Project Long Shot (one of three atomic bombs in Alaska)

Project Long Shot (1965) 13:15 Color. This film discusses Project LONG SHOT, a Department of Defense, Defense Atomic Support Agency sponsored underground test, with participation of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Department of the Interior, the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and numerous university scientists and engineers. The approximately 80kiloton LONG SHOT device, buried 2300 feet underground, was detonated on October 29, 1965. As part of the Vela Uniform Program, LONG SHOT s primary purpos