Atomic Bomb with Troop exercises in HD

Original 35mm color films of Troop exercises with an atomic explosion of the 1950’s have been restored to high definition shedding a new light on some iconic imagery. Silent. In Operation Desert Rock, the military conducted a series of nuclear tests in the Nevada Proving Grounds between 1951 and 1957. In total, more nearly 400,000 American soldiers and civilians would be classified as ’atomic veterans.’ New Color footage of Desert Rock Troop exercises show a day in the life of the troops as they arrive, receive training and then crouch in trenches as a nuclear detonation occurs nearby; the soldiers climb out of trenches and march towards the mushroom cloud. Then examining test vehicles near ground zero.