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"ATOMIC BATTLEFIELD"
"OBSOLETE" FILM. FEATURES ATOMIC SHOT AT DESERT ROCK,
NEVADA WHERE ARMY UNIT WAS ACTUALLY EMPLOYED IN THE
FIELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DETONATION.
00:34:00 166.57
HORSES & CATTLE ROAMING DESERT OF NEVADA. BRIGHTLY
LIT UP CASINOS OF LAS VEGAS. ESTABLISHING NIGHT SHOT
OF LAS VEGAS. COLORFULLY COSTUMED GIRLS DANCE ON
VEGAS STAGE. LAS VEGAS NIGHTCLUB
00:34:32 198.57
AERIAL NEVADA NUCLEAR TEST SITE WITH SUPPORT
HEADQUARTERS OF CAMP DESERT ROCK.
00:35:16 242.57
HUNDREDS OF SOLDIERS OF PANTOMIC DIVISION SIT ON ROWS
OF LONG OUTDOOR BENCHES & LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS
GIVEN BY OFFICER ON NATURE OF A-BOMB
00:35:37 263.57
ANIMATED DRAWING OF A-BOMB MUSHROOM CLOUD SHOWS HOW
BLAST GENERATES VARIOUS EFFECTS SUCH AS HEAT, BLAST &
RADIATION.
00:36:02 288.57
DRAWINGS SHOW WHAT EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE CAN DO & HOW
SHELTER GIVES PROTECTION.
00:36:33 319.57
EXERCISE DONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO SHOWS GIS MARCHING
INTO LONG DEEP TRENCH & ATOMIC BOMB EXPLODING IN
DISTANCE.
00:38:30 436.57
MONTAGE EFFECTS OF BLAST ON BUILDINGS & OTHER
STRUCTURES
00:38:43 449.57
MONTAGE OF MUSHROOM CLOUD STILL HANGING IN AIR &
TROOPS LEAVING THEIR TRENCHES. ADVANCE TOWARD CLOUD.
00:39:19 485.57
LS- ADVANCED UNITS OF THE 'PANTOMIC' DIVISION
ARRIVE IN LONG COLUMNS OF TRUCKS AT THE DESERT
SITE OF TROOP TEST 'SMOKEY'.
00:39:44 510.57
MONTAGE- THE TROOPS ARE INSTRUCTED BY AN OFFICER
AND THEY PROCEED IN SETTING UP A TENT CITY IN
CAMP DESERT ROCK IN THE NEVADA DESERT.
00:41:56 642.57
MS- RADIATION (RAD) SAFE GROUPS OF GIS PICK UP
THEIR EQUIPMENT FROM A SUPPLY SHACK.
00:42:12 658.57
LS- A HUGE MECHANICAL DITCH DIGGER CUTS A LONG
TRENCH IN THE SAND AS SHELTER FOR THE TROOPS.
00:42:59 705.57
MS- MICROWAVE ANTENNAE FOR TV EQUIPMENT ARE SET
UP ATOP TRUCKS.
00:44:25 791.57
MS- ENTERTAINERS FROM LAS VEGAS, INCLUDING TAP
DANCERS AND SINGER EYDIE GORME PERFORM FOR THE
TROOPS ON A STAGE IN THE OPEN DESERT.
00:46:21 907.57
LS-TROOPS OF TASK FORCE 'WARRIOR' MOVE OUT TO THE
TEST SITE IN TRUCKS.
00:48:00 1006.57
MS- A CHAPLAIN REASSURES A FEW GIS OF THE SAFETY
OF THE TEST AS THEY SIT IN THE SAND AT NIGHT
HE TELLS THEM WHAT IT'S LIKE.
00:49:38 1104.57
ELS- A BRIGHT FLASH LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT AS THE
A-BOMB IS DETONATED.
00:50:17 1143.57
MS- A BLACK 'RAD SAFE' GI USES AN INSTRUMENT TO
MEASURE GAMMA RADIATION AS HE RIDES TOWARDS THE
BLAST IN JEEP, 1 HOUR AFTER THE BLAST.
