A-Bomb Dropped

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1502A
Date Released
20 Mar 1958
Date submitted
17 Mar 1958
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A-Bomb Dropped. DESCRIPTION: An atom bomb accidentally dropped (from a height of nearly three miles) from an American B-47. The whole area was soon checked with geiger counters, but no trace of radio-active contamination was reported. It happened at Mars Bluff, a small village in South Carolina. The burst of the conventional high explosive shattered a farm house about a hundred yards from the crater. Several homes were damaged and six people were slightly injured. SHOTLIST: MS crater. Pan up to house. CU man checks material of radio activity. MS same. LS farm house damaged by bomb. Another shot same. This was an accident - a bomb accidentally dropped from height of 3 miles, farms damaged by explosion but not nuclear, bomb not primed.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Weapons; Science and technology; Explosions; Accidents and disasters; Nuclear energy
Locations
United States of America; South Carolina; Mars Bluff
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
73130
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
60
Story extras:
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'A-Bomb Dropped', British Movietone News Issue No. 1502A, 20 Mar 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22284 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)