US tests hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands
[GHOC Episode W-01] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title card: "H-Bomb Detonated" / [3/11/1954] Officer disembarks from military launch at dock, climbs up steps / CU hand inserts key into padlock above, opens and removes it, slides lever freed by absence of padlock / two scientists confer in control room / CU dials on control panel / loudspeakers on high pole / men on deck of ship don goggles / US military officer speaks countdown into headset as first test of hydrogen bomb is about to begin; others stand nearby / ZI tower and building on island / VS detonation w/ VO explosion; detonation resembles a large bubble / shock wave approaches as it ripples across ocean and hits camera ship / Rear shot US sailors, soldiers on ship shield their eyes from glare / VS mushroom cloud from Castle Bravo test // [March 1954, Japan] VS Japanese fishing boat Lucky Dragon 5, which was at sea near site of Castle Bravo detonation and received radiation fallout / pair of white gloves on plastic-covered box on boat; pan other fishing gear / Japanese inscription on part of boat / nurses and medics with person from boat on stretcher / VS doctor examines man from the Lucky Dragon 5; man's skin is splotchy and discolored from radiation exposure / night: montage men work with fish caught by the boat's crew, bury the fish in pit in Japan; fish is believed to be contaminated / crowd watches / Japanese nurses in hospital lab / nurses and family members at the hospital bed of Kuboyama Aikichi, victim who was on the Lucky Dragon 5 / Kuboyama's wife, child, and mother stand at hospital bed / VS child and mother wipe Kuboyama's head / [September 1954, Japan] Rear shot mourners at funeral of Kuboyama Aikichi / Kuboyama's wife and children at funeral, wearing kimonos / Kuboyama's wife and other mourners bow at altar / Pan desolate island on which Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test was conducted / aerial of area / black / end credits / Note: exact date of compilation not known
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Editorial #:
1280190668
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1960
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
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Clip length:
00:03:22:15
Location:
Marshall Islands
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:
sr004487_01_01
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