00:50:25 1151.57
MS- THE RAD SAFE GI PLACES CONE MARKERS IN AREAS
THAT ARE SAFE AS WELL AS AREAS THAT ARE NOT
00:51:03 1189.57
MS- MEN OF TASK FORCE 'WARRIOR' MOVE OUT OF THEIR
TRENCH AFTER GETTING WORD FROM THE RAD SAFE TEAM
THAT THE AREA IS SAFE.
00:51:18 1204.57
MS- A GI USES A MINE DETECTOR AS HIS PARTNER
MARKS THE POSITIONS OF MINES.
00:52:45 1291.57
MONTAGE- LARGE UNITS OF THE PANTOMIC TASK FORCE
MARCH INTO THE BLAST AREA OF THE DESERT.
00:53:20 1326.57
MS- GIS OF THE TASK FORCE DIG FOXHOLES AND SET
UP WEAPONS 3 MILES FROM GROUND ZERO AWAITING AN
'ENEMY' COUNTER ATTACK.
00:54:38 1404.57
MS- A 'PATHFINDER' GROUP SETS OFF SMOKE BOMBS TO
GUIDE HELICOPTERS TO THE OBJECTIVES. MS- GI TALKS
ON PHONE AS HEAVY SMOKE BELLOWS OUT OF SMOKE BOMB
00:55:37 1463.57
MONTAGE- PANTOMIC TROOPS BOARD HUGE HELICOPTERS
WHICH TRANSPORTS THEM TO GROUND ZERO.
01:01:28 1814.57
"ARMY SATELLITES"
COVERS THE CRUCIAL 84 DAYS BEFORE LAUNCH OF
EXPLORER I. FEATURES DR. WERHNER VON BRAUN AND
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN B. MEDARIS. NARRATED BY
ALEXANDER SCOURBY. FIRST COMPLETE DOCUMENTARY ON
EXPLORER I AND III.
01:01:31 1817.57
MS- HEADQUARTERS BUILDING OF THE ARMY BALLISTIC
MISSILE AGENCY AT HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.
01:01:41 1827.57
GENERAL JOHN B. MADARIS, COMMANDER OF THE ARMY
BALLISTIC AGENCY,HAS MEETING WITH HIS GENERAL
STAFF ON NOVEMBER 8, 1957, & ANNOUNCES BEING
GIVEN MISSION OF LAUNCHING "EXPLORER 1" SATELLITE
WITHIN 90 DAYS
01:02:35 1881.57
MONTAGE- NEWSPAPER HEADLINES CONCERNING THE
SOVIET LAUNCH OF THE 'SPUTNIK' EARTH SATELLITE.
01:03:04 1910.57
LS- VANGUARD ROCKET EXPLODES ON IT'S PAD IN A
SPECTACULAR FIREBALL, AS THE 1ST U.S. ATTEMPT TO
LAUNCH A SATELLITE FAILS.
01:03:34 1940.57
MS- GENERAL MADARIS MEETS WITH ROCKET SCIENTISTS
INCLUDING GERMAN DOCTOR WERNER VON BRAUN. MS-
VON BRAUN USES A SCALE MODEL TO MAKE A POINT.
01:04:00 1966.57
MONTAGE- MEN AND WOMEN SCIENTISTS WORK IN LABS
WITH VARIOUS MODEL DESIGNS AND AT DRAFTING BOARDS
01:04:44 2010.57
MS- HUGE CYLINDRICAL SECTIONS OF A MISSILE IS
WELDED AND ASSEMBLED AT LARGE PLANT.
01:05:17 2043.57
MS- TECHNICIAN SITS IN CONTROL ROOM WITH WALL
FULL OF GAUGES.
01:05:34 2060.57
LS- THE 'REDSTONE' BALLISTIC MISSILE ON IT'S PAD.
