AIR FORCE STORY VOL. II CHAPTER 1 AIR FORCE AND THE ATOMIC BOMB 24804a

Browse our products on Amazon: Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. “Vol. 2, Chapter I: The Air Force And The Atom Bomb,” the 1960 episode (SFP 263) of The Air Force Story, reviews the impact of the atomic bomb, how it was tested, and the new power of the hydrogen bomb. The chapter opens with U.S. bomber fleets flying in formation and dropping bombs on targets during WWII (01:14). An atomic bomb is detonated (01:38). During 1946 at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the U.S. carries out Operation Crossroads, a pair of nuclear weapons tests. Footage shows a cemetery (02:55) that is the resting place for Japanese soldiers killed during WWII. A C-54 lands at one of the island’s airstrips (03:05). A bomber (03:35) flies in the sky. There is a shot of B-29s sitting on an airstrip (04:03). A B-29 lands with General Curtis LeMay aboard; LeMay is gr