The Fifth Warning

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
46/64
Date Released
12 Aug 1946
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Princess: a Welsh Bard
  2. 2Attlee Hands over Carrier
  3. 3American Farmer Prize Ship Docks
  4. 4The Fifth Warning

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
The second Atomic bomb test at Bikini. The underwater detonation providing one of the greatest newsreel pictures of all time. Included in the story are captured Japanese films taken in Nagasaki and Hiroshima showing the awful effects of atomic burning and mutilation of human beings.
Keywords
Weapons; War damage; Nuclear energy
Locations
Marshall Islands; Bikini
Length of story (in feet)
456
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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