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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221406-08
Color: Colour
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1951
Country: Marshall Islands,USA
Location: DC,Eniwetok Atoll,Los Alamos,New Mexico,Pacific Proving Ground,Washington
TC Begins: 11:08:49
TC Ends: 11:20:04
Duration: 00:11:15
1951 - Government Documentary: Operation Greenhouse Pt. 1 of 2 The Atomic Energy Commission Rolling credits, Joint Task Force 3 headed by Lt. Gen. Elwood Quesada & Dr. Alvin C. Graves. 11:09:14 Animated atom & title sequence. 11:10:06 Los Alamos w/ post office, & shopping center, living & recreation in 1951. Mowing lawns, hanging clothes. POV thru past school & buildings. Sign: Security... Entry checkpoint. Scientists & technicians working. Map, aerials of Eniwetok & other atolls. 11:12:08 Tilt down Washington monument & across WWII Army barracks on mall. Task Force organization meeting; military talking; technicians working; man leaving family into car & boy waves goodbye. 11:13:39 Aerial of Harry Island (Task Force HQ); Eniwetok (Army & Air Force HQ) w/ dormitories, laboratories on various test islands. Men working on equipment, atomic test tower. animation of blast, heat, light & radiation. Men launching plastic balloons to suspend instruments. Platform of high speed cameras. Radiation measuring devices; other devices being installed. Tower w/ weapon; men leave on small boat. 11:16:12 Men put on goggles. Explosion & cloud w/ light moving up. 11:16:57 Helicopter lifting off. Opening bunker. Unloading ship w/ cranes. Men eating; scrubbing in shower; pumping water to holding tanks. Landing craft; light plane taking off. Large double-decker transport airplane landing. Army, navy & air force officers talking. More installing electronics, soldering. Tanks moved into place w/ instruments inside to measure heat, pressure. Bomb proof building; airplane wings planted in ground; B-29 & crew. Joint Task Force 3 meeting; weather charts, Continued... Atomic Test Preparations; Pacific Islands; Science; Propaganda; Military; Nuclear Weapons Testing; NOTE: 4 tests 08Apr-25May51. Source material contrasty.