Bikini, -- Operation Crossroads

(58-847)-Koverman & Senick-Underwater Bomb, Admiral Blandy coming up ladder on ship, CU Admiral Blandy & King Judah of Bikini on ship, Admiral Parsons leaving Lauch boarding ship, Admiral Parsons on board ship, King of Judah in launch, leaving launch, King looking thru glasses, excellent shot of explosion showing good water, smoke & cloud effects bomb explosion lighting up clouds Drone four motored plane flying into & away from camera toward explosion.

(Senick)- Air shot of Carrier Saratogs #3, listing after bomb explosion, Excellent air shots of actual explosion good cloud effects, Salvage ships entering lagoon after explosion, For Production Good air shots of cargo ship at sea also lineof cargo ships at sea, air shots Navy Ships entering lagoon.

(Universal)-LS Saratoga #3, LS Nagota, Pensecole 24, Independence 22, Gaiger Counter CU, ex showing ships under smoke etc.

(58-848)-Hearst-men putting 16 mm film on drier, CU Drier turning, inspecting 16 mm camera's, science ship USS Avery Island # 76, Capt Engelman, Capt Pugh & Mr Whitmore.

(58-849)-Hearst-Scientists at panel boards, adjusting same, Dr Eric Durand changing graph sheets, Dr Marshall Holloway & Dr Ernest Titterton at mike, CU of dial registering, firing of bomb, Dr Titterton calling seconds & fire signal, several scenes same, scientist entering timing chamber, hand throwing switch at H.A. Hour, Dr Holloway throwing switch, CU unlooking padlock.

Divers putting on suits, divers going under water, divers coming up out of water, LS wrecked submarine passing camera, divers going under water with light, Divers equipped with only head gears going under, camera bulbs coming up from water divers coming up.

(58-850)-Pathe-CU hoisting anchor to deck of USS Nevada CU hoisting winch in operation on deck of salvage ship, MCU Sailors mooring buy in lagoon, MCU USS Nevada (battleship) anchored in harbor.

(58-851)-Pathe-Air scenes of Bomb explosion (scenes cut by censor) crew, Gen K D Nichols & Gen Groves looking on, Admiral F C Farrion supervising, several scenes looking at television, screen of waves breaking after explosion,

(58-852)-Pathe-aerial view of burst. (flash heavily out by censors) various angles of plane.

(58-853)-Pathe-Air shot made from drone plane, not much cant see blast, level shot USS New York damaged, damaged Pennsylvania, USS Hughes sinking, Radio activity test being made, LS Blast of Bomb with ships in, beautiful air shot of Blast, Saratogs sinking, ship from air shot of blast from plane.


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