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Nuclear war films. Volume 9, Operations Plumbbob & Hardtack : military effects quantified, ballistic missile systems evaluated & designs rush-tested before the 1958-1961 nuclear test moratorium / J.C. Kaelin, Jr.
LIBRA DVD 017 782
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operation Plumbbob, Nev., 1957.
- Operation Hardtack, 1958.
- Nuclear weapons--United States--History.
- Nuclear weapons.
- United States.
- History.
- Nuclear weapons--Testing.
- Operational readiness (Military science).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Educational films.
- Short films.
- Silent films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound and silent, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Operations Plumbbob & Hardtack
- Operations Plumbbob and Hardtack
- Military effects quantified, ballistic missile systems evaluated & designs rush-tested before the 1958-1961 nuclear test moratorium
- 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 Plumbbob : military effects studies) A series of 29 explosions at the Nevada test site, all intended to quantify effects on a variety of targets, not all of which were military.
- (Operation Hardtack : military effects studies. Part 1, Basic effects, structures and materiel) A series of tests conducted at the Nevada test site and the Pacific test site, including a variety of devices and delivery systems. Part 1 is an overview of all measured effects.
- (Operation Hardtack : military effects studies. Part 2, High altitude tests) Part 2 measures effects of aerial detonation of devices delivered by ballistic missiles.
- (Operation Hardtack : military effects studies. Part 3, Underwater tests) Part 3 concentrates on the damage done to naval vessels and other ships by underwater demolition of a nuclear device.
- (Operation Hardtack : military effects studies. Part 4, Sub-kiloton tests) Part 4 quantifies the effects of a variety of different, and sometimes experimental, nuclear bombs.
- Contents:
- Operation Plumbbob : military effects studies / Armed Forces Special Weapons Project presents ; prepared by United States Air Force, Lookout Mountain Laboratory, Air Photographic and Charting Service (MATS), Hollywood, California (32 min.)
- Operation Hardtack : military effects studies. Part 1, Basic effects, structures and materiel / the Defense Atomic Support Agency presents ; produced by United States Air Force Air Photographic and Charting Service (26 min.)
- Operation Hardtack : military effects studies. Part 2, High altitude effects / the Defense Atomic Support Agency presents; produced by United States Air Force Air Photographic and Charting Service (25 min.)
- Operation Hardtack : military effects studies. Part 3, Underwater tests / the Defense Atomic Support Agency presents ; produced by United States Air Force Air Photographic and Charting Service (18 min.)
- Operation Hardtack : military effects studies. Part 4, Sub-kiloton tests / the Defense Atomic Support Agency presents ; produced by United States Air Force Air Photographic and Charting Service (23 min.).
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of a motion picture produced in 1957 (Operation Plumbbob : military effects studies) and a series of four films produced in 1958 (Operation Hardtack : military effects studies).
- Operation Hardtack : military effects studies. Part 4, Sub-kiloton tests is a silent film.
- "Project 30-65-57."--Closing frames, Operation Plumbbob : military effects studies. "Project 24-1a-59."--Closing frames, Operation Hardtack : military effects studies. Part 1, Basic effects, structures and materiel. "Project 24-1b-59."--Closing frames, Operation Hardtack : military effects studies. Part 2, High altitude effects. "Project 24-1c-58."--Closing frames, Operation Hardtack : military effects studies. Part 3, Underwater effects. "Project 24-1d-59."--Closing frames, Operation Hardtack : military effects studies. Part 4, Sub-kiloton tests.
- "This video has been sanitized. Classified portions have been removed. U.S. Department of Energy. Robert T. Henderson, ADD."--Opening frames, Operation Hardtack : military effects studies, and Operation Hardtack : military effects studies, Part 4, Sub-kiloton tests. "This video is unclassified. U.S. Department of Energy, Robert T. Henderson, ADD."--Opening frames, Operation Hardtack : military effects studies, Parts 1-3.
- "Recently declassified U.S. Government films detailing how America planned to win a nuclear war."--Container.
- Aspect ratio 4:3.
- Contains:
- Operation Plumbbob : military effects studies
- Operation Hardtack : military effects studies
- Basic effects, structures & materiel
- Basic effects, structures and materiel
- High altitude tests
- Underwater tests
- Sub-kiloton tests
- OCLC:
- 713036116
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