| Underwater Atom Blast Rocks Bikini | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1771 |
| Catalog #: | 489595 | |
| Clip Number: | 489595-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 019-526 | |
| Timecode: | 00:37:04 - 00:42:58 | |
| Location: | Bikini Atoll | |
| Year Shot: | 1946 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Atomic / Nuclear WEAPONS: Nuclear / Atomic | |
| Description: | Underwater Atom Blast Rocks Bikini Scenes of Operation Crossroads, Baker event (underwater atomic bomb explosion at Bikini Atoll, Pacific Proving Grounds). 87 ships placed within 3 miles of the Bikini islands are part of fifth atomic bomb test. MSs evacuated ruler of Bikini, King Judah, aboard the USS Mount McKinley where US military officers and personnel including Vice Admiral W.H.P. Blandy will observe the blast. MSs Rear Admiral William Parsons leaving ship. MS/TLSs personnel, ships. MSs engineers at controls, manning instruments, while observers look through binoculars. TLS/MSs newsreel cameramen looking through cameras mounted on tripods on deck. MSs countdown clock ticking down. LS atomic blast (overexposed and not clearly visible). Overhead shot of water wall. MS/CUs salvage crews with geiger counters. LS Japanese battleship Nagato. LS destroyer USS Hughes. (Control track lost 41:44 - 42:00). Aerial view of Baker event, underwater atomic blast (clearer, better than the first). The VO is especially overzealous, Ed Herlihy describing the event as "exciting," "terrifying," "awe-inspiring," and "the motion picture spectacle of all time." Much of this is poor imagery. Huge mushroom cloud. | |
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