Nuclear Test - 1956 | Movietone Moment | 4 Oct 19

On this day in 1956 Great Britain performed a nuclear test at Maralinga Australia. Here’s British Movietone’s report. Maralinga Test Range in the stark-wide open spaces of South Australia. “Operation Buffalo“ involved setting up a village for servicemen taking part. And the team of scientists was headed by Sir William Penney who went to supervise and observe the atomic explosions. Experimental explosion of an A-Bomb. Scientists alight from plane including Sir William Penney. Signposts - ’London Road’, ’M