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Operation Tumbler-Snapper consisted of eight nuclear shots in two phases. The Tumbler phase was of primary concern to the Department of Defense, which called for airdropped nuclear weapons tests. The Snapper second phase was a set of experiments conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission and the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory to help improve effects of nuclear weapons.
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This film was produced by the United States Air Force in the late 1950's for internal training purposes however it has now been declassified. The film depicts a simulated war plan action, in the event of an attack, which was executed at the Operation Control Room, Offutt Air Force Vase, Nebraska, and at the underground control room (location still classified), by the Strategic Air Command
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A USAF public affairs film created in 1960 to explain to the public how nuclear weapons are designed to be safe when handled, flown, and if involved in an accident.
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On Oct. 17, 2009, the Kansas City Plant hosted hundreds of guests, employees and former employees at an open house to celebrate 60 years of service to national and nuclear security.
While it may not be all that interesting, you do see glimpses of parts that you may have used in the past. This is the plant that created many of the bulkheads, switches, and hardware used in weapons such as the B43 and B61.
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0800071 - Tonopah Test Range: An Outdoor Laboratory Facility - 1964 - 12:27 - Color - The Tonopah Test Range, operated for the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies by Sandia National Laboratories, was opened in 1960 near the town of Tonopah, NV. The purpose of the range is to test non-nuclear ordnance and engineering designs.
Tonopah, the video shows, is actually four test ranges on one. It has concrete target and operations buildings with tracking radar, cameras, and other instrumentation. The range provides a high-level bombing range over dry lakes, a low-level bombing range with concrete and land targets, a rocket launching range, and facilities for test firing artillery shells.
Featured in this early 1960s video are scenes of flight impact of a B-61 weapon casing from an A-6, balloon instrumentation launches, artillery firing, airdrop/parachute deployment of a weapon casing from a B-52 bomber, rocket launches, and numerous weapon impact tests.
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Declassified U.S. Nuclear Test Films
These are a series of films that have been declassified by the Department of Energy.
They consist of films of nuclear tests, weapons development and other weapons related activities.