Selected Originals - A-Bomb Close Up Aka Biggest U.S. Atom Blast! (1952)

Selected originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story “A-Bomb Close Up“ 52/36. Some different material from the newsreel - American voiceover. (Original American title - superimposed - Biggest U.S. Atom Blast!) Yucca Flats, Nevada, United States of America. Atomic bomb tests. Coaches carrying journalists arrive at atomic test site. Security men stop coach. Journalists get off. CU Sign “US Atomic Energy Commission - Nevada Proving Ground - Camp Mercury“. CU sign “Secrecy is the word to Remember“. Journalists get off bus and gather for test. LV. Lorry loads of troops moving into position. GV. Troops marching towards slit trenches. GV. Troops marching towards slit trenches, helicopter overhead. Aerial, target area on marked on ground. This is a test for an air burst weapon. MV. Men marching into slit trenches. SV. in slit trenches. CU. Two in trench. SV. Two in slit trench. CU. G.I. holding helmet in trench. SV. holding on helmets. CU. Wrist watch. Aerial