OPERATIONS CROSSROADS, ATOM BOMB TEST, BIKINI ATOLL Part 3

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 7173 ADC 7173 SOURCE: AFCF (US Navy) FILM: ARCH & APC MP 991' ea Comp (Std) RG 111 OPERATIONS CROSSROADS, ATOM BOMB TEST Accession III-NAV-210 Bikini, Atoll (No captions) 1946 FS, B-29 "Dave's Dream" lands on field after bombing. vs, Public Relations officer interviews the two pilots, Major Swanscott and Major Wood. Gen Curtis E LeMay and an unidentified Air Corps Brig Gen also say a few words for the reporter. FSs, B-29s taking off at dawn from unidentified airfield. Short cut of men in observation tower. LMS&CU, group of the men on field watching the takeoff. In thefg an officer broad- MLS, planes warming up on airfield. casting over a transceiver. vs, men wearing parachutes and other paraphernalia standing around on airstrip. LS, group of B-29s flying over the crowd. HS, bomb bursts moving up through the clouds. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave,, LIC 1, NY ERBS/me

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities