OP. CROSSROADS "A" BOMB TEST ABLE DAY - BIKINI ATOLL Part 1

Description

1) MS-CU Personnel aboard ship practicing sheilding their eyes for "A" drop (SV).2) MS Admiral"s flag, US flag and signal flag flying.3) MS-CU Sailors rehearsing shielding their eyes for "A" drop.4) LS "A" bomb cloud mushrooming upward.5) LS "A" bomb cloud, sailors in FG.6) MS Personnel playing around on deck and shooting the breeze (SV).7) MS Group of Marines on board ship (SV).8) MS Cameramen aboard ship (SV).9) MS Cameramen setting up equipment.10) MS-CU Personnel aboard ship (SV).11) CU Two Army men playing cards on deck of ship.12) MS-CU Navy personnel aboard ship (SV).13) LS USS SAIDOR (CVE-117) underway.14) LS-MS Personnel playing deck tennis and other shots of personnel going thru routine exercies (SV).15) MS-CU Sailors fishing over side of ship (SV).16) CU Two sailors on deck reading letters.17) LS Bomb cloud mushrooming upward.18) CU Bomb cloud.OVERALL QUALITY: VG

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities