Atom Bomb. First Pictures Latest Explosion
Series
- Series Name
- British Paramount News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- Highly dramatic pictures show enormous preparation for latest test by US Atomic Energy Commission. Army of newsreel, press and radio reporters witness explosion from ten miles distant. Fifteen hundred troops take up positions only four miles from explosion. Finally, the explosion itself - an awe inspiring sight.
- Keywords
- Mass media; Weapons; Military; Nuclear energy; Newsreels
- Locations
- Nevada
- Library number
- 20350
- Length of story (in feet)
- 280
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Film Archive
- Name
- Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
- info@screenocean.com
- Web
- http://reuters.screenocean.com/
- Phone
- +44(0)1954 262052
- Address
- 124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX - Notes
- British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
- Series held
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