Summary

EFFECTS OF ATOMIC WEAPONS

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Title: EFFECTS OF ATOMIC WEAPONS
File Number: DN-RLB-179 Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Documentary
Year: 01/01/1964
Subjects: TAPE NOT ON SHELF AND MASTER YET TO BE LOCATED AS OF 10 18 05 SEE LEE SHOULDERS, JAMES NEWMAN AND OR ROBERT ARKUS FOR FURTHER DETAILS ; Aerials
Description: Color 1964 Documentary on the mechanics of nuclear explosions and mushroom clouds, and the effects of nuclear blast, heat and radiation on the environment and man-made structures (bomb damage) The different effects of air bursts, surface bursts, underwater explosions and underground explosions are enumerated Many of the nuclear test explosions are not familiar-looking possibly rare footage of tests heretofore not seen at Archive Excellent film 01:01:11:00 Color 1964 Nuclear explosion tests, various POV and distance: a distant air burst and mushroom cloud, stem of smoke rises from ground and is not connected to the cloud cap, HA VS, similar at 1:04:28, 1:09:45 at 1:02:41 beautiful mushroom cloud, WS, good shot the rising cap of the explosion cloud, VS CU the beautiful luminous white cap of the cloud, high in the atmosphere as it begins to form ice crystals, excellent shot at 1:04:03 air burst explosion and mushroom cloud, WS at 1:07:22 bright flash of explosion in distance, yucca trees in FG, also at 1:07:50, 1:09:35 at 1:10:42 explosion and mushroom cloud, soldiers in foxhole in FG at 1:11:00 underwater nuclear explosion tests, VS, various angles, huge columns of water, good shots at 1:12:13 underground explosion throws up a solid cloud of dirt and dust at 1:13:33 surface burst nuclear explosion and mushroom cloud, POV AV at 1:14:19 surface burst explosion and mushroom cloud, WS explosion and mushroom cloud, POV AV above the clouds, good shot 01:04:15:00 Color 1964 Overturned military vehicles and tanks in desert after nuclear explosion test 01:04:42:00 Color 1964 Test structures in the desert await their own destruction, before an explosion, VS 01:04:53:00 Color 1964 Reddish-tinted slow-motion footage of impacts and damage during nuclear test explosion [classic footage, you've seen most of it before]: buildings, VS at 1:06:09 walls of building collapse cars are blown over house explodes after severe impact, scary well-known shot at 1:06:51, VS at 1:07:07 precursor wave, bank of dust rises from ground at 1:08:24 various structures at 1:09:12 a stand of trees bends, dust rises from ground 01:05:49:00 Color 1964 Panorama and ruined buildings, VS, of Hiroshima in aftermath of atomic explosion, in color also at 1:06:41, 1:06:56 01:07:33:00 Color 1964 Military personnel look out upon test range, powerful flash, they remove their protective goggles Grainy 01:08:45:00 Color 1964 Soldiers hang uniforms on wooden posts on the test range for explosion experiment 01:10:26:00 Color 1964 Soldiers on test range take cover in trenches and foxholes before nuclear explosion, VS 01:13:20:00 Color 1964 Crater in desert left by underground nuclear explosion test, POV AV