“ Terradynamics ” Earth Penetration by Projectiles (1967)
1967 · Short film · 21 min
Synopsis
This 1967 Film produced by Sandia Laboratory Motion Picture Division was directed by Edward Reilly and edited and filmed by Wayne Hancock. It shows the progress that has been made by Sandia Laboratories over the years on how projectiles move through different soil characteristics. It shows several field penetration tests, how these were prepared in the lab, and the mathematics that is behind their predictive models. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), also known as Sandia,is one of three research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Headquartered in Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sandia was established in 1949, SNL is a "multimission laboratory" with the primary goal of advancing U.S. national security by developing various science-based technologies. In 1960, Sandia began studying projectiles moving through Earth — a field it dubbed terradynamics — in pursuit of weapon designs that could successfully pass through different soil environments and operate underground. 0:08 the narrator takes a book from a shelf and begins speaking to the camera, 0:35 US Air Force F-100D Super Sabre inflight and dropping a projectile, 1:03 “Terradynamics” by Sandia Laboratory, 1:16 narrator continues speaking to camera, 1:55 narrator showing different types of materials on the earth’s surface, 2:24 slow motion footage of penetration vehicles being dropped into different materials, 3:02…
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Details
- Running time
- 21 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Terra-dynamics
- Earth Penetration
- Projectiles
- 1967
- Sandia Laboratory
- Research Film
