- Title: P-213-9
- Summary: U.S. REVEALS H-BOMB: U.S. REVEALS H-BOMB. THE WORLD'S FIRST HYDROGEN BOMB OBLITERATES AN ISLAND UNDER THE CAMERA'S EYE; SEE THE FIRST AIR-DROPPED H-BOMB. PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.
- Description:00:25:00 - LATE 1952. NAVY SHIP AT SEA. SAILORS ON SHIP. 00:25:02 - AERIAL OVER ENIWETOK ATOLL. 00:25:05 - MAN DRIVES TOWARD STORAGE BARN ON OPEN, HEAVY-DUTY TRUCK, FORK-LIFT H-BOMB HOUSED THERE. PREPARATIONS. 00:25:10 - TRUCKS, CARS DRIVE ON ROAD 00:25:14 - AERIAL OVER ISLAND. 00:25:18 - SIDE VIEW OF SHIP. 00:25:22 - OFFICER ON BOARD HAS HEADPHONES ON. CAPTAIN WITH HEAD-SET COUNTS DOWN. LOOKS DOWN AT CONTROL PANEL. CU CONTROLS. 00:25:25 - THREE MEN LOOK DOWN AT PANELS OF GAUGES. ONE CALLS OUT NUMBERS. RUBS HIS CHIN. WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH. CALLING OUT COUNTDOWN 00:25:49 - ZOOMS IN ON A BUILDING WITH NOTHING AROUND IT. BLOWS UP. HUGE NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. 00:26:02 - SHOCK WAVE ROLLS TOWARD THE FLAGSHIP 00:26:09 - MEN WATCH FROM A BOAT. IN WATER. CREW ON BOARD WITH BINOCULARS. 00:26:11 - MONTAGE OF HUGE CLOUD CAUSED BY H-BOMB. 00:26:28 - HELICOPTER FLIES TOWARD TARGET CENTER 00:26:30 - AERIAL PAN OF ISLAND SWEPT CLEAN BY THE FIREBALL FLARE. 3 MILES WIDE. ISLAND PRETTY MUCH GONE 00:26:53 - OCEAN WAVES BREAKING & COME TOWARD SHORE. OCEAN HITS SHORE. 00:26:57 - AERIAL OVER BIKINI ISLAND. CIRCA 1956. BIKINI ISLANDS AS TARGET. "OPERATION RED WING". 00:27:02 - MILITARY MEN IN UNIFORMS, SHORTS WALK PAST THATCHED-ROOF HUTS, HOUSES. PALM TREES. 00:27:04 - MEN COME OVER & LOOK AT BIG RADAR DISC. 00:27:07 - PERCHED PRECARIOUSLY, A SAILOR TAKES OFF THE PLASTIC COVERING ON A BUOY. FLOAT SWINGS & MOVES AS HE REMOVES COVER. LEGS WRAPPED AROUND POLE 00:27:13 - CU FLOATING BUOY 00:27:16 - CU TWO MEN LOOKING UP SQUINTING FROM THE SUN 00:27:19 - MILITARY PLANE FLIES OVERHEAD 00:27:21 - AERIAL OF HUGE BULL'S-EYE TARGET. CIRCLES. POV FROM PLANE. INTERCUTS PLANE & TARGET 00:27:24 - PLANE DROPS ITS MISSILE & BANKS SHARPLY AWAY. 00:27:31 - HYDROGEN BOMB EXPLODES. HUGE NOISE. 00:27:38 - MAN IN PLANE LOOKS THROUGH HUGE TELESCOPE-LIKE MACHINE. DOOR OPEN, PANT LEGS BLOW FROM WIND. 00:27:42 - SKY AT DUSK. SUNSET
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: P-213-9