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USS Panamint (AGC-13), Operation Crossroads, Atom Bomb Test, Bikini Atoll, 07/1946
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No National Archives description. National Archives shot list card: Bikini Atoll (No captions) Jul 1946 Ints: technicians working on recording devices. One man is setting a disc on a machine for the recording of data. CUs, faces of two men at recording device. As one receives data it is broadcast over a microphone. CU, dial moving on meter. CU, man at microphone watching dial and then shouting the fire order. CU, panel board with light flashing on. MS&CU, announcer broadcasting over microphone. MS, officer aboard ship as information is received and broadcasted over microphone. Officer watching dial moving on recording device. Officer speaking over microphone. Establishing shot of radio control room aboard the "USS Paramint." [SIC USS Panamint (AGC-13)] Personnel checking recording devices, officer speaking over microphone. Men going through hatch door with a sign above "Restricted Area-Authorized Cross-roads Personnel Only." National Archives Identifier: 20948 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itse…
Directors & creators
United States. Army
Subjects
Nuclear Test, United States. Navy, Project Crossroads, Cold War, Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946, Atomic bomb -- Marshall Islands -- Bikini Atoll -- Testing, Nuclear weapons -- Marshall Islands -- Bikini Atoll -- Testing, World War II: Postwar Issues, Nuclear Weapons, Radio, USS Panamint (AGC-13), Atomic Bomb, USS Panamint, United States. Army
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