1954NUCLEAR POWER/CIVIL DEFENSE
FALLOUT SHELTERS, NUCLEAR BOMB TESTING, OPERATION CUE, CIVIL DEFENSE ATOMIC BOMB TESTING IN COLOR. FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION. ATOMIC BOMBS - KILOTONS, HYDROGEN BOMBS, MEGATONS. MASS DESTRUCTION. ATOMIC IMPACT TEST. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE.
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WS, CAMERA PANS THE DESERT LANDSCAPE AT THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION NEVADA TEST SITE.
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A RED CUBE TRUCK DRIVES THROUGH A GOVERNMENT DESERT TESTING SITE, SPOTLIGHTS ATTACHED TO THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK. "OPERATION CUE" IS PAINTED ACROSS THE DOOR TO THE TRUCK. VO TALKS ABOUT THE CIVIL DEFENSE NUCLEAR PROJECT CODE NAMED "OPERATION CUE".
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| 01:11:40 24.88 |
A WOMAN / REPORTER WALKS INTO A NON DESCRIPT BUILDING IN THE DESERT MARKED "CIVIL DEFENSE OPERATIONS".
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| 01:11:59 43.88 |
MCU GOVERNMENT BUILDING SIGN READS "CIVIL DEFENSE OPERATIONS".
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| 01:12:05 48.88 |
CIVIL DEFENSE STAFF MEMBER SHOWS A FEMALE REPORTER AROUND THE NUCLEAR TEST GROUNDS.
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| 01:12:15 58.88 |
MCU MINIATURE MODELS OF BUILDINGS ON THE NEVADA NUCLEAR TEST SITE.
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| 01:12:27 71.88 |
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BUILD SHELTERS. BUILDERS CONSTRUCT INDUSTRIAL SHELTER AND A BOX TYPE HOUSING SHELTER MIMICING A RESIDENTIAL BASEMENT. AN INSPECTOR LOOKS OVER THE BUILDERS WORK. DUMMIES ARE PLACED IN THE BASEMENT SHELTER TO TEST ATOMIC IMPACT.
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| 01:12:36 80.88 |
WS SMALL WOODEN HOUSE ON THE ATOMIC TEST SITE GROUNDS. THE HOME HAS BEEN BOARDED UP FOR TEST PURPOSES.
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| 01:13:08 111.88 |
A UTILITY WORKER CLIMBS DOWN FROM A UTILITY / HYDRO POWER POLE. A UTILITY WORKER STANDS ON TOP OF A HYDRO POLE, POWER LINE. POLE TRANSFORMERS ARE PREPARED FOR ATOMIC BLAST TEST. CAMERA PANS HYDRO TRANSFORMERS AND A HYDRO TRANSFORMER SUB STATION STANDING IN THE SECLUSION OF THE NEVADA DESERT TEST SITE.
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| 01:13:54 158.88 |
WS, A LONE MAN / TEST SITE ENGINEER WALKS INTO THE DESERT TOWARD A RADIO TRANSMISSION TOWER. ENGINEER STANDS AT THE BOTTOM OF A RADIO TRANSMISSION TOWER AND LOOKS UP. CAMERA TILTS UP TOWER.
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| 01:14:12 175.88 |
TWO ENGINEERS / RADIO TRANSMISSION TECHNICIANS FIDDLE WITH BROADCAST KNOBS ON THE RADIO SIGNAL TRANSMITTER.
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| 01:14:25 188.88 |
TWO BLACK MEN / TECHNICIANS FIT LIQUID PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS TANKS IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESERT TEST SITE. TECHNICIANS INSTALL AND CHECK CANNISTERS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY. WORKERS SPRAY / HOSE DOWN A MASSIVE ON SITE SUPPLY TANK. TEST SITE / GAS REACTIONS UNDER THE PRESSURE OF A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION.
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| 01:14:54 218.88 |
WS AERIAL HELICOPTER VIEW, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS /
BUILDERS ERECT A TWO STOREY WOOD BUILDING ON A SECLUDED NEVADA NUCLEAR TEST IMPACT SITE. |
| 01:15:04 227.88 |
WS, INDUSTRIAL BACK HOES AND DIRT FILLERS MOVE DEBRIS AROUND A DESERT CONSTRUCTION SITE.
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| 01:15:08 231.88 |
WS, A SINGLE STOREY WOOD FRAME RAMBLER / RANCH STYLE STANDS DESERTED ON AN ATOMIC TEST IMPACT SITE. PRE-TEST.
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| 01:15:13 236.88 |
WS, A TWO STOREY MASONRY BUILDING, BRICK STRUCTURE STANDS DESERTED ON AN ATOMIC TEST IMPACT SITE. PRE-
TEST. |
| 01:15:20 243.88 |
A SMALL GREYISH BUILDING BUILT OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BLOCKS, STANDS DESERTED ON AN ATOMIC TEST IMPACT SITE. PRE-TESTING GROUND.
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| 01:15:24 247.88 |
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS / BUILDERS STEADY A MASSIVE SHEET OF CONCRETE AS THEY LOWER IT INTO PLACE ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
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| 01:15:34 257.88 |
WS, A RE-DESIGNED HOME, TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL HOME STANDS ON AN ATOMIC IMPACT TEST SITE. BUILDER ADDS LAST MINUTE ADD-ONS TO THE HOME, A PAINTER BRUSHES WINDOW PANES. PRE-TESTING GROUNDS.
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| 01:15:47 271.88 |
WS AERIAL HELICOPTER VIEW SURVEYS HOMES BUILT ON AN ATOMIC TEST SITE. PRE-TESTING GROUNDS.
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| 01:15:52 276.88 |
TECHNICIANS CREATE REAL LIFE CIRCUMSTANCE INSIDE EXPERIMENTAL HOMES.
