OPERATION GRAPPLE Z RUSHES: ROUND FOUR [Allocated Title]



  • Title: OPERATION GRAPPLE Z RUSHES: ROUND FOUR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AWE 65
  • Other titles: BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Rushes from round four (codename Burgee) of Operation Grapple Z, a series of atomic weapons trials conducted on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean, in the summer of 1958.
  • Description: Reel one: Heavily filtered views of the detonation and subsequent fireball. Shows clearly the balloon cable below the point of detonation and the formation of the so-called Wilson cloud effect. Filmed using a Vinten 300 camera. Reel two: Views of developing mushroom cloud, filmed from different angles using different lenses. Filmed using a Cameflex camera.
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
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  • Production Date: 1958
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Atomic Weapons Research Establishment Film Unit (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: B&W Soundtrack language: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 430ft ca; Running time: 5 mins
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