Nuclear Test Film - Operation Upshot-Knothole, 5.2 Atomic Weapons Effects on B-50 Aircraft : unclassified original

Nuclear Test Film - Operation Upshot-Knothole, 5.2 Atomic Weapons Effects on B-50 Aircraft : unclassified original

Las Vegas, NV : U.S. DOE/Nevada Operations Office, 1953.

English

1 videocassette (19 min) : black and white ; 1/2 in. (VHS).

"The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Albuquerque Operatons Office, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), is committed to making available to the public historically significant films describing various aspects of the U.S. nuclear weapons development program. The process of declassifying these films is an ongoing task. The enclosed fact sheets provide information on each video."
This continental operation conducted at the Nevada Test Site consisted of 11 atmospheric tests. There were three airdrops, seven tower tests, and one airburst. Conducted between March 17 and June 4, 1953, this operation involved the testing of new theories, using both fission and fusion devices. A new and revolutionary method of producing deliverable thermonuclear weapons was successfully tested. Approximately 21,000 Department of Defense military and civilian personnel participated in Upshot- Knothole as part of the Desert Rock V Exercise.

This is a declassified US Department of Energy video on the Ivy Flats project.

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