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ATOMIC TESTING GROUNDS. DEBRIS SCATTERED LANDSCAPE.
MANNEQUIN IN A PILE OF RUBBLE. |
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MANNEQUINS STRATEGICALLY PLACED ON ATOMIC TEST SITE.
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MARCH 1953 (ACCORDING TO NARRATOR), VARIOUS VEHICLES, NEW AND USED, ROLLED ONTO NEVADA PROVING GROUND.
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CIVIL DEFENSE ENGINEERS PLACE VEHICLES IN THE YUCCA FLATS OF THE NEVADA PROVING GROUNDS. CU, MEASUREMENT DEVICES ATTACHED TO CARS.
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ATOMIC TEST SITE, STRUCTURES BUILT ON TEST GROUNDS.
MANNEQUINS POSITIONED INSIDE HOMES. |
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SMALL SCALE MODEL SHOWS AN INTERIOR LOOK AT AN UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TEST SHELTER.
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EXTERIOR, LAS VEGAS CITY HALL (ACCORDING TO NARRATOR). CU, SECURITY POSTER REQUESTING THAT "ALL CAMERAS MUST BE REGISTERED AT PHOTO DESK". CU, IDENTIFICATION TAGS ATTACHED TO CAMERAS.
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AUDITORIUM BRIEFING. CROWDED ROOM.
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WS, EXTERIOR SIGN "U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION -
NEVADA PROVING GROUND" MERCURY, NEVADA. BUSES ARRIVE AT NEVADA TEST SITE. CROWDS OF NEWS MEDIA AND ONLOOKERS SURVEY THE ATOMIC TESTING GROUNDS. |
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SOLDIERS CLIMB INTO TRENCHES AT NIGHT. UNDER DARKNESS, NEWS MEDIA AND CIVIL DEFENSE PERSONNEL GATHER ON NEVADA PROVING GROUND.
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BLINDING WHITE ATOMIC BOMB FLASH. MUSHROOM CLOUD ENVELOPES THE NIGHT SKY. MONTAGE, ATOMIC DESTRUCTION, POWERFUL BLAST WAVES DESTROY STRUCTURES IN ITS PATH.
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CIVIL DEFENSE OBSERVERS WITNESS ATOMIC BLAST UNDER THE PROTECTION OF DARK GOGGLES. FIRE BALL BLAST.
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ATOMIC DESTRUCTION ILLUSTRATED IN SLOW MOTION.
BLAST WAVE BLOWS A HOUSE APART. |
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SILHOUETTE, TROOPS MARCH ACROSS THE DUSTY DESERT, NEVADA TESTING GROUND. SILHOUETTE, NEWS CREWS AND ON-LOOKERS.
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MILITARY HELICOPTER LANDS ON NEVADA PROVING GROUND.
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FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATOR, VAL PETERSON GREETS PRESS.
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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION TEST DIRECTOR, DR. ALVIN C. GRAVES SPEAKS TO REPORTERS AT NEVADA ATOMIC TEST SITE.
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MILITARY HELICOPTER LANDS AT NEVADA PROVING GROUND.
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RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY TEAMS MEASURE FALL OUT WITH A GEIGER COUNTER.
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ATOMIC TEST SITE BUILDINGS DAMAGED BUT STANDING AFTER A-BOMB EXPLOSION. MANNEQUINS INTERIOR HOMES, THROWN AND ENTANGLED IN BLAST DEBRIS.
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NEWSPAPER HEADLINE 1953 READS "TIMES' MAN EYEWITNESS TO A-BOMB DESTRUCTION", NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FANNED ON A TABLE TOP.
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ENGINEERING EXAMPLES OF CIVILIAN SHELTERS FOR NUCLEAR FALL OUT. SMALL SCALE MODEL OF HOME BUILT ATOMIC SHELTER.
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MANNEQUINS POSITIONED IN ATOMIC TEST STRUCTURES.
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BLINDING ATOMIC DOME-LIKE FLASH.
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END OF PROGRAM.
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