Enewetak Atoll Atomic Bomb Test Operation Sandstone 40954 (1948)

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Operation Sandstone, is a color documentary about American’s Atomic Bomb testing, which was conducted in 1948 at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. This film, Produced by the USAF Lookout Mountain Air Force Station who produced motion pictures from 1947-1969, was part of an attempt to document atomic bomb tests and preserve them. Operation Sandstone occurred in 1948 and the film was produced soon after. The narrator, Carey Wilson, was an American screenwriter and voice actor. Intro ( 0:09 - 0:48 ). A group of men land at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands ( 0:49 - 1:41 ). Views of the Island ( 1:42 - 1:54 ). In 1944, work begins on clearing the island and leveling it, making a bomber airfield ( 1:55 - 2:45 ). A causeway is built to link two islands and buildings are created for living quarters and storage. Cubes made of Reinforced concrete and a tower in the lagoon ( 2:46 - 3:38 ). The tower, holder of fissionable material ( 3:47 - 3:57 ). Picture of the test island ( 3:58 - 4:02 ). Why use a remote island to test ( 4:03 - 4:23 )? Why not Atomic Energy Commission and a small atomic explosion ( 4:25 - 4:50 ) or Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, Illinois; Los Alamos National Laboratory, in New Mexico; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in Tennessee; Hanford National Laboratory; Brookhaven National Laboratory ( 4:51 - 5:14 ). All laboratories sent their experimental materials, equipment, and scientists to Enewetak Atoll ( 5:15 - 6:33 ). They were to conduct a large…

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20 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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