Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: He Explosion Causes Bikini Blast

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
905A
Date Released
10 Oct 1946
Date submitted
7 Oct 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Exploding Tnt. DESCRIPTION: In Idaho, America 500,000 tons of obsolete TNT was exploded in one blast, so that they could study the effect. SHOTLIST: KS GV hut (igloo) in which TNT is stored. American army engineers, walk towards camera from igloo. Drive away in jeep, go into shelter. Officer pulls down lever to set explosion off. LS explosion (similar to atom bomb), several different distant shots taken, also CU of same. (Half million pounds of TNT).
Keywords
Weapons
Locations
Idaho
Footage sources
USM?
Card file number
47588
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
89
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: He Explosion Causes Bikini Blast', British Movietone News Issue No. 905A, 10 Oct 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14090 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)