Desert Rock (Can 1) (silent)
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Year Published: 1953
Description:
Description: Images from Yucca Flat at the Nevada Test Site and on-camera interviews with soldiers, Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson, and General Joseph May Swing. Picture element only; no sound.
Film assembled from four rolls, order as follows:
1. "Desert Rock: Atomic Cannon Interview"
2. "Desert Rock: Atom Soldier"
3. "Desert Rock: Sec. of Defense Wilson"
4. "Desert Rock: General Swing"
Can states: "DESERT ROCK" WILSON / GEN. SWING / ATOM SOLDIER INT. / ATOMIC CANNON INT. / B/W B-WIND FGM CAN 1 OF 2"; "ORIG. PIX "DESERT ROCK" CAN 1 OF 2 B-WIND FGM"
Slate notes from #4 film: "3/17/53 / Yucca Flat"
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit http://www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1950s,Military,Nuclear weapons
Tags: soldiers; missiles; pine trees; camouflage; cannons; weapons; on-camera interview; Clapperboard Cuties; film slates; African American soldiers; helmets; Charles Erwin Wilson; Secretary of Defense; press conferences; desk blotters; U.S. Armed Forces; United States Armed Forces; Nevada Test Site; nuclear testing; sunrises; desert; Joshua trees; helicopters; Joseph May Swing; generals; army officers; missile on truck driving toward camera; low-flying helicopters in the desert; U.S. Army helicopters, atomic testing
Film Sponsor:
Creator:
Credits: On slate:
1954-04-28
Camera: Bridgham
Officier in Charge: Mortimer
1953-03-17
Camera: Kreider
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: The Archives Project
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1954-04-28; 1953-10-09; 1953-03-17
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; Nevada; Nye County, Nevada; Yucca Flat, Nevada; Nevada Test Site
Genre/Form: military
Language:
Rights:
Film Format: 16mm film
Element: finegrain master, positive
Color: b&w
Color Process:
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code:
Frame Rate: 24 fps
Length (feet): 594
Complete Record:
Description: Images from Yucca Flat at the Nevada Test Site and on-camera interviews with soldiers, Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson, and General Joseph May Swing. Picture element only; no sound.
Film assembled from four rolls, order as follows:
1. "Desert Rock: Atomic Cannon Interview"
2. "Desert Rock: Atom Soldier"
3. "Desert Rock: Sec. of Defense Wilson"
4. "Desert Rock: General Swing"
Can states: "DESERT ROCK" WILSON / GEN. SWING / ATOM SOLDIER INT. / ATOMIC CANNON INT. / B/W B-WIND FGM CAN 1 OF 2"; "ORIG. PIX "DESERT ROCK" CAN 1 OF 2 B-WIND FGM"
Slate notes from #4 film: "3/17/53 / Yucca Flat"
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit http://www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1950s,Military,Nuclear weapons
Tags: soldiers; missiles; pine trees; camouflage; cannons; weapons; on-camera interview; Clapperboard Cuties; film slates; African American soldiers; helmets; Charles Erwin Wilson; Secretary of Defense; press conferences; desk blotters; U.S. Armed Forces; United States Armed Forces; Nevada Test Site; nuclear testing; sunrises; desert; Joshua trees; helicopters; Joseph May Swing; generals; army officers; missile on truck driving toward camera; low-flying helicopters in the desert; U.S. Army helicopters, atomic testing
Film Sponsor:
Creator:
Credits: On slate:
1954-04-28
Camera: Bridgham
Officier in Charge: Mortimer
1953-03-17
Camera: Kreider
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: The Archives Project
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1954-04-28; 1953-10-09; 1953-03-17
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; Nevada; Nye County, Nevada; Yucca Flat, Nevada; Nevada Test Site
Genre/Form: military
Language:
Rights:
Film Format: 16mm film
Element: finegrain master, positive
Color: b&w
Color Process:
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code:
Frame Rate: 24 fps
Length (feet): 594
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