Montage & Titles. R1 of 3
02:00:54 Master Sgt Stuart Queen, SOF: “Ignorance breeds fear. To teach soldiers of the US Army exactly what atomic weapons can, & cannot, do & thereby allay any unreasonable fears of the a-bomb, a series of atomic experiments have been held in the barren lands of Nevada during the past several years...today...Desert Rock VI / Six.
02:01:27 Marching soldiers filling street in Europe, down Champs-Elysees & elsewhere.
02:01:49 Overhead of atomic explosion, pan devastation at Hiroshima.
02:02:15 Montage: Air to air & above of B-29. Atomic test blast from ground; large railroad mounted artillery; fired & desert atomic blast. ICBM rocket lift-off
02:02:51 Soldiers marching w/ flags on parade ground. Aerial over Camp Desert Rock, CU sign & tents. Multiple blasts fired. Daytime & soldiers watching underground explosions; bus on road to test site; CU sign: Camp Desert Rock.
02:04:03 CU soldier to camera, SOF (robot-like): “You are hear to participate in an atomic maneuver”.
02:04:10 LS from rear of soldiers on benches listening in field “...but they don’t mean the end of all life as you think...” MCU listening troops. “by taking common sense precautions live to fight another day. This is not a haphazard maneuver...” Officers looking at relief map; pointer showing where atomic will be dropped on enemy & point that soldiers will attack.
02:05:15 Soldiers surveying on Frenchman’s Flat desert. Ground zero w/ target of asphalt circles; communication lines laid; mechanical ditch-digger & soldiers digging trenches & placing sandbags. Officer:“What there is to be afraid of, and what we don’t have to fear. First, of all what is our first inkling that an atomic bomb has gone off...” soldiers listening. He draws ball of fire on blackboard, animated turning to dark & rising w/ mushroom stem, ice-cap formed on top.
02:08:21 “Eventually this cloud drifts off, and you can’t tell it from the other clouds in the sky....one of the most beautiful sights ever seen by man.” Explains only 3 things to think about: blast, heat, radiation.
02:09:16 Animation showing air pressure, effect of pressure on building; on soldier of debris thrown by explosion.
Jan55; 1955; Atomic Tests; Testing; Nuclear; Dangers; Military Field Training; Lecturing; Human Test Subjects;
NOTE: Very good quality.
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Montage & Titles. R1 of 3 02:00:54 Master Sgt Stuart Queen, SOF: “Ignorance breeds fear. To teach soldiers of the US Army exactly what atomic weapons can, & cannot, do & thereby allay any unreasonable fears of the a-bomb, a series of atomic experiments have been held in the barren lands of Nevada during the past several years...today...Desert Rock VI / Six. 02:01:27 Marching soldiers filling street in Europe, down Champs-Elysees & elsewhere. 02:01:49 Overhead of atomic explosion, pan devastation at Hiroshima. 02:02:15 Montage: Air to air & above of B-29. Atomic test blast from ground; large railroad mounted artillery; fired & desert atomic blast. ICBM rocket lift-off 02:02:51 Soldiers marching w/ flags on parade ground. Aerial over Camp Desert Rock, CU sign & tents. Multiple blasts fired. Daytime & soldiers watching underground explosions; bus on road to test site; CU sign: Camp Desert Rock. 02:04:03 CU soldier to camera, SOF (robot-like): “You are hear to participate in an atomic maneuver”. 02:04:10 LS from rear of soldiers on benches listening in field “...but they don’t mean the end of all life as you think...” MCU listening troops. “by taking common sense precautions live to fight another day. This is not a haphazard maneuver...” Officers looking at relief map; pointer showing where atomic will be dropped on enemy & point that soldiers will attack. 02:05:15 Soldiers surveying on Frenchman’s Flat desert. Ground zero w/ target of asphalt circles; communication lines laid; mechanical ditch-digger & soldiers digging trenches & placing sandbags. Officer:“What there is to be afraid of, and what we don’t have to fear. First, of all what is our first inkling that an atomic bomb has gone off...” soldiers listening. He draws ball of fire on blackboard, animated turning to dark & rising w/ mushroom stem, ice-cap formed on top. 02:08:21 “Eventually this cloud drifts off, and you can’t tell it from the other clouds in the sky....one of the most beautiful sights ever seen by man.” Explains only 3 things to think about: blast, heat, radiation. 02:09:16 Animation showing air pressure, effect of pressure on building; on soldier of debris thrown by explosion. Jan55; 1955; Atomic Tests; Testing; Nuclear; Dangers; Military Field Training; Lecturing; Human Test Subjects; NOTE: Very good quality.