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Weather At Guadalcanal

World War II19438:27Public Domain
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About this film

Army Air Forces Combat Subject film #298. Silent footage of cloud formations at Guadalcanal July 16, 1943. After a bit of blank film, there is aerial color footage of an A-Bomb mushroom cloud. (Presumably in Japan in 1945?) The nuclear bomb footage isn't mentioned by the National Archives in their description at all. National Archives Identifier: 3118

Directors & creators

United States. Army Air Forces

Subjects

WWII, Weather forecasting -- Military aspects, Water vapor, Atmospheric, Atomic Bomb, Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943, Clouds -- Dynamics, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, A-bomb, Nuclear Weapons, WWII In Color, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands -- Guadalcanal, Army Air Forces -- Combat Subjects

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