PRIOR TO BEING MODIFIED AND USED TO LAUNCH THE
'EXPLORER 1'.
01:06:00 2086.57
MS- SCIENTISTS AND WORKERS SHADE THEIR EYES AS
THEY LOOK UP AT THE 'REDSTONE, IN A SUCCESSFUL
TEST FLIGHT.
01:07:14 2160.57
MS- TECHNICIANS WEAR EARPHONES IN A CONCRETE
BLOCKHOUSE AS THEY DO A STATIC TEST OF THE
REDSTONE WHICH IS HELD FIRMLY IN PLACE ON PAD
01:07:22 2168.57
LS- A TORRENT OF WATER IS RELEASED BENEATH THE
MISSILE FOR COOLING AT THE FIRING.
01:07:40 2186.57
LS- A HUGE BLAST SENDS A BELLOW OF STEAM FROM
UNDER THE MISSILE AS IT IS FIRED IN PLACE.
01:08:14 2220.57
LS- THE REDSTONE MISSILE IS LOADED ON HUGE CARGO
PLANE FOR TRANSFER TO THE LAUNCH SITE
01:08:36 2242.57
LS- PAN OF THE SPRAWLING 80 ACRE JET PROPULSION
LAB IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.
01:09:03 2269.57
CU- AN ENGINEER ASSEMBLES THE SMALL SATELLITE AT
THE LAB.
01:10:08 2334.57
LS- PAN OF THE 'REDSTONE' ON IT'S PAD AT CAPE
CANAVERAL, FLORIDA WITH WORKERS CHECKING IT OUT
AT ALL LEVELS OF THE TALL PAD
01:10:18 2344.57
MONTAGE- ROCKET CREWS CHECK THE MANY GAUGES.
01:10:35 2361.57
MS- ON JANUARY 31, 1958 SCIENTISTS LOOK OUT OF
PORTHOLES IN THE BUNKER AT THE ROCKET IN THE
DISTANCE. THE COUNTDOWN IS STARTED.
01:13:20 2526.57
CU- THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR SPEAKS OVER HIS HEADPHONE
AS HE INSTRUCTS EACH STEP BEFORE LAUNCH.
01:16:40 2726.57
LS- THE ROCKET IS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED .
01:17:39 2785.57
CU- AS GAUGES MOVE THE SOUND OF THE SATELLITE IS
HEARD INDICATING THE 'EXPLORER 1' IS IN ORBIT.
01:18:01 2807.57
MS- GENERAL MADARIS CALLS HIS ASSISTANT AND TELLS
HIM TO CALL THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY TO INFORM
HIM OF THE SUCCESSFUL MISSION.
01:18:29 2835.57
MS- AT A NEWS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DOCTOR
RICHARD PORTER, CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
SCIENCE ANNOUNCES THE SUCCESSFUL ORBIT
01:19:22 2888.57
MS- NARRATOR OF THE 'BIG PICTURE', SERGEANT STUART
QUEEN INTERVIEWS DOCTOR WERNER VON BRAUN WHO
TELLS THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT.
01:22:00 3046.57
MS- VON BRAUN, DR. JAMES A. VAN ALLEN, HEAD OF
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
AND DR. WILLIAM H. PICKERING, DIRECTOR OF THE JET
PROPULSION LABORATORY ARE INTRODUCED TO THE
NEWSMEN AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
01:25:43 3269.57
LS- 'EXPLORER 3' ON PAD, IS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED
2 MONTHS AFTER 'EXPLORER 1'
01:26:55 3341.57
MONTAGE- BROADCASTERS OF MANY COUNTRIES AIR THE
NEWS OF 'EXPLORER 3'. ON-AIR NEWSCASTER HANDED LATE
BREAKING NEWS
01:27:40 3386.57
MS- A GLOBE WITH 2 SATELLITES CIRCLING IT.
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Year: 1957-1958  Color: Black & White
Genre: MILITARY

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