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Title

Exercise Desert Rock 

Category

Historical Test Films 

Name

060 

Short Descrp

In 1951, the Army, working with the Atomic Energy Commission, carried out the Desert Rock Exercises, an experiment to "dispel much of the fear and uncertainty surrounding atomic radiation and the effects of gamma and x-rays."

Full Description

Full Text 

Date

1951 

Notes

Black & White

Number

800060 

Duration

:43 

Time

27:51 

Keywords

 

WMV Movie

Windows Media 

WMV Size

1.7 MB 

WMV 1.5m time

:10 

WMV 56k time

4:15 

MPG Movie

MPG Movie 

MPG size

6.5 MB 

MPG 1.5M time

:35 

MPG 56k time

16:13 

Pic

https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130217024722/http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/films/FilmsLibrary/060.jpg 

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Credit

U.S. Department of Energy 
Created at 9/1/2006 9:51 AM  by Webmaster 
Last modified at 3/7/2006 9:56 AM  by Webmaster 

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