OPERATION BUFFALO RUSHES - ROUND FOUR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION BUFFALO RUSHES - ROUND FOUR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AWE 43
  • Other titles: BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Rushes from round four of Operation Buffalo (code name Breakaway), conducted at Maralinga on 21 October 1956. Features the night time detonation and development of the mushroom cloud.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AWE 43
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1956
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Atomic Weapons Research Establishment Film Unit (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 60ft (ca); Running time: 1 min
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AWE 43

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    AWE 40 (OPERATION BUFFALO RUSHES - ROUND ONE [Allocated Title]) AWE 41 (OPERATION BUFFALO RUSHES - ROUND TWO [Allocated Title]) AWE 42 (OPERATION BUFFALO RUSHES - ROUND THREE [Allocated Title])
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