Testing Nuclear Weapons Pt. 1 of 2

Testing Nuclear Weapons Pt. 1 of 2 Department of Energy Logo & title as presented by DoE’s Nevada Operations Office. 04:06:28 Aerial view panning over Nevada test site buildings & many craters or collapsed surface above underground test sites. Various missiles on display which were tested in Nevada: Trident II, Pershing II mobile land missile & cruise missiles. Las Vegas HQ building with sign US Department of Energy. 04:07:16 Manager of Nevada operations office, Nick Aquilina, explains experiment safety & necessity of nuclear tests done at test site & need to test nuclear devices under terms of treaties. 04:09:36 Cars & trucks enter test site facility Mercury. View of base. Aerials over highway to underground test areas Yucca Flat, Rainier Mesa & Piute Mesa. AVs control point overlooking Frenchman & Yucca Flats - pan over valley & craters from blasts of 300 kiloton or less; Piute Mesa used for larger explosives at underground test sites to 4500 ft deep. Aerial over end of mine drifts at Rainier Mesa. 04:11:06 Engineers outside U 12 N tunnel complex; interior w/ men entering on small train & inside. 04:11:25 Model of satellite Star Set which will undergo tests in tunnel during underground detonation; engineers assembling w/ equipment; to test radiation hardening. 04:11:53 Huge drill rig moved to test site by bulldozers. Drilling, 04:12:35 CU head of large diameter drill. Portable building moved into test area. Pickup past checkpoint to ground w/ miles of cables laid out to vans which will record data following test. Microwave relay antenna. 04:13:45 Explosive & diagnostic instrument cannister lowered by crane into shaft. Shaft filled with sand & gravel after cannister is in place by bulldozer. 04:14:18 Ext. recording station - many dishes. Int. technicians at consuls, computers, flashing LED readouts & instruments. Man at mic. Continued... Propaganda; Atomic Research;