TECHNICIANS ADD HOME APPLIANCES AND MANNEQUINS TO THE ATOMIC IMPACT TEST HOMES. |
| 01:16:09 292.88 |
MWS, TECHNICIANS ADD MANNEQUINS INSIDE THE ATOMIC IMPACT TEST HOMES. MANNEQUINS STAND, SIT AND LAY ABOUT THE HOUSE IN A RE-CREATION OF NORMAL SUBURBAN LIVING.
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| 01:16:20 303.88 |
ROWS OF MANNEQUINS ARE POSITIONED BY FIELD TECHNICIANS ON AN ATOMIC IMPACT TEST SITE. SWATCHES OF VARIOUS FABRIC TEXTILES & SYNTHETIC MATERIALS ARE LINED UP WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL MANNEQUINS.
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| 01:16:40 323.88 |
BOXES OF PACKAGED FOOD AND CANNED GOODS ARE STORED AND SEPARATED TO BE INCLUDED IN AN ATOMIC IMPACT TEST. CAMERA PANS A HOME PANTRY LINED WITH CANNED GOODS. PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS ARE BOXED AND BURIED IN THE GROUND BY FIELD TECHNICIANS TO MEASURE RADIATION EXPOSURE.
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| 01:17:39 382.88 |
A CARAVAN OF MEDIA TRUCKS TRAVEL THROUGH THE DESERT AT NIGHT. TELEVISION EQUIPMENT IS SET UP ON "MEDIA HILL" TO RECORD THE ATOMIC EXPLOSION OF "OPERATION CUE". MILITARY AND CIVIL DEFENSE OBSERVERS GATHER TO STUDY TEST RESULTS.
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| 01:18:08 411.88 |
A MILITARY / CIVIL DEFENSE OPERATIVE TALKS ON THE PHONE IN A VEHICLE MARKED "CASUALTY CONTROL".
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| 01:18:36 439.88 |
MEDIA OBSERVERS OF "OPERATION CUE" ATOMIC TEST EXPLOSION PUT THEIR GOGGLES OVER THEIR EYES IN PREPARATION FOR THE BLAST. BLAST COUNTDOWN, LOUD SPEAKER VOICE INSTRUCTS CROWD TO "PUT ON YOUR GOGGLES..
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| 01:18:45 448.88 |
WS, A RE-DESIGNED HOME, RESIDENTIAL HOME STANDS ALONE ON ATOMIC IMPACT TEST SITE AT NIGHT.
MONTAGE OF SITE INSTALLATIONS UNDER DARKNESS. |
| 01:18:59 463.88 |
A MASSIVE WHITE LIGHT EXPLOSION LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT. OBSERVERS LOOK ON TOWARD THE BLAST.
OBSERVERS ILLUMINATED IN THE DARKNESS BY THE LIGHT OF ATOMIC FLASH. |
| 01:19:06 469.88 |
CAMERA IMAGES CAPTURE A MASSIVE MUSHROOM CLOUD EXPLOSION MILES IN THE DISTANCE.
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| 01:19:09 472.88 |
MONTAGE OF ATOMIC NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IMPACT ON TEST SITE BUILDINGS. HYDRO TRANSFORMER SUB STATIONS SHAKE UNDER IMPACT, ENTIRE HOME STRUCTURES REDUCED TO MATCH STICKS TORN APART BY NUCLEAR IMPACT.
DEVESTATING AFFECT. |
| 01:19:51 514.88 |
BLAST OBSERVERS WALK ONTO A NUCLEAR TEST SITE, POST-EXPLOSION, GUIDED BY OFFICIALS.
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| 01:20:02 525.88 |
HOUSES OBLITERATED / HOMES RIPPED APART BY A MASSIVE EXPLOSION. DEBRIS COVERS THE GROUND AND IS STREWN ALL AROUND.
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| 01:20:20 544.88 |
ATOMIC FIELD TECHNICIANS WALK THROUGH BUILDINGS IMPACTED BY AN ATOMIC BLAST, TO ASSESS DAMAGE.
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| 01:20:59 583.88 |
ATOMIC BLAST TECHNICIANS ASSESS DAMAGE TO
POWER LINES, RADIO TRANSMISSION TOWERS, TANKS OF LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM AND POWER SUB STATIONS. BOXES OF PACKAGED FOOD ARE PICKED UP FOR TRANSPORT TO LABORATORIES FOR RADIATION CONTAMINATION. |
| 01:22:05 648.88 |
MANNEQUINS LEFT IN THE OPEN TO FULL EXPOSURE OF RADIATION HAVE RADIATION AFFECTED CLOTHING.
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| 01:22:23 667.88 |
STRANGE COMMENTARY BY NARRATOR ABOUT MASS FEEDING.
BIZARRE SLICE OF REAL LIFE. GROUPS OF MEDIA AND DEFENSE TECHNICIANS GATHER FOR A BARBECUE ON THE SITE OF "OPERATION CUE" EXPERIMANTAL ATOMIC BLAST IN THE NEVADA DESERT. OBSERVERS ARE FED BEEF COOKED IN CANS SALVAGED FROM BUILDINGS DESTROYED IN THE ATOMIC BLAST. WORKERS AND OBSERVERS LINE UP FOR FOOD. |
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A NUCLEAR BLAST OBSERVER SURVEYS SITE DAMAGE.
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| 01:23:09 712.88 |
CIVIL DEFENSE OPERATION TECHNICIANS SIFT THROUGH DEBRIS FROM AN ATOMIC TEST IMPACT SITE.
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| 01:23:24 727.88 |
WS OF A MASSIVE ATOMIC MUSHROOM CLOUD LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT SKY.
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END OF PROGRAM
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