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PROGRAM OPENING TITLE SLATE.
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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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Year: 1953
Color: Black & White
Genre: NUCLEAR POWER/CIVIL DEFENSE
Description: PRODUCED BY BYRON INCORPORATED. FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION. RECENTLY DE-CLASSIFIED RESTRICTED GOVERNMENT FOOTAGE OF ATOMIC BOMB TESTING AND ACTIVITY FROM 1953, NEVADA PROVING GROUND. ATOMIC IMPACT TESTING.
