Underwater Atom Blast Rocks Bikini

Clip: 498220_1_1

Year Shot: 1946 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1532

Original Film: 019-526

HD: N/A

Location: Bikini, Pacific Ocean

Timecode: 00:41:52 - 00:47:44

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Over Exposes, shaky, blurry hazy in contrast and imagery-Not Good Beneath the calm surface of the Pacific, off the Bikini Islands, an atomic bomb was detonated. This was the first subsurface atomic explosion in history. The project engineers called this bomb, "Bikini Helen." On board the ship are Admiral Parsons and Admiral Blandi.