OPERATIONS CROSSROADS, ATOM BOMB TEST, BIKINI ATOLL Part 4

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 7179 ADC 7179 SOURCE: AFCF (US Navy) FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1069' ea Silent OPERATIONS CROSSROADS, ATOM BOMB TEST Bikini, Atoll (No captions) July 46 LS, formation of B-29s flying over clouds. AVs, single shots of B-29s flying over clouds. HS, smoke from atom bomb blast mushrooming upward. MS, Lt on observation deck at airfield talking into transceiver. B-29s taking off from airstrip at dawn. A group on airfield watching the takeoff as an officer broadcasts over transceiver. FS, B-29 taxiing to a stop. Shot through plane standing on airstrip of a B-29 in the background, warming up. Aboard the underwater photo unit ship at sea. Men carrying photo equipment go below surface to place lights and cameras. Men diving do not always wear the regulation helmet. Two men in diving suits stand on platform as crew lowers them below surface. The men being helped aboard vessel. MS, helmet is removed from diver. RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 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