Atoms For Peace
Atoms For Peace
Clip: 361910_1_1
Year Shot: 1962
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1705
Original Film: 035-097-01
HD: N/A
Location: Nevada, USA
Timecode: 00:00:23 - 00:01:39
Atoms For Peace A touch of a button and 7,500,000 cubic yards of Nevada desert are blown skyward. Part of Operation Plowshare the nuclear explosion is set off to demonstrate the part the Atom could play in digging harbors and canals at a fraction of the cost of conventional methods. WS Shot of atom bomb explosion. Aerial view of large crater left in the ground by the blast. Slow motion footage of explosion.