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This material formerly classified.
Classification removed:
14 January 1997.
Despite its role in ending World War II, little was actually known about the true power of a nuclear weapon.Scientists and military planners needed to precise data.How big was the blast ring? How powerful was the shock wave? How big of a blast could an aircraft carrier sustain? What altitude of detonation gave the most devastating blast?
The only way to find answers was to detonate bombs, and this footage chronicles the results.All-in-all, they represent the fundamental knowledge America gained about the effects of nuclear bombs.
Operation Tumble Snapper tested small yield weapons, the type that could be carried and launched by tactical fighters.But how effective would the bombs be?Inevitably, such test would involve troops, if only to show the army that nuclear weapons were survivable.In this DVD you will see Army soldiers at ground zero as a nuclear bomb is air dropped above them.Footage in this reel includes the just released blast damage tape which includes homes, buildings, airplanes, tanks, rail cars and even trees subjected to teh violent effects of the atomic heat wave and the incredible blast.
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