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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Operation Crossroads Scrapbook
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0302
- Creators:
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United States. Army Air Forces
- Dates:
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1946
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.83 Cubic feet(1 flatbox)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook is a photo and documentary history of the Task Group T-2 which was given the responsibility of the overall supervision of the AAF Airborne installation and large part of the photography. It mostly contains what appears to be photograph prints for briefing boards. Included are statistics and supply requirements, charts of types of cameras, film requirements and costs, personnel requirements and costs, personnel involved and the natives of Bikini Atoll. It closes with a series of the five color photographs taken during the tests.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Operation Crossroads was an atmospheric nuclear weapon test series conducted in the summer of 1946 at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The series consisted of two detonations, a low altitude test and a shallow water test. The series was intended to study the effects of nuclear weapons on warships, equipment, and material.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Col. Donald Putt, Gift, unknown, XXXX-0302, unknown
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Crossroads, 1946 | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Nuclear weapons -- Marshall Islands -- Bikini Atoll -- Testing | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Nuclear weapons -- United States | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Nuclear weapons -- Testing | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Nuclear weapons | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Charts | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Financial records | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Scrapbooks | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| United States. Army Air Forces | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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