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Nuclear war films. Vol. 8, Operations Wigwam, Redwing & Plumbbob : effectiveness against submarines tested, second generation devices evaluated & military effects quantified / J.C. Kaelin, Jr.
LIBRA DVD 017 781
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operation Wigwam, 1955.
- Operation Redwing, Marshall Islands, 1956.
- Operation Plumbbob, 1957.
- Atomic bomb--United States--History.
- Atomic bomb.
- United States.
- History.
- Atomic bomb--Testing.
- Nuclear weapons--United States--History.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Nuclear weapons--Testing.
- Atomic bomb--Blast effects.
- Radioactive fallout.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Educational films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Operations Wigwam, Redwing & Plumbbob
- Operations Wigwam, Redwing and Plumbbob
- Effectiveness against submarines tested, second generation devices evaluated & military effects quantified
- Place of Publication:
- [Bayonne, NJ] : EarthStation1.com : J.C. Kaelin, Jr., [2006]
- System Details:
- DVD-R, region-free.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- (Operation Wigwam) "450 miles off the San Diego coast, the U.S. Navy detonated a submerged 30 kiloton fission device to determine its effectiveness as a weapon against submarines, as well as to record the effects of wave creation at nearby, Intermediate and long distances from the explosion."--Container.
- (Military effects on Operation Wigwam) "[Atomic] devices the size of volleyballs, 'clean' or low-fallout designs and deliberately 'dirty' or high-fallout devices were all tested, and were deployed at the Eniwetok Proving Ground variously atop towers, dropped from aircraft, barge floated and otherwise."--Container.
- (Operation Redwing) An overview of all the information gleaned from this series of detonations at the Pacific Proving Ground.
- (Operation Plumbbob : weapons development report) "A ... series of tests involving 43 military effects tests to determine the effects of a variety of nuclear devices in terms of blast against buildings, the biological effects of radiation upon pigs and more."--Container.
- Contents:
- Operation Wigwam / Commander, Joint Task Group 7.3 presents ; produced by United States Air Force, Lookout Mountain Laboratory, Hollywood, California (36 min.)
- Military effects on Operation Redwing / Armed Forces Special Weapons Project presents ; produced by U.S. Air Force, Lookout Mountain Laboratory, Air Photographic and Charting Service (MATS) Hollywood 46, California (32 min.)
- Operation Redwing / Joint Task Force Seven presents ; produced by United States Air Force, Lookout Mountain Laboratory, Hollywood, California (26 min.)
- Operation Plumbbob : weapons development report / the United States Atomic Energy Commission presents ; produced by United States Air Force, Lookout Mountain Laboratory, Hollywood 46, California (22 min.).
- Participant:
- (Operation Redwing) Introduced by Rear Admiral B. Hall Hanlon.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of four motion pictures produced in 1955 (Operation Wigwam), 1956 (Military effects on Operation Redwing, and, Operation Redwing), and 1956 (Operation Plumbbob : weapons development report).
- "Recently declassified U.S. Government films detailing how America planned to win a nuclear war."--Container.
- "This video is unclassified. U.S. Department of Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office. Robert T. Henderson, ADD."--Opening frames, Operation Wigwam, opening frames, Operation Redwing, and opening frames, Operation Plumbbob : weapons development report. "This video has been sanitized. Classified portions have been removed. U.S. Department of Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office. Robert T. Henderson, ADD."--Opening frames, Military effects on Operation Redwing.
- "Proj. 30-30-54."--Closing frames, Operation Wigwam. "Project 23-2-56."--Closing frames, Military effects on Operation Redwing. "Project 23-155."--Closing frames, Operation Redwing. "Project 90-16-57."--Closing frames, Operation Plumbbob : weapons development report.
- Aspect ratio 4:3.
- Contains:
- Operation Wigwam
- Military effects on Operation Redwing
- Operation Redwing
- Operation Plumbbob : weapons development report
- OCLC:
- 713033265
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