 1946/07/01 to 1946/07/25

About this film

12 hours of declassified atomic test film from Project Crossroads at Bikini Atoll. Some parts have sound, most is silent. There is a detailed shot list at the link below. National Archives Identifier: 68771 "Summary: Film coverage of Project Crossroads, a project of the two atomic bomb tests in the Pacific in 1946 and including Able Day test of an atomic bomb drop from a B-29 on 1 July 1946, and Baker Day test, the underwater detonation of an atomic bomb on 25 July 1946. Included are B-29 operators, damage to the target fleet, and personalities including Maj Gen Curtis LeMay, Gen Joseph W. Stillwell, Vice Adm S.H.P. Blandy." 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. Air Force

Subjects

Nuclear Test, Project Crossroads, Bikini Atoll, Atomic bomb -- Physiological effect, Nuclear weapons testing victims -- United States, Veterans -- Diseases -- United States, Veterans -- United States, Atomic bomb -- Marshall Islands -- Bikini Atoll -- Testing, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear weapons -- Marshall Islands -- Bikini Atoll -- Testing, Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946, Blandy, William H. P. (William Henry Purnell), 1890-1954, Airplanes, Military, LeMay, Curtis E., Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946, Mushroom Cloud, A-bomb, Atomic Bomb, Clouds -- Dynamics, Water vapor, Atmospheric, Weather forecasting -- Military aspects, B-29 Bomber

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