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1950s - Atomic Testing: British Atomic Explosion in Pacific

Reel Number: 221627-33

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1950s

Country: Australia,England,United Kingdom

Location: Monte bello Islands,Pacific

TC Begins: 06:14:57

TC Ends: 06:17:17

Duration: 00:02:20

1950s - Atomic Testing: British Atomic Explosion in Pacific Burst of light; mushroom cloud rising & other clouds roiling. LS aerial above water w/ cloud darkening. 06:15:57 Stem of mushroom cloud forming & slowly rising. Tilt down and closer shot. Atomic Bomb; Nuclear Bomb; 1950s; England; Great Britain; Cold War; Technology; NOTE: In 1952 UK began testing nuclear weapons in its Pacific Colonies including in the Monte Bello Islands.

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