Operation Crossroads
Footage of the Able Day and Baker Day nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946, accompanied by a narrator who explains the purpose and benefits of the testing.
From the archive
No description at the National Archives. Castle Films produced this film for the U.S. military -- "Operation Crossroads" US Army film # MISC-1323 and US Navy film # MN 5345. Description from Armed Forces Films for Public and Television Use: "A documentary of the Able and Baker blasts of the Atomic Bomb Test at Bikini, produced by Joint Army-Navy Task Force One." National Archives Identifier: 88210 source file isn't in the greatest shape.
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- United States. Department of Energy
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