U.S. forces prepare for Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon testing (1946)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit United States military prepares for Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: The Pacific Rendezvous with Death Begins VARIOUS: EXT AMERICAN NAVAL. Shots of the warship New York & Arkansas the Pennsylvania, also the carriers Shangri-La & Saratoga, ATOM BOMB. Shots of Island (Bikini-shots of steel structures, also various maps, one shows all the island in the Marshals, shots of the carriers to be used in the test, Saratoga, & Shangri la, shots of it steaming through the Panama, shots of the warship--New York--The Arkansas--The Pennsylvania “NEW YORK“(Steamship) Shots of New York, SHANGRI LA. (U.S. Carrier). Shots of radio controlled planes being loaded on her, Also various shots of them being catapulted, the planes are used for atom test, fleet, army, eng