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Other titles:BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Rushes from Operation Hurricane, Britain's first atomic weapons test, conducted off the Montebello Islands on 3 October 1952.
Description: Filmed on 1 Hermite Island using a Vinten "H" camera fitted with a 28mm lens, features the detonation of the weapon onboard British frigate HMS Plym, followed by the subsequent cloud formation. Little is seen of the fireball.
Alternative Title:BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]