1966 - Colour, Spain: Salvage Operations Aboard USS Boston (CAG-1) & USS Kiowa (ATF-72) Feb66
Low angle / LA MS Twin rotor Boeing Vertol UH-46C helicopter hovering over mast of the USS BOSTON (CAG-1) & removing TACAN from mast of the ship after TACAN & TACAN Dome were damaged by lightning. Men seen working.
03:13:35 MLS Large section of wing of B-52 off loaded from USS KIOWA (ATF-72) & loaded aboard LCU, Navy men seen in BG & FG as wing lowered to deck. MS Several men over wing releasing sling.
03:16:03 LCU-1492 backing out of scene L as seen from USS KIOWA.
03:16:17 Slate: 19Feb66. Bucket loader building jetty at Palomares, Spain. MLS Mobile crane moving utility pole while building the causeway. MCU Two men standing on metal pontoon receiving the utility pole & lowering it into water next to pontoon & attaching to poles.
03:19:03 MCU Men on small metal pontoon; one welder welding on deck area of the metal pontoon. CU over welder welding flat piece of metal to edge of the pontoon. Two divers in wet suits along the edge of the metal pontoon working in dirty water.
Cold War; 1960s; Atomic Bomb Accident; Military Embarrassment; Aviation Crash 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 - Colour, Spain: Salvage Operations Aboard USS Boston (CAG-1) & USS Kiowa (ATF-72) Feb66 Low angle / LA MS Twin rotor Boeing Vertol UH-46C helicopter hovering over mast of the USS BOSTON (CAG-1) & removing TACAN from mast of the ship after TACAN & TACAN Dome were damaged by lightning. Men seen working. 03:13:35 MLS Large section of wing of B-52 off loaded from USS KIOWA (ATF-72) & loaded aboard LCU, Navy men seen in BG & FG as wing lowered to deck. MS Several men over wing releasing sling. 03:16:03 LCU-1492 backing out of scene L as seen from USS KIOWA. 03:16:17 Slate: 19Feb66. Bucket loader building jetty at Palomares, Spain. MLS Mobile crane moving utility pole while building the causeway. MCU Two men standing on metal pontoon receiving the utility pole & lowering it into water next to pontoon & attaching to poles. 03:19:03 MCU Men on small metal pontoon; one welder welding on deck area of the metal pontoon. CU over welder welding flat piece of metal to edge of the pontoon. Two divers in wet suits along the edge of the metal pontoon working in dirty water. Cold War; 1960s; Atomic Bomb Accident; Military Embarrassment; Aviation Crash 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. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.