Video Parts (6)
This clip is Part 1 of a 6-part film.
Operation Sandstone Part 1
Description
This film documents the construction and operation of the test site for the sixth, seventh, and eighth atomic bomb tests of Operation Sandstone, a series of atmospheric nuclear "proof tests" conducted in the Pacific Proving Grounds, Marshall Islands area April and May 1948. The goal of this test series was to prove the workability of changes to implosion warhead design that used less plutonium.
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Records of the Atomic Energy Commission
Series
Films Relating to Atomic Testing and Radioactivity
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