The Fifth Warning 1946

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Item title reads - The fifth warning.

Japan and Bikini.

L/S of explosion and mushroom cloud of atomic bomb. A diagram shows the plan of the fifth atom bomb showing ships on water and explosion 20 to 40 feet underneath the sea. M/S of title - 'August 6th'. Various shots of victims of...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45766
Sort Number:
46/064
Time in/Out:
01:43:55:00 / 01:48:35:00
Canister:
46/64
Film ID:
1406.24
Issue Date:
12/08/1946

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