“TARGET NEVADA” 1951 U.S. AIR FORCE ATOM BOMB NUCLEAR TEST SITE OPERATION RANGER XD46974

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This black and white edition of a 1951 United States Air Force (USAF) Special Film Project (. 281) uses the format of an instructional documentary to offer support for the United States Atomic Energy Commission’s continental atom bomb tests, held from 1949-1951. Aircraft depicted include: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Boeing B-47 Stratojet, Convair B-36, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Lockheed XF-90, North American B-45 Tornado, North American F-86 Sabre, Republic F-84 Thunderjet, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and a Sikorsky S-52 helicopter (TRT: 14:10). Opening titles over a Boeing bomber. “Target Nevada, the story of United States Air Force Support to the Atomic Energy Commission on Continental Atomic Tests” (0:08). Frenchman Flat in Nevada. “This is the valley where the giant mushrooms grow.” A montage of atomic bomb