Upshot-Knothole Annie atomic bomb test in Nevada, United States. A sign board reads: 'US Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Proving Ground Mercury, Nevada'. A guard stands near the board. Men gather at the Nevada Test Site. Cars and houses in the area to determine their ability to withstand blast wave and radiation. Mannequins in a car and in replicas of houses. Soldiers huddle in trenches two miles away from the explosion area. Cameramen adjust their cameras to record the explosion. The atomic bomb explodes. A mushroom cloud is formed. People wearing goggles for eye protection are seen as they watch the explosion. Governor of California Earl Warren arrives at the explosion site. Personnel with Geiger counter take measurements near the bombing site later.
United States Marine Corps officer and trainees exit fuselage of a military transport aircraft in Nevada, United States. The officer salutes to USMC officials. The officer talks to the officials and shake hands with one of them. They head towards the staff cars parked in the airfield. Officials board the United States Navy staff cars. (During Vietnam War period.)
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 test at Nevada test site in Nevada, United States. A man in a construction hat walks amidst rubble caused due to a nuclear test explosion. Civil Defense personnel at the blast site to inspect. Ruins of a two story building. An undamaged test house reinforced by concrete blocks. A partially damaged two story frame house. A protective basement room is inspected. Ruins of a house destroyed in the nuclear blast.
Evaluation of Operation Cue nuclear test at Nevada test site in Nevada, United States. A collapsed radio tower at the site after the blast. Slightly twisted radio tower. An undamaged 18000 gallon supply tank. In a radio house transmitter equipment is replaced on a table. Partially damaged power lines and transformers. Several power poles are undamaged. Radio substations are undamaged. Food in cases is taken away for laboratory tests.
Operation Cue nuclear test evaluation at Nevada test site in Nevada, United States. Mannequins and their dresses are inspected after nuclear test explosion. Civil Defense observers at the blast site. A butcher cuts meat. Observers of the blast line up for food at the test site. A woman inspects ruins and debris of houses. Civil Defense personnel work at the site. A damaged mannequin is carried out. Views of explosions.
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