Experiment With Death: Bikini (1946)

Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material. 18, 07, 1946 Title reads: Experiment With Death. American voiceovered newsreel material. Bikini, Marshall Islands. C, U as a metronome ticks away the last few seconds on board the battleship Pennsylvania, before the exploding of the atom bomb (number 4). A map shows the Bikini Atoll where the experiment is taking place. The aeroplane Dave s Dream starts up and takes off. M. P. Raymond Blackburn narrates the events as we see C, U s of the crew looking tense. M, S elevated shot of U. S. sailors on board a ship, sitting on deck, shielding their eyes against the rays of the atom. C, U sailors adjust antiglare glasses over their eyes. VS onboard plane. A map shows an animation of the explosion. M, S of sailors onboard ship, they turn their backs to the glare as the bomb explodes. L, S of sailors lining the rails of the ship and watching the smoke as it rises. Various good shots of the explosion and mushroom cloud. More shots of the plane and th