Experiment With Death Aka A Bomb Test Bikini Atoll (1946)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Cuts for newsreel 46/57 - EXPERIMENT WITH DEATH - First Atom Bomb Test at Bikini. Duplicate sections of footage found in UN 1530 C - see separate record for details. Extra shots show a canvas screen slung under the body of the plane to cover the loading of the bomb while US Military Police patrol the area. Diagram of ships in the area. FILM ID:2325.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed