WWII - Color, 1945, USA Manhattan Project: Jumbo, The Gadget; Test Platform & Explosives (Y-203-4)

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1945, USA Manhattan Project: Jumbo, The Gadget; Test Platform & Explosives Four men on top of tank w/ platform w/ four men & five circular ?? w/ probes like microphones; CU men attaching wire/cable (?). MCU behind. 06:09:21 Metal ?? pin into ground. White flare or rocket trail against bright blue sky, tracking up & as it falls to earth in sagebrush. 06:09:47 Dust or exhaust as bulldozers pull atomic bomb, The Gadget, inside container aka Jumbo on trailer along dirt road. LS w/ grader following. MS bomb on trailer approaching. 06:10:47 Trailer & bomb in Jumbo backed to pit. 06:11:07 Low angle / LA views looking up at tower against white clouds & very dark blue sky, tilt down to base w/ men working around & canvas shading bomb & Jemez (?) mountains behind. 06:12:14 LS of white smoke cloud rising beyond mountain ridge. MCU fire of burning grass & juniper (?) trees. LS Pans of ridge & smoke. 06:13:33 Triangle of metal rod & stake w/ white flag on sandy desert. CU men looking at & placing small box. LSs across desert to mountains. 06:14:16 CUs ?? wearing white pith helmet; MS man reading in cab of truck. MS man working in hole w/ instruments (?). 06:14:59 ca May45 Base of cribbing of wooden beams & men installing pile of wooden crates of conventional explosives w/ radioactive solution on top for test explosion; army truck winch. 06:15:52 Jeep parked, men beside 3 poles in triangular formation over ??; CU attaching ? to wire. 06:16:24 Overhead of men moving crates labeled High Explosives from elevator & bricked / stacked tightly in layers on platform. 06:17:45 LA up tower w/ guy wires & The Gadget raised into enclosed platform on top; boards seen moved under atomic bomb / The Gadget. 06:19:18 Trinity Site Base Camp, pans of barracks, vehicles & people moving about. 06:19:50 Pans & shots of wooden & concrete bunkers under construction (?) w/ dirt covering; men working & interior w/ bare light bulbs. 06:22:25 High angle of assembled civilian & military in Los Alamos park (?) w/ many flags on stage decorated w/ bunting. Military official & Robert Oppenheimer at microphone. Military band. (note: pans too fast for most to be useful - could be slowed in another transfer). Microphone KOB on front of stage w/ other mics. Men standing looking at program. Various men off stage, out of barracks waving, pose beside cars. 06:25:11 Man & woman in army car / sedan drive off past trailer houses (brief). Atomic Age; Manhattan Project; Jul45; Nuclear Weapon; Inventions; Mass Destruction; Trinity Project Testing; Firsts; Scientists; Secret; Secrecy; NOTE: Test explosion of 100 tons of conventional explosives fired on 07May45. NOTE: Any continuous nine minutes sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk