Army Bulldozers Gear For Atomic Age, Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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file in DD Bank DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INDEX OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25 D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 (B) RADIO - TV BRANCH, TELEVISION SECTION Release No. 145=57 PICTORIAL BRANCH, NEWSREEL SECTION ROOM 2E-791 EXT. 72902 75061 Footage: 200 ROOM 2D-780A EXT. 75111 For release 2 Sept. 1957 DUPE NEGATIVE TO: Universal FINE GRAIN TO: Telenevs ARMY BULLDOZERS GEAR FOR ATOMIC AGE (Official Army footage released by Dept. of Defense) A unique cab that protects a bulldozer operator from radiation been developed by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratories, Fort Belvoir, Va. Made of lead and weighing &pproximately 5,000 pounds, the cab will allow Army Engineers to start early clean-up operations of radioactive areas created by nuclear explosiona The cab accommodates the operator tractor controls, a radio and special rediation meters that record the amount of radio- activity in the area. With a crane, three men can mount the cab on the tractor in 30 minutes. Lead glass windows on four sides of the cab provide visibility for the operator. The cab is pressurized with fresh, filtered air. Sequences show: Cab mounted on bulldozer Pt. Belvoir, Va. Soldier enters cab, closes lid. Simulated A bomb explosion. Bulldozer commences cle-a-up operations. Moving earth. Soldier with geiger counter follows Bulldozer in jeep Juffer 1-27 NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribu- Angel tion to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 7 days to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dupe negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so esiring for duplication purposes. Within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be available to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The DUPE NEGATIVES must not be cut in any manner. B-30102

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Filmed News Releases