Other titles:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MONTE BELLO [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Short sequence showing the site of the test and slow motion film of the explosion and subsequent mushroom cloud.
Description: Views of cliffy island coastline. MS of task force flagship, HMS Narvik, underway. Further views of the coastline and group of huts near the shore - the control site on Hermite Island ? LS of Narvik. LS from high ground to the huts near the shoreline. Cut to XCU of the trigger button as it is pressed - the operator starts the countdown. LS of the bomb tower and slow motion of the explosion and growth of the fireball, cutting to a more distant perspective for the appearance of the characteristic mushroom cloud. Final XLS of the cloud from one of the ships out at sea.
Alternative Title:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MONTE BELLO [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Narvik (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - amphibious: Narvik (object name)
weapons, British - bomb: atomic (object name)
Australia & Monte Bello Islands, WA (geography)
