Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy
Clip: 444648_1_1
Year Shot: 1952
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1079
Original Film: AN 0800012
HD: N/A
Location: Elugelab
Timecode: -
US Dept. of Energy declassified film. First test of first full-fledged hydrogen bomb - Mike. Mike was detonated on the Island of Elugelab which was subsequently vaporized. "The hole Mike left was big enough to accomodate several Pentagon sized buildings and deep enough to hold the Empire State Building. Mike's yield was 10 megatons, signaling the expansion of the nuclear arsenal from fission to fusion, the same process that occurs in the Sun." Red Scare, countdown, nuclear blast