1952 - Atomic Test, Frenchman’s Flat, Nevada

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Title: The Department of Defense releases official films of the first U.S. troops to undergo atomic tests... 03:40:20 Pan across Frenchman’s Flat, Nevada sagebrush desert. Soldier attaching film badge on rifle; onto dummies of soldiers lying on ground. 03:40:41 Night. Headlights of convoy, soldiers off back of truck in dawn light; silhouetted moving across desert for last of 5 test explosions. 03:41:00 MCU Generals Mark Clark, William Kean, Joseph Swing talking. LS large group of troops sitting on ground waiting, some w/ dark glasses, lighted by flash of blast; MCU turn around & watch, dust cloud blowing across. View across troops facing mushroom cloud raising beyond. CU troops looking up; MS officers watching. Tilt up roiling cloud intercut w/ watching troops. VERY GOOD. Atomic Testing; Atomic Bomb; Explosions; 1952; Human Testing; Cold War; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk