Operation Sandstone - Sixth, Seventh & Eighth Atomic Bomb Test, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands Pt. 2 of 2
Continued... Montage: Communications w/ men installing antennas, wires, at radios, teletypes, typewriters, punch tape. CU man w/ headset speaking on phone; telegraph key; man w/ radio on beach. Aerial of light plane above island. B-29 in flight & POV in B-29. Weather balloon released, testing. Men leaving island on landing craft. View of tower; checking equipment, bunkers, cables.
11:00:58 POV towards navy ships from landing craft. Anchor chains raised. Sunset w/ ship moving against clouds. Night & remote controlled B-17s take off, men in prop wash.
11:02:00 Men mount control towers on another island, men on telephones.
11:02:18 Explosion, men lighted. Morning light on drifting atomic cloud. Drone 17 land & remote controlled tank digs soil sample. Men in protective clothing go thru rubble. Check harp & piston gages. Helicopter dropping sample on ship. Air Force plane takes off; calculators, slide rules, other equipment being viewed. Military scientists looking at test results in notebooks.
11:04:50 Trinity test blast; Operation Crossroads; Operation Sandstone, several detonations & clouds rising. Other blasts & clouds, long slow cloud going thru changes. The End. Credits.
Atomic Test Preparations; Pacific Islands; Science; Propaganda; Military;
NOTE: Tests were 14Apr-14May48
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Operation Sandstone - Sixth, Seventh & Eighth Atomic Bomb Test, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands Pt. 2 of 2 Continued... Montage: Communications w/ men installing antennas, wires, at radios, teletypes, typewriters, punch tape. CU man w/ headset speaking on phone; telegraph key; man w/ radio on beach. Aerial of light plane above island. B-29 in flight & POV in B-29. Weather balloon released, testing. Men leaving island on landing craft. View of tower; checking equipment, bunkers, cables. 11:00:58 POV towards navy ships from landing craft. Anchor chains raised. Sunset w/ ship moving against clouds. Night & remote controlled B-17s take off, men in prop wash. 11:02:00 Men mount control towers on another island, men on telephones. 11:02:18 Explosion, men lighted. Morning light on drifting atomic cloud. Drone 17 land & remote controlled tank digs soil sample. Men in protective clothing go thru rubble. Check harp & piston gages. Helicopter dropping sample on ship. Air Force plane takes off; calculators, slide rules, other equipment being viewed. Military scientists looking at test results in notebooks. 11:04:50 Trinity test blast; Operation Crossroads; Operation Sandstone, several detonations & clouds rising. Other blasts & clouds, long slow cloud going thru changes. The End. Credits. Atomic Test Preparations; Pacific Islands; Science; Propaganda; Military; NOTE: Tests were 14Apr-14May48