Courtesy of Imperial War Museum

1. Tragedy in Jerusalem

An item covering the aftermath of the bombing of the King David Hotel (headquarters of the British Palestine Army Command) in Jerusalem on July 22 1946. The commentary describes the victims of the bombing as being "murdered in cold blood by the notorious Jewish terrorist organisation - Irgun Zvai Leumi".

2. Bikini - the atomic bomb

Crates containing livestock are loaded by crane onto the deck of one of the seventy-three target ships anchored near Bikini Atoll in anticipation of the air-burst (Able) atomic bomb test forming part of Operation Crossroads. Elsewhere, United States Army Air Force (USAAF) groundcrews load an atomic bomb into the bomb bay of Boeing B-29 Superfortress #7354 "Dave's Dream". Aerial footage shows B-29 "Dave's Dream" en route to the Bikini dropping area. Observers don goggles prior to the atomic explosion. Extended shipboard and aerial footage shows the air-burst atomic explosion dwarfing the target ships anchored nearby.

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