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13168_10675_bomb_director_system

1955
B&W

Nevada. Norton Bomb Site: Begins with a plant which produces bombs for the military. Several scenes of military planes flying with white male pilots. Male VO mentions the atomic bomb and speaks about it as a valuable asset for the country. Segues into a nuclear test on barren site in Nevada. Everyone in the plane puts on protective eyeglasses after they release the nuclear bomb from their plane. Male VO “we hope these won't be fired in anger -- and to prevent this we stockpile them”. Shows the actual nuclear blast with a mushroom cloud.