Countdown begins for US's 1954 test of hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands
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 / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series
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Editorial #:
502266384
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
March 01, 1954
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:00:29:00
Location:
Marshall Islands
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
ghoc_w-01_02.mov
- Castle Bravo,
- Countdown,
- 1950-1959,
- Adult,
- Archival,
- Beginnings,
- Bikini Atoll,
- Black And White,
- Boat Deck,
- Climbing,
- Cold War,
- Conflict,
- Control,
- Control Panel,
- Control Room,
- Department Of Defense,
- Dial,
- Disembarking,
- Documentary Footage,
- Film - Moving Image,
- First Test,
- Freedom,
- Hand,
- Headset,
- Hydrogen Bomb,
- Inserting,
- International Match,
- Lever,
- Marshall Islands,
- Match - Sport,
- Men,
- Military,
- Newsreel,
- Nuclear Weapon,
- Padlock,
- Produced Segment,
- Public Address System,
- Real Time Video,
- Removing,
- Scientist,
- Ship,
- Talking,
- US Military,
- USA,
- United States Department of Defense,
- Video with Sound,
- Weapons of Mass Destruction,