Project Shoal

Duration: 18 min

Year Published: 1964

Creator: Now U S Nuclear Regulatory Agency U S Dept Of Defense

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A non-technical film on the underground Project Shoal detonation, an experiment conducted by the Department of Defense with the participation of the Atomic Energy Commission. Describes the selection of the test site near Fallon, Nevada, the pre-shot preparations to insure public safety and the efforts to inform the citizens of Fallon of the proposed shot, the reaction of various city groups to the test, the Seismic Station Program, instrumentation and the results of the detonation.


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