Operation Redwing 1956
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This footage shows preparation for and the execution of Operation Redwing in 1956.
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: United States Armed Forces and contractors are shown as they prepare to test nuclear detonations in the Marshall Islands in 1956. The film includes footage of a flying B-52 bomber – the design that dropped one of the nuclear test bombs in 1956. The film may have been made at or in the vicinity of Enewetak, Bikini, or Johnston Atoll. It concludes with several views of mushroom clouds created in the tests. The clapperboards indicate that many of the film's segments were shot in April.
Subjects: Nuclear weapons; Militaries; Explosions; Experiments
Places: Oceania > Micronesia > Marshall Islands
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 758 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12338
Notes: United States Armed Forces and contractors are shown as they prepare to test nuclear detonations in the Marshall Islands in 1956. The film includes footage of a flying B-52 bomber – the design that dropped one of the nuclear test bombs in 1956. The film may have been made at or in the vicinity of Enewetak, Bikini, or Johnston Atoll. It concludes with several views of mushroom clouds created in the tests. The clapperboards indicate that many of the film's segments were shot in April.
Subjects: Nuclear weapons; Militaries; Explosions; Experiments
Places: Oceania > Micronesia > Marshall Islands
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 758 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12338
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:15