Atomic bomb test on fake town with mannequins representing humans; scenes of destruction; Civil Defense workers inspect

Title "Atom Bomb - Civil Defense Tests Effect on Typical Town" superimposed over cloud from explosion / aerial pan desert test site with buildings and vehicles / closer shot buildings and cars / building / aerial house / brick house / man and boy mannequins / aerial site / people waiting for atomic blast at night / people waiting, can see camera flashes / photographers at cameras on tripods, car in bg / CU photographer behind camera with big lens / hazy test site / men putting on dark goggles / cameras, photographers behind / area; explosion, then rising cloud / explosion flash covering Civil Defense workers; man holds up camera / blast effects in slow motion to building which bursts into pieces and storage tank, then smoke / various shots slow motion views destruction and smoke / mother and children mannequins inside home by window; venetian blinds smoke and disintegrate / house smokes then disintegrates; smoke fills shot / building blasts away / explosion seen through big lens / person silhouettes in fg, blast cloud in bg / aerial pan aftermath / various shots destroyed building / workers around destroyed building / people inspecting concrete and cinder block building still standing / looking through window at mannequin on floor, Red Cross sign on wall / woman inspecting window frame / silhouette of her looking in window / destroyed mannequins on floor / closer shot pan mannequins / she inspects outside masonry below window / closer shot / row of mannequins and some inspectors, countryside in bg / mannequin at extreme angle / woman inspects mannequin clothes / CU woman's hand on tattered material / inspecting mannequin's face / site, telephone poles down, shadows in fg / aerial after blast / Note: exact day not known
Title "Atom Bomb - Civil Defense Tests Effect on Typical Town" superimposed over cloud from explosion / aerial pan desert test site with buildings and vehicles / closer shot buildings and cars / building / aerial house / brick house / man and boy mannequins / aerial site / people waiting for atomic blast at night / people waiting, can see camera flashes / photographers at cameras on tripods, car in bg / CU photographer behind camera with big lens / hazy test site / men putting on dark goggles / cameras, photographers behind / area; explosion, then rising cloud / explosion flash covering Civil Defense workers; man holds up camera / blast effects in slow motion to building which bursts into pieces and storage tank, then smoke / various shots slow motion views destruction and smoke / mother and children mannequins inside home by window; venetian blinds smoke and disintegrate / house smokes then disintegrates; smoke fills shot / building blasts away / explosion seen through big lens / person silhouettes in fg, blast cloud in bg / aerial pan aftermath / various shots destroyed building / workers around destroyed building / people inspecting concrete and cinder block building still standing / looking through window at mannequin on floor, Red Cross sign on wall / woman inspecting window frame / silhouette of her looking in window / destroyed mannequins on floor / closer shot pan mannequins / she inspects outside masonry below window / closer shot / row of mannequins and some inspectors, countryside in bg / mannequin at extreme angle / woman inspects mannequin clothes / CU woman's hand on tattered material / inspecting mannequin's face / site, telephone poles down, shadows in fg / aerial after blast / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
1426625015
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
April 01, 1955
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:03:23:17
Location:
Nevada, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr005282_01_02