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Britain Explodes A-Bomb

Date released

11 Dec 1952

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

52/100

NoS ID

105096

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

First dramatic pictures of the explosion of Britain’s atom bomb on the Monte Bello Islands off North West Australia.

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A-Bomb Close-Up

Date released

1 May 1952

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

52/36

NoS ID

104704

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Spectacular filming of explosion of most powerful Atom Bomb ever set off.

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Target Nevada

Date released

26 Mar 1953

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

53/21

NoS ID

105240

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Vivid pictures of Atom-Bomb tests at Nevada. A dummy vilage is built to test effects of blast and radio activity. Troops move up to within two miles of the explosion.

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US Carrier Tragedy

Date released

31 May 1954

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

54/41

NoS ID

105844

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

100 men are believed dead after an explosion and fire in the US Aircraft Carrier "Bennington".

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Car Garage Explosion

Date released

29 Nov 1951

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

51/96

NoS ID

104459

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

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World News: Colombia Explosion

Date released

20 Aug 1956

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

56/67

NoS ID

107258

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Exploding dynamite trucks wreck eight blocks of a South American city

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Ten Ton Tess

Date released

22 Mar 1945

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

45/24

NoS ID

100665

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

A 12,000 lb bomb on a bomb carrier en route to its plane. This bomb was thought to be, only a short while ago, one of the biggest, but it is only half the size of the new 22,000 pounder Ten Ton Tess....

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The Power of the Atom

Date released

31 May 1956

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

56/44

NoS ID

107126

Story no

2 / 2

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

All the major Powers are racing ahead with atomic development, both for peace and for war. Pathe News presents dramatic new pictures of both aspects of nuclear power - from Harwell, atomic research secrets...

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Oil Disaster at Avonmouth

Date released

10 Sep 1951

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

51/73

NoS ID

104334

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Huge blaze following explosion destroys more than 12 million gallons of petrol.

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Heligoland Obliterated

Date released

24 Apr 1947

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1685

NoS ID

040510

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Biggest ever explosion of its kind destroys Heligoland when Royal Navy blow up island used as U-boat base in world war.

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