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Other titles:BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Rushes from round one (T1) of Operation Totem, conducted at Emu Field, Australia, in 1953.
Description: Reel one: Filmed using a Vinten H camera fitted with a 28mm lens, features detonation of weapon, subsequent fireball and developing mushroom cloud spreading across the horizon.
Reel two: Filmed using a Cameflex camera fitted with an 18.5mm lens, features detonation of weapon, subsequent fireball and developing mushroom cloud. The Wilson cloud effect is clearly visible in this reel.
Reel three: Filmed using a Vinten Windsor Reflex camera, features detonation of weapon, subsequent fireball and developing mushroom cloud.
Alternative Title:BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]