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House destroyed in Atomic Test "Annie" on March 17, 1953, at Nevada Test Site

A house constructed 3,500 feet from "ground zero" at the Nevada Test Site being destroyed by the "Annie" test shot. The only source of light was the blast itself, detonated on March 17, 1953.

Date: 1953, March 17
Duration: 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032187
Sherman tank and other vehicles demolished during Project Desert Rock in Nevada.

Sign in Desert reads 'Forward Tactical Entrenching Area' during Project Desert Rock in Nevada. . Military Police standing on road in background. Line of vehicles in far distance. Scene of desert area. Smashed vehicles in desert area. Sherman tank and other vehicles demolished. Group of military personnel walking through area of demolished vehicles. Field cannon in sunken area in Earth. Sand bags around cannon. Men in background. Scenes of debris. Men inspecting damaged equipment.

Date: 1952, April 26
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034510
"Amazon Annie", a mobile nuclear artillery cannon (M65), is fired for the first time on Nevada test range

A mobile nuclear artillery cannon nicknamed 'Amazon Annie' (also called "Atomic Annie") passes over a bridge. M65 Nuclear artillery during transport. During the Upshot-Knothole series of nuclear tests, Nuclear artillery Amazon Annie is fired for the first time at Frenchman Flat on Nevada Test Site. Test codename was Grable. Fireball rises from the blast which was the first and only nuclear artillery shell ever fired from a cannon.

Date: 1953, May 25
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040158
News reporters and scientists tour site of an atomic blast in a tunnel in Nevada

An atomic blast in a tunnel in Nevada. Men enter a tunnel. A sign reads 'Danger, Do not enter without proper authorization'. The atomic bomb blast makes news with the disclosure that the shock was detected in Alaska over 2000 miles away. Men wearing helmets and shoe coverings inspect and make observations in the tunnel. A man passes a geiger counter near a tunnel wall spray painted with writing, "Seismometer site."

Date: 1958, March 13
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040884
Donald Campbell sets a speed record of 216 miles per hour in his Bluebird II on Lake Mead, Nevada.

Donald Campbell sets a speed record in his jet boat on Lake Mead, Nevada. Campbell wears helmet and prepares to set his speed record. He rides his Bluebird II on water surface of Lake Mead at a great speed. A man looks through binoculars. Donald Campbell sets a speed record of 216 miles per hour in the speed boat.

Date: 1955, November 17
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043383
Impact on houses and dummies due to an atomic bomb test explosion during Operation Cue conducted at Yucca Flat region in Nevada

Operation Cue conducted at Yucca Flat region in Nevada. The test conducted to examine the effects of atomic explosion on buildings and houses. Nuclear bomb detonation occurs and a house explodes and fragments fly in the air due to the impact of the atomic bomb explosion. Dummies inside the house. Mannequins or dummies of a mother and a young boy inside the house.

Date: 1955, May 5
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063883