The U.S. Army prepares for its "Desert Rock 6" atomic maneuvers and tests , as part of Operation Teapot atomic tests in 1955. U.S. Army troops in trucks, pass through entry gates, headed for ground zero of atomic test shot "Apple 2" , the 13th in this series, scheduled for May 5, 1955, at the Nevada test site. A soldier with clipboard notes their passing. Next, the Control Center Building is shown. It displays several types of antennas. View from inside the building. Vehicles moving in area near the control center. Low-level aerial view of the "ground zero" area. Men walking into a bunkered shelter housing instruments for measuring atomic explosion data. View upward from ground, of instrumentation being setup on a steel tower outdoors. Glimpse of a soldier who will be participating in the exercise. A technician adjusting instruments atop the steel tower. Soldiers walking into ground zero and inspecting an artillery piece there to determine the planned explosion's effects on it. Other things placed in the area to determine effects atomic explosive effects on them include: sand-bagged emplacement; a jeep (labeled, Test Equip. off limits); a 155mm howitzer; A Browning heavy machine gun; portable field radio; trench mortar; simulated soldiers, including steel helmet and rifle; trees; an unsheltered North American B-45 tornado aircraft; and Republic P-47 aircraft in both sheltered and dug-in positions. Workmen are seen erecting buildings in a model village (including mannequins representing occupants and food to be tested). M-48 Patton tanks and their crews, part of "Task Force Razor" are seen raising dust as they travel across deserts to the Nevada test site. Army soldiers performing maintenance on their tanks and equipment prior to entering the test site. More trucks and equipment approaching the test site.
Atomic explosion during tactical nuclear weapons test in Nevada testing ground during the Cold War. An atomic bomb explodes near the Yucca mountain in Nevada, near the border with California. Heavy dark gray smoke cloud forms from the atomic explosion.
Atomic explosion during nuclear weapons test at Nevada testing ground during the Cold War. An atomic bomb explodes in the middle of a desert in Nevada. Following the explosion, a very dark, thick mushroom cloud forms from explosion site. Smoke trails left by test rockets interact with mushroom cloud.
A nuclear artillery cannon fires during the Upshot-Knothole Grable nuclear weapons test in Area 5 of the Nevada Test Site during the Cold War. The tactical nuclear atomic artillery cannon fires over the Frenchman Flat area of the Nevada Test Site. A mushroom cloud forms with the cannon that fired the shell in the foreground.
Aerial view of atomic explosion during nuclear weapons test at Nevada testing ground during the Cold War. At the Nevada testing ground, two square patches at ground zero can be seen on the ground just before nuclear weapon detonates. Aerial view as a burning mushroom cloud is formed above the detonation site. Black mushroom cloud becomes larger, thicker and darker in color.
United States nuclear testing footage. View of the fireball from the 19th full-scale atomic detonation of Operation Plumbbob, code named "Fizeau." The 11 kiloton shot, fired atop a 500 foot tower, as observed from "News Nob" at a distance of about seven miles.
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