- Title: VM-273C
- Summary: ATOM BOMB:
- Description:00:39:52 - JULY 1, 1946: ATOMIC BOMB TESTING AT BIKINI ISLAND. "OPERATION CROSSROAD" 00:39:52 - POV FROM BOAT AT DAWN. NATURE SHOT 00:39:57 - VICE ADMIRAL BLANDY 00:39:59 - ANIMATED MAP OF PACIFIC ISLANDS, CHINA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, HAWAII 00:40:02 - CREWS LEAVING SHIPS WITH SUPPLIES. CU SOLDIER CARRYING SMALL DOG 00:40:10 - CU B-29 PLANE PROPELLERS. PLANE TAKING OFF, IN FLIGHT 00:40:21 - CU PILOTS WEARING HEADPHONES. 00:40:27 - BOMBER PLANE OPENING HATCH TO RELEASE BOMBS 00:40:28 - SAILORS ON AIR CRAFT CARRIER CROUCHING & SHIELDING EYES. NAVY SHIP. 00:40:32 - CU PILOT SAYS "BOMBS AWAY" 00:40:36 - ATOMIC BLAST FROM NUCLEAR BOMB. SUBSURFACE ATOMIC EXPLOSION. RADIOACTIVE MUSHROOM CLOUD 00:40:56 - PASSING WRECKED TEST SHIP. TANGLED MESS OF TWISTED STEEL BLOWN UP FROM ATOMIC BOMB 00:41:03 - BATTLESHIP NEVADA BEING TOWED INTO POSITION 00:41:08 - CU LOCAL BIKINI RESIDENT WITH ADMIRAL BLANDY 00:41:11 - MONTAGE READYING BATTLESHIP NEVADA FOR ATOMIC BOMB TEST. LAST MAN CLIMBING OFF SHIP LEAVING IN DINGHY LOOKING BACK AT SHIP FOR LAST TIME 00:41:20 - NAVAL PERSONNEL ENTERING CONTROL ROOM ON SHIP READING "RESTRICTED AREA, AUTHORIZED CROSSROADS PERSONNEL ONLY" 00:41:27 - CU DR. HOLLOWAY, LOS ALAMOS DIRECTOR 00:41:31 - INTERIOR CONTROL ROOM. ADJUSTING KNOBS, TALKING INTO MICROPHONE GIVING READINGS 00:41:36 - CU METER DROPPING IN NUMBERS 00:41:40 - CU NAVAL PERSONNEL PUTTING ON MASKS. CU MAN COUNTING DOWN TO ZERO 00:41:46 - ROW OF CAMERAMEN READY TO RECORD ATOMIC BLAST 00:41:47 - AIRPLANE FLYING ABOVE IN CLOUDS 00:41:49 - CU MAN GIVING FIRE ORDER 00:41:51 - ATOMIC BOMB BLASTING. MUSHROOM CLOUD FORMING SUBSURFACE EXPLOSION.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1946
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-273C