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22:00:25 Bulldozer pushes dirt, men working in background & desert beyond. Explosives sign on fence in foreground. CU surveyor, MS. Man signaling; blocks of explosives. Men by wooden sided station wagon wave flag.
22:00:44 Cables laid out on ground followed by pan to underground pit covered by timbers & planks. Man arranging cables.
22:00:56 Two wooden covers over trucks, ERA on flag flying above. LS of hills.
22:01:05 MS of rows of newsreel cameras & cameramen. CU man w/ stopwatch talking into microphone. Men by equipment rack counting down. Military watching thru binoculars. Man counting and second man pushes two buttons at once.
22:01:16 Large mass of dirt raising from underground explosion.
22:01:31 CU soldier w/ binoculars. LS of dirt cloud over heads of troops.
TNT; Conventional explosives; Seismic monitoring tests; 1951; 1950s;
Note: Seismic tests were done for petroleum-related geology in Utah in 1951. Its unknown if this military testing is related to planned underground nuclear tests or to oil exploration.
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Title 22:00:25 Bulldozer pushes dirt, men working in background & desert beyond. Explosives sign on fence in foreground. CU surveyor, MS. Man signaling; blocks of explosives. Men by wooden sided station wagon wave flag. 22:00:44 Cables laid out on ground followed by pan to underground pit covered by timbers & planks. Man arranging cables. 22:00:56 Two wooden covers over trucks, ERA on flag flying above. LS of hills. 22:01:05 MS of rows of newsreel cameras & cameramen. CU man w/ stopwatch talking into microphone. Men by equipment rack counting down. Military watching thru binoculars. Man counting and second man pushes two buttons at once. 22:01:16 Large mass of dirt raising from underground explosion. 22:01:31 CU soldier w/ binoculars. LS of dirt cloud over heads of troops. TNT; Conventional explosives; Seismic monitoring tests; 1951; 1950s; Note: Seismic tests were done for petroleum-related geology in Utah in 1951. Its unknown if this military testing is related to planned underground nuclear tests or to oil exploration.