| French A-Bomb: Pacific Blast First Of Test Series | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1749 |
| Catalog #: | 426138 | |
| Clip Number: | 426138-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-056-02 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Pacific Ocean - Mora Oa | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. ENVIRONMENT: Pollution, Air ENVIRONMENT: Pollution, Water ENVIRONMENT: Water GOVERNMENT: France LOCATIONS/PACIFIC OCEAN: Oceania, Pacific Islands WEAPONS: Nuclear / Atomic | |
| Description: | The French set off an Atomic bomb, the first of a series, in the Pacific. Both America and Britain deplored the testing. Moscow had no comment. France has not signed the Atomic Test Ban Treaty. They insisted radiation would not be increased. Aerial shot - Mora Oa a small atoll in the Southern Pacific Ocean. Aerial shot - The area where they will set the A-Bomb off. Interior shot of Control block, man standing behind a glass map of the blasting area. MS - The back of technicians sitting at controls CUS - The face counting the final seconds of the count-down. MS - The blast is heard, the screen is white, a glow of brightness and then the forming of the atomic cloud. Medium LS - The sky goes black, you see the glow of fire inside the blackened cloud. MS - It looks like early evening as a crowd of Frenchmen watch the explosion of the A-Bomb. MS - The mushroom like cloud forming off the small atoll of Mora Oa. MS - Crowd of Frenchmen watching the cloud getting distorted from the air current and it coming their way. RUN!!!! | |
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