Atom Bomb Explosion AKA Atom Bomb Test At… 1956

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Runit Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Pacific Ocean.

GV. New York skyline (Manhattan) including the Empire State Building with superimposed title reading "News from U.S.".

Air view of the installations for the Pacific Ocean atomic tests with superimposed title reading "Eniwetok". GV. Installations...

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Cataloguer:
Bond
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
31898
Sort Number:
56/041
Time in/Out:
01:05:03:00 / 01:05:46:00
Canister:
56/41
Film ID:
587.05
Issue Date:
21/05/1956

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