Buses arriving in the dark. People milling about waiting for the tests to begin. Men in hard hats. A ma in a truck with a sign on the windshield reading ‘Casualty Control’. Civil defense volunteers entering a trench. People drinking coffee and waiting on Media Hill. A loud speaker. People pulling on their goggles. Shots of the houses, mannequins, oil tanks from the test site during the countdown to the explosion. A bright flash illuminates the spectators. The mushroom cloud from a distance. A thick layer of dust rolls over the test site, after which the houses are decimated.
1950s
Men lifting boxes of food from the test site. People checking the clothing...
1950s
People visiting the test site the day after the explosion. Shots of...
1950s
The Nevada desert. Close up on the letters CD on the door of a red truck....
1950s
A crane lifting slabs of concrete. A man welding. A two story house. A man...