1954 - Color, Government Documentary: Military Effects Study On Operation Castle R2 of 2

R2 of 2 Animation, Thermal Radiation over fireball. 21:00:27 Aerial over buildings, antenna holding instrumentation; graph showing thermal/ power effect. Super-imposed palm trees in front of fireball. Illustration of bomb dropping & discussing casualties. Washington DC w/ blast area overlaid. Pan over Hiroshima atom bomb effect. B-36 in flight, bomb dropping w/ parachute deploying. 21:03:18 B-36 on tarmac; B-47 taking off w/ JATO to measure pressure over skin of plane. Men inspecting wing w/ instrumentation being installed; other instruments. Canopy screen shown. Panel w/ radio signals being read. B47 taking off & in flight. Sitting on tarmac. GOOD. 21:05:39 B-36 being modified w/ white enamel paint on underside. B36 taking off overhead. Aerial in flight, MCU. GOOD. 21:07:04 B36 landing, taxiing. CU damage of skin & blistering of paint & skin? B36 taking off past fighter jets. Plane fitted w/ gyroscopic mounted cameras. Aerial above B36 & below B47 in flight. Contrails of other planes over shots. 21:09:18 Animated diagram: Blast, instrumentation lines shown. Views of structure, instrumentation, gages inspected. Film of blast from above. View of pressure wave & hitting palm trees. Eninman Island & description of rain storm hit by blast at ground zero. CU Navy book: Capabilities of Atomic Weapons, opened showing charts. View of blast effect; view of Hiroshima aftermath. VO explaining amount of damage & chart of Washington DC. 21:12:10 Aerial over Bikini base camp at Eninman Island which blew many buildings down. Aerial over coconut palms before & after blast & a broadleaf tree. 21:13:42 Landing craft measuring crater depth underwater; aerial over craters. Men working on measuring equipment prior to tests, moving to site. 21:15:41 Aerial of large nuclear burst. Illustration of mines for testing being placed; men inspect mines after blast; underwater diver inspecting instruments on floor of atoll. 21:17:06 Beached ships by explosion; jeeps on shore. 21:17:26 Upshot Knothole shot 10 explosion (not part of Castle series). Equipment in Nevada desert afterward. Blast w/ dust cloud shown. Stills of damaged equipment by Castle. 21:18:12 Summary montage w/ very good colorful bursts. The End. Nuclear Mishaps; PacificTesting; Measuring Techniques; Atomic Damage; Destruction; Color; Cold War; NOTE: Very good color. Good animation blast effect. NOTE: Bravo, 28Feb54, yielded 15 megatons, 2 1/2 times expected resulting in worst incident of fallout exposure in all of the US atmospheric tests. Worst nuclear test in U.S. history.