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U.S. Army conducts exercise Desert Rock VI, as the "Apple 2" atomic explosive test shot is fired at the Nevada test site
U.S. Army troops silhouetted against sky at dawn as they step from trucks and then proceed to their protected positions in area of ground zero prior to the "Apple II" atomic explosive test shot, "Apple Two," associated with the Army exercise Desert Rock 6. They enter sand-bagged trenches. A briefing officer in a trench issues final instructions that are broadcast over a loudspeaker. View of desert dry lake bed, beyond which is ground zero (detonation site) about 5 miles away. Soldiers are seen foxholes and trenches. An M48 Patton tank, of Task Force Razor is seen, with a tank commander speaking to his group by radio. He instructs them to shut down engines, close all hatches and turn turrets to the rear. Views of tank crew members inside their tanks. The Commander goes down closing his hatch behind him. Other tank crews do likewise. Two Soldiers seen waiting in a trench. One smokes a cigarette. Others standing in their trench. At H-Hour minus two minutes, a siren blows and all begin taking protected positions deep within their trenches and foxholes, as instructed over the loudspeaker. Views of some soldiers in their positions. Glimpse of jeep and of B-45 bomber sitting unprotected on the desert. View of P-47 aircraft in protected positions. Several trees in a line. White flash fills screen as the atomic device is detonated. The explosion seen through camera filming through a porthole. A building flashes into flame and then is blown over by blast wave or shock wave. Interior of house containing mannequins seen, as windows burst in flames and then blast destroys it. Other buildings being swept away. A steel tower bending but remaining upright. Troops out of their trenches moving forward toward ground zero, as the mushroom cloud forms in the distance, and a helicopter flies overhead. Patton tanks of Task Force Razor move toward ground zero, "fighting" their way through obstacles. [Note: According to the U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, from February 18 to May 15, 1955, the United States conducted Operation Teapot, a nuclear test series at Yucca Flat and Frenchman Flat on the Nevada Test Site in the continental United States. During the test period 14 nuclear shots and 1 non-nuclear shot were detonated. Several thousand scientific, military (army, air force, navy, marines), and civilian contract personnel participated in the organization, planning, and execution of the test series. Military exercises undertaken during and following the shots took place under the name Desert Rock 6.]
Mushroom cloud churns up during nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada.
United States conducts nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada. Looking down over ground 'O'. Area obscured by brightness of white light, it dissipates. Fireball seen after the atomic blast. Mushroom cloud moves straight up from the 'O' zone with its narrow trunk. Cloud billows up on top. Top section of mushroom cloud. Trunk of cloud, and top with red appearance. Grey curling smoke below the cloud. Thin mushroom cloud with red smoke ring like a halo, hovers above the long neck of smoke. Red smoke ring hovers above the blast area.
Area obscured by the brightness of blast during nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada.
United States conducts nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada. Aerial view of ground 'O' on the desert floor. Area obscured by the brightness of the flash which dissipates immediately. Fireball rises up from the desert floor. Dust cloud on the desert floor. Fireball boils skyward churning its way upwards casting a shadow off to the right.
A blast goes off during nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada.
United States conducts nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada. Water over a part of desert. A blast goes off in the background. Fireball blows up. Darkness spreads.
"Owens" shot of Operation Plumbbob U.S. nuclear testing being conducted at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada.
United States conducts nuclear test at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada, during Operation Plumbbob. Desert floor, mountains in the background. Area obscured by the brightness as shot Owens blast goes off in the background. Circular ring of smoke covers the ground area. The fireball and smoke churns upward. The top part of the mushroom cloud rise slowly and moves outward. Cloud dissipates from the blast, it mingles in with natural clouds.
Members of the U.S. Civil Defense Administration prepare for a nuclear bomb test during Operation Cue conducted in Nevada.
Operation Cue nuclear bomb testing conducted at Yucca Flat region in Nevada, United States. The test conducted to examine the effects of atomic explosion on buildings and houses. The members of the United States Civil Defense Administration prepare for the atomic bomb test. The men take out equipment from the car parked outside a house. After nuclear detonation, the house explodes, fragments in the air. The impact of the explosion on the house.
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