U.S. Senator James O. Eastland Introduces Documentary "Operation Ivy" on the First Hydrogen Bomb Test in 1952

Creator

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
United States. Department of Defense
United States. Federal Civil Defense Administration
Lookout Mountain Laboratory

Identifier

eastland_16mm_14

Creation Date

1954

Document Type

Open Access Recording

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Description

Television broadcast of U.S. Senator James O. Eastland introducing a government film "Operation Ivy" on a 1952 detonation of thermonuclear bomb at the Atomic Energy Commission's Pacific Proving Ground in the Marshall Islands.'"Operation Ivy" shows personnel, equipment, and planning behind the test, footage of the explosion, and analysis of damage. It includes previously classified footage and information. Eastland reappears at the conclusion of the film to discuss Soviet Union production of thermonuclear weapons; the impact on the United States and its allies; and military preparedness.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Hydrogen bomb -- Testing; United States -- Defenses; Marshall Islands; Arms race; Military readiness;

Relational Format

video recording

Extent

30m53s

Original Format

16mm

Original Collection

James O. Eastland Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Finding Aid

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00117/

Rights

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Comments

circa 1954