Preparations At Bikini Atoll (1946)

Bikini Atoll, Pacific. Various scenes aboard American Naval aircraft carrier during preparations for atom bomb Tests at Bikini Atoll - a group of islands in Pacific. Sailors ascending flight deck by lift. Close up shot of nose of engine turning prior to takeoff. Pilot in cockpit. Plane takes off. Air shot of Bikini Atoll. Plane coming in to land. Plane crash lands on deck, ends up hanging over side of the ship. Date found in the old file - 12/07/1946. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 t