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Sherman tank and other vehicles demolished during Project Desert Rock in Nevada.

Sign in Desert reads 'Forward Tactical Entrenching Area' during Project Desert Rock in Nevada. . Military Police standing on road in background. Line of vehicles in far distance. Scene of desert area. Smashed vehicles in desert area. Sherman tank and other vehicles demolished. Group of military personnel walking through area of demolished vehicles. Field cannon in sunken area in Earth. Sand bags around cannon. Men in background. Scenes of debris. Men inspecting damaged equipment.

Location: Nevada United States USA
Date: 1952, April 26
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034510
Marines using mine detectors during Project Desert Rock in Nevada.

Man with Geiger counter taking readings about a jeep during Project Desert Rock in Nevada. Marines using mine detectors. Mountains in background. Vehicles in cleared area. Scenes of Marines. Mountains in background. Looking into valley. Lake in valley, in Nevada. Large column of white smoke.

Location: Nevada United States USA
Date: 1952, April 26
Duration: 4 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034509
Instructor at Camp Desert Rock, in Nevada, briefs U.S soldiers about atomic explosions

A U.S. Army Captain, instructor at Camp Desert Rock, in Nevada, briefs U.S soldiers about atomic maneuvers. He notes that the first indication of an atomic explosion is the brilliant light created. After that, a fireball will be visible. Animated images accompany his descriptions of changes in the fireball and formation of the characteristic mushroom cloud. Troops being briefed are seated in a large outdoor area at the camp. Using chalk and blackboard, the Captain explains that danger comes from blast, heat, and radiation. Animated images illustrate the effects of atomic blast, as the Captain narrates.

Location: Nevada United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073523
Equipment and a mannequin lying at Yucca Flats in Las Vegas, Nevada during Operation Desert Rock nuclear bomb testing.

Operation Desert Rock nuclear bomb test at Yucca Flats in Las Vegas, Nevada. A discarded walkie talkie lying on a sack on the ground. A dummy dressed like a man lying on the ground. Discarded vehicles, tanks and guns left around the area for testing the effects of nuclear blast. A mannequin in a foxhole. A dummy lying with two M1 rifles. A U.S. Marine walks into an underground trench. He prepares a dummy and then walks out again, all prior to test shot Dog during Operation Tumbler-Snapper of Desert Rock Exercises.

Location: Las Vegas Nevada USA
Date: 1952, May 1
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059269
Marines look into emplacements and foxholes at Yucca Flats in Las Vegas, Nevada during nuclear testing Desert Rock Exercises.

Operation Desert Rock at Yucca Flats in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marines in tan overalls and wearing marine utility caps stand around Marine Corps jeeps near Yucca Flats, an atomic bomb test area. Two marines drive away in a jeep. An aircraft in flight as it leaves a vapor trail. The marines stand in desert as they wear utilities, cartridge belts, helmets. The marines carry rifles and BAR's( Browning Automatic Rifle). A small self propelled gun and LVT ( Landing Vehicle Tracked) in the background. A small board sticks out of sand. The marines walk by emplacements and look down into a foxhole. A member of a radiation team. A walkie talkie laid on the ground. Batteries and other equipment on the ground preceding test shot Dog of Operation Tumbler-Snapper.

Location: Las Vegas Nevada USA
Date: 1952, May 1
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059268
A U.S. Army Captain lectures troops at Camp Desert Rock, about protection against heat from an atomic explosion

An Army Captain stands at a blackboard in Camp Desert Rock, Nevada, as he lectures U.S. Army troops about protection against heat from an atomic explosion. The troops are seated in a large outdoor assembly area. Closeups of the soldiers in the audience. He notes that burns from the heat can occur in a half second from the time of the flash. He notes that burning can occur within 3 miles of the explosion, but ordinary clothing can protect as close as 1 mile away. And, the shade of a foxhole will protect from the heat. The Captain also mentions the blinding flash of an atomic explosion. The troops all look up momentarily at the sun, as he compares it to the flash of an atomic explosion.

Location: Nevada United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073525
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