Operation WigWam - United States Nuclear Weapons Test

This film was produced by the United States Air Force to document the effects of a nuclear bomb detonated under water.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wigwam
"Operation Wigwam involved a single test of the Mark 90 Betty nuclear bomb. It was conducted between Operation Teapot and Operation Redwing on May 14, 1955, about 500 miles southwest of San Diego, California. 6,800 personnel aboard 30 ships were involved in Wigwam. The purpose of Wigwam was to determine the vulnerability of submarines to deeply-detonated nuclear weapons, and to evaluate the feasibility of using such weapons in a combat situation."

This film has been made available by the United States Government as part of the Fedflix program.

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Science & Technology

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