America's Atomic Bomb Tests: The Plumbob Story, Volume 15!
•Series Title: America's Atomic Bomb Tests
•Name: The Plumbob Story
•Volume 15
•1998 Atwood Keeney Productions, Inc.
•Format: VHS Video
•Running Time: 55 Minutes
•Includes: Cardboard Slipcase
•Condition: New in Factory Sealed Plastic
Despite its role ending World War II, little was actually known about the true power of a nuclear weapon. Scientists and military planners needed precise data. How big was the blast ring? How powerful was the shock wave? How big of a blast could an aircraft carrier sustain? What altitude of detonation gave the most devastating blast?
The only way to find answers was to detonate bombs, and these tapes chronicle the results. All-in-all, they represent the fundamental knowledge America gained about the effects of nuclear bombs.
THE PLUMBOB STORY: Two films document Operation Plumbob. The first is a complete overview of this controversial series of tests at the Nevada Test Site, while the second program evaluates blast effects. As part of this series, some 18,000 members of the U.S. Armed Forces were deployed to trenches and indoctrinated to the nuclear battlefield. This film also shows animal testing, used to determine biological effects of nuclear explosions in order to better protect troops, including the pig skin tests.
