This four hour collection on two
DVDs explores all aspects of early nuclear weapon development - testing, radiation
effects testing, atomic attack footage, the effects of the atomic attacks on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki and much more.
Here are all the films that make
up this historical collection:
Operation Cue (1955)
  
Operation Cue is narrated by reporter Joan Collin, who shares the sights
she witnesses first-hand while observing the APPLE-2 test. From the planning
phase through an actual visit to the site after the detonation, she shows
viewers the potential results of the explosion and effective ways of sheltering
people from the effects of a nuclear blast.
Electrical power experiments included setting up poles, lines, transformers,
and a complete substation and observing the thermal and blast effects.
Effects are studied on two radio towers and transmitters, a liquefied
petroleum and natural gas facility with propane storage tanks, five types
of completely furnished houses, rows of mannequins with standard clothing,
and canned and packaged food. Spectacular footage shows the awesome destructive
power of a nuclear explosion.
Producer: U.S. Federal Civil Defense Administration
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 14:36
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Atom Bomb (1946)
  
This film shows early atomic weapon tests including the Survival Town
atomic test and operation Teapot. It has actual footage of the atomic
bomb testing and shows the scientists and military who were involved in
the South Pacific and Southwestern American tests. One of the most amazing
things in the film is the lack of protection for the people who were running
the tests - which shows how little was known about radiation at that time.
Producer: Bonica (Joe)
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 7:26
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Management of Mass Casualties, Part X: Management of Psychological Casualties
(1958)
  
A military training film showing how to manage psychological casualties
from apocalyptic war scenarios.
Producer: U.S. Army
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 23:13
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News Magazine of the Screen, The (Vol. 2, Issue 6)
Various enwsreels showing nuclear tests at Frenchman's Flat in Navads
and a variety of other important events in and around 1952.
Producer: Warner Pathé News
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 22:59
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Hanford Science Forum (1957)
A television presentation sponsored by General Electric to the residents
of the Richland, WA area. The program interviews Dr. Richard Foster, the
manager of the Aquatic Biology Division at the Hanford Plutonium Plant.
He presents his study of how the waste water from the plant has no effect
on the plants and animals in Columbia River.
Producer: Unknown
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 9:46
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News Magazine of the Screen, The (Vol. 5, Issue 10; Summer Review 1955)
A newsreel collection showing a variety of interesting happenings in
1955 including the war in Saigon and practice run of what to do in the
case of an atomic attack among others.
Producer: Warner Pathé News
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 21:18
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News Magazine of the Screen: Atomic Energy
  
Good collection of 1950s news stories on atomic weapons , civil defense
and nuclear energy.
Producer: Warner Pathé News
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 21:26
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Operation Crossroads (1946)
  
A documentary about the Able Day and Baker Day blasts of the atomic bomb
tests at Bikini Island in the Pacific.The film looks at the tests from
a variety of different angles with aerial cameras being used to record
the blasts from various aspects. The footage begins with B-29 aircraft
"Dave's Dream" dropping an atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll and continues by
showing the explosive effects of the bomb as it unfolds.
Producer: Jam Handy Organization
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 26:36
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Stay Safe, Stay Strong: The Facts About Nuclear Weapons (1960)
  
Educational film for the U.S. Air Force on the effects of nuclear weapons.
This film is partially animated and includes shots of both underground
and atmospheric atomic bomb tests, an explaination of how an atomic bomb
works and much more.
Producer: Cinefonics, Inc.
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 22:43
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Special Delivery (1946)
  
This Air Force film shows a variety of military jets and bombers with
a primary emphasis on dropping an atomic bomd on the Bikini Atoll as part
of Operation Crossroads.
Producer: U.S. Army Air Forces
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 11:49
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Tale of Two Cities, A (1946)
  
Film that shows the atomic bomb drops on the cities of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, Japan and the incredible damage caused to the cities and its
people.
Producer: U.S. War Department
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 12:02
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