| 1,000,000 lb Blast: Three Nations Test Huge TNT Explosion | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1726 |
| Catalog #: | 425303 | |
| Clip Number: | 425303-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 037-058-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:10:02 - 00:11:13 | |
| Location: | Alberta, Canada | |
| Year Shot: | 1964 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Alberta SAFETY: National Defense SCIENCE: Misc WEAPONS: Explosives WEAPONS: Testing | |
| Description: | Scientific teams from the United States, Britain and Canada undertake a joint experiment to determine the best defenses against multi-ton non-atomic blasts. At the Suffield Experimental Station near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, they explode 1,000,000 pounds of TNT with wired dummies and materials spotted around the site for study. Sign - Department of National Defense / Defense Research Board / Suffield / Experimental Station. Camera pans a desert like area. One of the researchers adjusting some clothing on a mannequin made up as a soldier. The million pound missal full of explosives sitting on a launching pad. A group of scientist and press standing in a group as the head technician or scientist explains what's going to happen. MS - Camera pans showing a tank, a barn like building, and the press and other observers at the ready. High ranking military officer looking thru his binoculars. The explosion takes place and a billow of smoke rises into the sky. Man recording the explosion. | |
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