1966 - Color, Spain: Aircraft Salvage Operation w/ Camp Wilson Scenes. Feb-Mar66 (Atomic Search)Palomares, Spain
On 17Jan66 a SAC B-52 carrying four B28 thermonuclear (hydrogen) bombs collided in mid-air w/ KC-135 tanker while refueling. 3 bombs were found on shore, high explosives in two had detonated on impact scattering plutonium dust over several hundred acres. After 80 days the fourth bomb was found.
Reel description:
08:33:43 Spanish civilian helicopter parked, US Air Force personnel look into main door w/ Spanish. CU insignia of pair of wings and S.N. Make shift air terminal of windsock, antenna, crates & man at table. Two men arrive. US Airman checking crate w/ geiger counter, CU needle (not moving). CU aerial.
08:35:09 Tents at Camp Wilson w/ sign: Camp Wilson Exchange. Spanish workers laying cinder blocks for building. Applying stucco to concrete blocks. Truck watering down road past tents. View of tent city.
08:36:59 Sign: Search Operations in front of tent. Man walks into tent, sign: Communications Center Wilson’s Warriors and unit names etc.
08:37:34 Sign: Command Post. CU Two star plaque. Sign: Transportation - POL, ATCO, Motor Pool, Gas, Coupons, Potable Water, TRF - MET, Veh-Maint. Sign: Disaster Control Reports Sign: We Require From Each OF You: Summary of actions to date, Your area of responsibility, Numbers of people involved, Facilities at hand, Logistic requirements, How supported and from where, Did This Do the Job? etc.
08:38:32 Sign: Decontamination Out Processing. Sign: Detection Decontamination etc.
08:38:45 Sign: Operation “No Dust” Soak Ground, Scrape 2’ Deep, Wet Windows, etc. Trash by sign inspected by geiger counter. Needle seen moving. Airman setting Geiger Counter level.
Communications; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Aftermath; 1960s; Radiation Hazard;
NOTE: On 17Jan66 a SAC B-52 carrying four B28 thermonuclear (hydrogen) bombs collided in mid-air w/ KC-135 tanker while refueling. 3 bombs were found on shore, high explosives in two had detonated on impact scattering plutonium dust over several hundred acres. After 80 days the fourth bomb was found.
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1966 - Color, Spain: Aircraft Salvage Operation w/ Camp Wilson Scenes. Feb-Mar66 (Atomic Search)Palomares, Spain On 17Jan66 a SAC B-52 carrying four B28 thermonuclear (hydrogen) bombs collided in mid-air w/ KC-135 tanker while refueling. 3 bombs were found on shore, high explosives in two had detonated on impact scattering plutonium dust over several hundred acres. After 80 days the fourth bomb was found. Reel description: 08:33:43 Spanish civilian helicopter parked, US Air Force personnel look into main door w/ Spanish. CU insignia of pair of wings and S.N. Make shift air terminal of windsock, antenna, crates & man at table. Two men arrive. US Airman checking crate w/ geiger counter, CU needle (not moving). CU aerial. 08:35:09 Tents at Camp Wilson w/ sign: Camp Wilson Exchange. Spanish workers laying cinder blocks for building. Applying stucco to concrete blocks. Truck watering down road past tents. View of tent city. 08:36:59 Sign: Search Operations in front of tent. Man walks into tent, sign: Communications Center Wilson’s Warriors and unit names etc. 08:37:34 Sign: Command Post. CU Two star plaque. Sign: Transportation - POL, ATCO, Motor Pool, Gas, Coupons, Potable Water, TRF - MET, Veh-Maint. Sign: Disaster Control Reports Sign: We Require From Each OF You: Summary of actions to date, Your area of responsibility, Numbers of people involved, Facilities at hand, Logistic requirements, How supported and from where, Did This Do the Job? etc. 08:38:32 Sign: Decontamination Out Processing. Sign: Detection Decontamination etc. 08:38:45 Sign: Operation “No Dust” Soak Ground, Scrape 2’ Deep, Wet Windows, etc. Trash by sign inspected by geiger counter. Needle seen moving. Airman setting Geiger Counter level. Communications; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Aftermath; 1960s; Radiation Hazard; NOTE: On 17Jan66 a SAC B-52 carrying four B28 thermonuclear (hydrogen) bombs collided in mid-air w/ KC-135 tanker while refueling. 3 bombs were found on shore, high explosives in two had detonated on impact scattering plutonium dust over several hundred acres. After 80 days the fourth bomb was found.