The Fifth Warning Aka Bikini Atoll Test And Hiroshima (1946)
Unused, unissued footage dates and locations may be unclear, unknown. Cuts from newsreel story 46, 64 The Fifth Warning Bikini Atoll Test and Hiroshima. Scenes from the Bikini Atoll of the second Atom Bomb test, and captured Japanese library material of the damage to Hiroshima. United States sailors put finishing touches to the target ships in Bikini Lagoon. Admiral Blandy, Commander in Chief of the operation, stands on the bridge of his flagship. Diagrams show target area and bomb explosion going off. Sailors board launch to take them out of the area. Scientists at work inside control room of flagship. Scientist counts off seconds to detonation of bomb. Sailors watch through binoculars on board ship. Admiral Blandy tours lagoon after the explosion. Various shots of target ships, some heavily damaged and sunk, some comparatively undamaged. Japanese footage of damage to Hiroshima Japanese Air Raid Spotters stand at lookout points. Still photograph of first Atom Bomb explosi
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