First Pictures Atomic Blast!
First Pictures Atomic Blast!
Preparations for Operation Crossroads, the first atomic test in the Bikini Atolls.
First Pictures Atomic Blast!
TLS flags & radar aboard USS Mount McKinley. CU Admiral WILLIAM H. BLANDY. TLS crate of sheep being lowered onto dock; MS/CUs crate of sheep. MS containers of white lab mice. MS sailor holding cage of ferrets. MSs African-American & Caucasian sailors dragging pigs & sheep to their inevitable radioactive death. MS/CUs sheep being sheared, bare skin rubbed with ointment. MS/CUs sailor lining test ship with test strips. MS/CUs military officers & engineers talking, preparing for test. MSs Admiral Blandy & officers consulting weather map. MS Secretary of the Navy JAMES FORRESTAL speaking to crew (muffled, terrible, buzzing audio).
First Pictures Atomic Blast!
TLS/MSs navy personnel leaving ship, tossng gear overboard to dock; nice MS navy officer walking down plank with small dog in arms. TLS landing barge (pontoon) loaded with sailors pulling away. MS/CUs Captain L.H. BIBBY the last to alight ship. TLS "All Clear" flag waving. MS old shirtless soldier wearing overseas cap talking into field telephone. TLSs A-Bomb wheeled toward B-29 bomber, "Dave's Dream." TLS/MSs A-Bomb being loaded onto B-29 under strict secrecy, armed guards walking in FG. MCU Major HAROLD P. WOOD & Major WOODROW P. SWANCUTT. MS "Dave's Dream" painted on plane. MS bomber crew donning parachutes. MS propellers starting up. Panning LS bomber plane taking off.
First Pictures Atomic Blast!
MS navy officers looking through binoculars. Air to air shot of B-29 "Dave's Dream" in flight. From behind MS bombardier. Low angle TLS radar dish spinning aboard naval ship. More shots officers lookgin trhough binoculars. Air to air shot of B-29 in flight, bomb bay doors opening. MS/CUs officers & sailors dropping binoculars, pulling down protective goggles. TLS/MSs sailors huddled close together on deck with backs to the blast, head tucked to chest & arms. Great series of CUs men wearing dark goggles (like ski goggles),one wearing fishing hat, cigarette dangling out of his mouth.
First Pictures Atomic Blast!
WLS atomic blast at sea. Aerial mushroom cloud. LSs mushroom cloud. LS salvage team fleet sailing for blast area. MS man kneeling on deck with geiger counter, measuring radiation. TLS badly damaged USS Independence & other ships of the blast flotilla not sunk. Panning MS sailors wearing black goggles. Tighter shot of atomic blast.