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 STEEL TRANSMISSION TOWERS & ELECTRIC SUBSTATION AT THE NEVADA TEST SITE - 1955 ATOMIC BLAST EXPERIMENT
In 1955 the government and interested parties conducted an experiment at the Nevada Test Site on the effects of an atomic blast. LS of a steel transmission tower one mile from the blast site then pan left to another transmission tower and electric substation 600 feet away.

Date: May 5, 1955 - COLOR
Source: Film: 16P
Length: 00:00:13:00, No Audio

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 PREPARING THE NEVADA TEST SITE FOR 1955 ATOMIC BLAST EXPERIMENT - 1
Official observers arrive the day before "Operation Cue" takes place at the Nevada Test Site to test the effects of a nuclear blast. A televised interview is held with Dr. Alvin Graves, scientific advisor for bomb-testing then cut to a model of an electric substation being used in the experiment.

Date: May 5, 1955 - COLOR
Source: Film: 16P
Length: 00:00:20:00, No Audio

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 AERIAL OF NEVADA TEST SITE 1955 ATOMIC BLAST EXPERIMENT
Aerial pan around of the Nevada Test Site where an atomic device was detonated in 1955 during an experiment on the effects of an atomic blast on various components of civilization including power utilities, homes and buildings, vehicles and equipment.

Date: May 5, 1955 - COLOR
Source: Film: 16P
Length: 00:00:35:00, No Audio

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 SHOT TOWER & AERIALS OF NEVADA TEST SITE FOR 1955 "OPERATION CUE" EXPERIMENT
Workmen on the 500 foot shot tower at the Nevada Test Site make preparations for an atomic device to be detonated for a May 5, 1955 test. Cut to Aerial pan around of the test site and various items such as buildings, electric utilities and more that were part of the experiment.

Date: May 5, 1955 - COLOR
Source: Film: 16P
Length: 00:00:50:00, No Audio

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 ILLUSTRATION OF NEVADA TEST SITE LAYOUT FOR 1955 "OPERATION CUE" EXPERIMENT - 2
A sketch displays the layout of an experiment to study the effects of an atomic blast on power utilities and other items at a one-mile and two-mile line. additional structures were also placed on the one-and-a-third mile line highlighted here by arrows.

Date: May 5, 1955 - COLOR
Source: Film: 16P
Length: 00:00:28:00, No Audio

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 ILLUSTRATION OF NEVADA TEST SITE LAYOUT FOR 1955 "OPERATION CUE" EXPERIMENT
A sketch of the layout of "Operation Cue" to study the effects of an atomic blast on power utilities and other items shows the shot tower where the bomb was detonated while an arrow points to different test items including an electric transmission tower, a substation and a line of power poles.

Date: May 5, 1955 - COLOR
Source: Film: 16P
Length: 00:00:37:00, No Audio

SD: $99 - Web (320): $79