+"New Mexico United States USA" +1961 stock footage and images

Engineers prepare for an underground nuclear test during Project Gnome at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico.

Preparations for an underground nuclear test in New Mexico. At the Carlsbad Caverns National Park engineers prepare for the underground nuclear test during Project Gnome. The engineers board an elevator and go underground. They inspect instruments and a tunnel. Some engineers transfer cargo via a trailer. A man emerges from a narrow tunnel.