WWII - Color, 1945, USA Manhattan Project: Atomic Bomb Assembly & Explosion

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1945, USA Manhattan Project: Atomic Bomb Assembly & Explosion LS pan Alamogordo, New Mexico area Jemez mountains from across desert w/ low construction visible. 04:56:44 MS base of tower & men working w/ & looking at bomb on back of truck; lifting bomb on yoke hanging from cable; lowering after truck has driven off & working around bomb & on platform. 04:58:52 Canvas raised next to bomb; CU bomb. Men inside canvas shelter over bomb looking at top of bomb; Robert Oppenheimer in pork pie hat. CU Men working. 05:02:00 LS bomb at base of tower, MS moving w/ winch, pushing cushions under & raising bomb (external wires if attached not seen) above looking up thru tower. 05:04:20 Man standing beside bomb w/ many external wires attached; MCUs. 05:06:06 Slug. 05:06:11 Black, light w/ explosion burning out sky seen across sagebrush; mushroom cloud rises & darkens so hardly seen. 05:07:06 Same from another camera, closer to roiling white cloud blackening / browning. Atomic Age; Manhattan Project; 16Jul45; Nuclear Weapon; Inventions; Mass Destruction; Testing; Firsts; Scientists; Secret; Secrecy; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk