Operation Cue conducted at Yucca Flat region in Nevada, United States. The test conducted to examine the effects of atomic bomb explosion on buildings, houses and cars. A dummy or test bus vehicle (a recreational vehicle or motor home) parked at the atomic bomb blast test site. The vehicle overturns due to the nuclear bomb explosion blast wave. Smoke rises from the nuclear test explosion.
Operation Cue conducted at Yucca Flat region in Nevada, United States. The test conducted to examine the effects of atomic explosion on buildings, houses and cars. Dummy vehicles including 1950s cars and motor homes parked at the test site. Nuclear bomb explodes at the site and vehicles are destroyed. Smoke rises from the atomic bomb explosion.
Operation Cue (part of Operation Teapot) nuclear test preparations at Nevada test site in Nevada, United States. Views of Nevada site. A sign of civil defense and 'Operation Cue' written on a vehicle of civil defense. A woman exits the vehicle and enters the headquarter building of the 'Civil Defense Operations'. Interior: A Civil Defense staff member working. He talks to personnel. The Civil Defense staff member shows her prospective of entire lay out and models of the system. Men work on constructing shelters and structures. An engineer goes in a corner room of a basement. A man climbs down a power pole. Power poles, power lines and transformers are tested. Transformer substations are tested. Radio towers are tested. In a test house a radio transmitter is used for broadcasting. Liquid petroleum and natural gases are tested. All connections are checked. Installation of equipment is checked. A 18000 gallon supply tank is sprayed. A storage house on the test site.
Operation Cue nuclear bomb test preparations at Nevada test site in Nevada, United States. Types of houses to be tested include single story buildings without basement, two story buildings with basement, 8 inches concrete buildings reinforced by steel and single story buildings with walls and roof joined by steel nuts. 55 hundred foot line and a house similar to the one which had been tested. Men unload a truck. Mannequins are carried into the house. Mannequins lined up at the test site. Several men lining them up. One mannequin has no arms.
Operation Cue nuclear bomb test at Nevada test site in Nevada, United States. Packaged food in a container. A Civil Defense staff personnel puts food in a refrigerator. Food containers on racks. Food containers are arranged. Observers place the containers just below the ground level. The containers are covered with mud.
Operation Cue (part of Operation Teapot) nuclear test by the United States conducted at Nevada test site in the United States. Vehicles driven on a road early in the morning. Television equipment is hailed at the test site. Media persons and Civil Defense observers gather to study the results of a nuclear blast. Civil Defense personnel assemble with their equipment. A small group of Civil Defense volunteers occupy a trench close to the ground level. Media persons have coffee. Instructions are given on a loudspeaker. Personnel put on eye gear. A countdown starts. Atomic bomb explosion occurs. Test homes being blown away by explosion of a bomb. Power lines burst.