| IKE PREDICTS CLEAN A BOMBS President Eisenhower talks about nuclear tests while one takes place in Nevada. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 8623 | |
| Catalog #: | 11483 | |
| Clip Number: | 11483-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 2978 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:29:46 - 01:31:57 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1957 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | JOURNALISM: Press Conference LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA PERSONALITIES: Eisenhower, Dwight (Ike) WEAPONS: Nuclear / Atomic WEAPONS: Testing | |
| Description: | EISENHOWER TALKS OF ABOMB TESTS BAN - PLANE TESTS FOR FALL OUT United States of America (USA). White House, Washington DC. VS of President Dwight D Eisenhower giving press conference about nuclear testing. He talks about reducing the fallout from atomic explosions and the need for further testing. "They tell me that already they are producing bombs that have 96 percent less fallout than was the case in our original ones, or what they call dirty bombs; but, they go beyond this. They say, 'Give us four or five years to test each step of our development and we will produce an absolutely clean bomb.' So that the weapon becomes completely military in its application. If you use it on the battlefield, you will have an effect only so far as its blast and heat waves reach, and there will be no fallout to injure any civilian or any innocent bystanders that are off X miles, the necessary distance to get out of the area of heat and blast." Frenchman's Flats, Nevada. VS of planes on airfield with mushroom cloud of nuclear explosion growing in the background. LS of cloud rising. A plane takes off to check for radioactivity. VS of plane landing and samples being removed. | |
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