Another A-Bomb Test

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1197A

Date Released

15 May 1952

Date submitted

12 May 1952

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Miss Horsburgh Visits Schools
2. 2New Danish Church Consecrated
3. 3Another A-Bomb Test
4. 4Britain’s Service Boxing Win
5. 5British Victory at Silverstone
6. 6Motor Cycle Mountaineering
7. *Keenan in Training
8. *Newcastle Leave for South Africa

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Another A-Bomb Test. DESCRIPTION: About a week after American Army troops had carried out an Atom-Bomb test, some two thousand US Marines went to earth in the same trenches for their indoctrination. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Troops march to trenches. US Marines enter trenches. Inside trenches. Atom bomb exploding, rocks in foreground, various shots. Marines leave trenches & advance towards bomb.

Keywords

Environment; Weapons; Science and technology; Explosions; Military; Nuclear energy

Locations

Nevada; Yucca Flats

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

57186

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

83

Story extras:

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