Major Tinker issues orders to pilots Larson and Carr for Rio Grande border patrol in Texas "Big Bend". Curtiss biplane in the field. Pilots stand nearby and discuss. The plane takes off. Series of scenes of Curtiss biplane in air over Rio Grande on border patrol mission between United States and Mexico.
U.S. Army pilots of 3rd Attack Group stand on a field with Curtiss P-1 Hawk aircraft behind. Officer says they will be performing the first ever demonstration of aircraft attacking a hostile aerodrome. Aircraft in flight and bombs explode around obsolete Curtiss aircraft during U.S. Army test. Smoke in the field due to bombardment.
United States Army aircraft drop bombs on older, obsolete biplanes in San Antonio, Texas during U.S. Army demonstration by 3rd Attack Group. Officer states it is the first time in history there has been a demonstration of pilots attacking a hostile aerodrome by airplane. Pilots and officer near bomber aircraft parked on airfield. They appear to be Curtiss P-1 Hawk aircraft. The bomber aircraft fly in sky. Smoke in the field due to bombardment. A officer watches the bombardment through binoculars. Heavy smoke arises in the field due to the continuous bombardment. A plane destroyed in the field.
Refugee camp at Rio Grande in United States during the U.S. Army punitive expedition seeking Pancho Villa . Refugees pass by on the field. A donkey on the field. Refugees on the horse-carts. Other men on horses. Refugees sit outside the camps. They prepare food. Horses on the field. Mexican refugees sit on the field. Medic gives first aid to people.
View of the fireball from nuclear test shot "Whitney," the 22nd full-scale nuclear test of Operation Plumbbob. Flash lights the pre-dawn darkness of Yucca Flat. The "Whitney" device was detonated atop a 500 foot tower. ID Source(s) DOE - NNSA/NSO -- Photo Library.
"Owens," the tenth shot of Operation Plumbbob, is fired at an altitude of 500 feet from a plastic balloon at 6:30 am civilian time on July 25, 1957. The nuclear test yields 9.7 kilotons (equal to 9,700 tons of TNT). A brilliant flash gives way to an orange fireball which quickly begins to cool and churn skyward. Mushroom cloud forms fast. Cameraman slate at beginning of clip identifies the shot as Owens.
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