Nuclear weapons testing

Military personnel boarding an LST 45 at Hawaii, prior to departure to Eniwetok to participate in the experimental atom bomb tests.

A weather balloon is released at Eniwetok prior to the experimental tests. The balloon's flight is tracked by radar.

Preparations underway prior to the bomb tests at Eniwetok show men packing and unloading cement on one of the islands.

Unidentified scientists and engineers make a last minute check on instruments at Eniwetok prior to the tests.

Reflection of the blast of an atom bomb shows members of the crew aboard a Navy vessel watching the tests at the instant of detonation. Some crew members shield their eyes and turn their backs from the blast. Others, wearing glasses, face the blast.

Before the bomb tests are made at Eniwetok, a tremendous amount of preparation takes place. A crew of men prepare a water sample cable with flotation blocks.

An inspection party on one of the islands at Eniwetok views the devastation caused by the blast of an atom bomb.

Participants in the experimental bomb tests at Eniwetok are carefully checked for radioactivity. Mr. Louis Hagemyer of Dayton, Ohio is being checked here while others await their turn in line.