Experiment With Death 1946

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Item title reads - Experiment with death.

Bikini, Marshall Islands.

C/U as a metronome ticks away the last few seconds on board the battleship "Pennsylvania", before the exploding of the atom bomb (number 4). A map shows the Bikini Atoll where the experiment is taking place. The aeroplane...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45698
Sort Number:
46/057
Time in/Out:
01:41:42:00 / 01:48:08:00
Canister:
46/57
Film ID:
1404.24
Issue Date:
18/07/1946

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