Declassified U.S. Nuclear Test Film #04

0800003 - Operation Sandstone
0800004 - Operation Sandstone, EG& G, Project 19-18 Film
0800005 - Operation Sandstone, U.S. Air Force Participation
0800006 - Operation Sandstone, U.S. Army Engineers
0800007 - Operation Sandstone, Blast Measurements Group
0800008 - Operation Sandstone, U.S. Navy

In 1948, the U.S. nuclear stockpile consisted of approximately 50 atomic bombs. Since the industrial complex to produce more nuclear weapons was not fully complete and there were limited amounts of plutonium, researchers wanted to develop more efficient implosion bombs. Operation Sandstone was 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. The first shot, X-ray, conducted on April 14, 1948, had a yield of 37 kilotons. The second shot, Yoke, detonated on April 30, had a yield of 49 kilotons, while the last shot, Zebra, occurred on May 14 with a yield of 18 kilotons.

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• WMD
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• atomic
• cancer

[YimChun]

most of the public doesn't even know they did so many of these tests....i sure as hell didn't...and I was in the Marine Corps

[Nuker1337]

these can be obtained through the department of defense web site.

[3SidedSquare]

will never understand why they play cartoonish background music for nuclear tests

[ChrisRamses1973]

Never before I saw any kind of recording of EG&G people working or the kind of toys they had. Thank you for this.

[syndran]

@catalyst2 that footage is arund film number 50. 53 or something.. i cannot remember.. It is in this set however . they places rabbits in pens for eye tests, pigs in pens with glass fronts to test projectile damage. etc.

[Catalyst2]

Any body know where the footage of the live pigs strapped to tables is?

I saw that once. Basically the pigs were strapped down and a bomb was set-off. The pigs weren't to pleased if I remember while their skin was burning off them. They wriggled a little to say the least. Still! I bet they were fine for the mass feeding afterwards. But seriously, it does exist and I have seen it.

[MaistoHelix]

I am very intrigued by these movies,thanks for uploading them..amazing level of technology at the time mixed with childlike innocence about the global radiation increase and effects on the long run.I dont even want to think what the Russians launched in our atmosphere!

[DavidRectum]

thank you for posting all these films. i have no idea how you got them.

[hiperion42]

we are a sick species