Experiment With Death Aka Bikini Bomb (1946)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Cuts for newsreel 46/57 - EXPERIMENT WITH DEATH - First Atom Bomb Test at Bikini. General view of sea. Admiral Blandy, the officer commanding operation X roads, on the bridge of his flagship, looks through field glasses and talks with other officers. Diagram of the globe showing Bikini as it is in relation to Hawaii. Diagrammatic layout of the target ships in the Bikini lagoon. Sailors on board target ship in lagoon place radioactivity reading machines on deck. Sailors shear the wool from the backs of sheep on board the target ships. Sailors rub protective ointment into the bared skin of the sheep. Sailors put rats in cages. Shots of sailors and officers on board ship and getting into launch to leave. Various angle shots of the Super Fort aircraft ’Dave’s Dream’ which is to drop the atom bomb. Crew prepare for flight, put on lifejackets. Plane in flight. Diagram showing the mileage covered and the plane approa