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Military Participation on BUSTER-JANGLE - 1951 - 1:17:00 - Nevada, Color, Sanitized
Operation RANGER was the first continental nuclear test series conducted at the Nevada Proving Ground (now called the Nevada Test Site). With the exception of the Trinity shot in New Mexico, all previous weapons testing was conducted at the Pacific Proving Ground in the Marshall Islands area.
From January through February, 1951, five airdrop tests were conducted. Some of the shots were designed to test trigger devices for weapons to be tested in Operation GREENHOUSE scheduled for the Spring:
Able, January 27, 1 kiloton
Baker, January 28, 8 kilotons
Easy, February 1, 1 kiloton
Baker-2, February 2, 8 kilotons
Fox, February 6, 22 kilotons
Because of the low yields of the devices, the military conducted many tactical nuclear effects tests for the entire operation. Foxholes, textiles, plastics and wood were placed at various intervals to measure the effects of thermal radiation, as well as hundreds of other instruments.
Operation BUSTER-JANGLE, conducted October and November 1951 at the Nevada Proving Ground, was comprised of five shots under BUSTER and two under JANGLE. The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL) sponsored all of the BUSTER events, while the Department of Defense (DoD) sponsored the first JANGLE shot, and Department of Defense and LASL jointly sponsored the second event.
The objectives of the BUSTER tests were to evaluate new devices developed by the LASL and to obtain data on the basic phenomena associated with these devices. The DoD Weapons Effects Test Unit evaluated the utility of the five devices for military application, while the AEC Weapons Development Test Unit performed diagnostic tests of the nuclear devices.
The two JANGLE shots provided the first experimental data on the military effects of surface and underground penetrator nuclear detonations, determining response of structures to nuclear bursts, gamma radiation versus time and distance, and residual contamination from surface and underground bursts.
Following are the essential details of the seven BUSTER-JANGLE shots:
Able, October 22, 100-foot tower, less than 0.1 kiloton (a "fizzle" that was excluded from the original film)
Baker, October 28, airdrop, 3.5 kilotons
Charlie, October 30, airdrop, 14 kilotons
Dog, November 1, airdrop, 21 kilotons
Easy, November 5, airdrop, 31 kilotons
Sugar, November 19, surface, 1.2 kilotons
Uncle, November 29, crater, 1.2 kilotons
The height of burst for the four airdrops ranged from 1,118 feet on Baker to 1,417 on Dog.
Reed Hadley narrated this film. Parallel to his public life as a radio, television, and movie star -- with the credit of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- Reed Hadley worked in a top secret military role as a presenter for Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (AFSWP) films.
Observers of this film cannot reasonably demand more in quality for this film, and the public is fortunate just to be able to see these films. This film release was not designed to present this film without flaws due to aging and the notorious instability of its original Kodachrome I color film stock. This secret film has been sanitized, with secret portions removed, after the complete version was locked away for decades in top secret vaults, where the unsanitized version remains to this day. The celluloid version of these films are increasingly brittle and very few people have security clearances to view the unedited versions that contain jealously guarded secrets to this day.
Related sites:
http://www.archive.org/details/ExerciseDesertRock1951
http://www.archive.org/details/OperationGreenhouse1951
http://www.archive.org/details/TumblerSnapper1952
http://www.archive.org/details/OperationIVY1952
http://www.archive.org/details/The280mmGunattheNevadaProvingGround1953
http://www.archive.org/details/CastleCommandersReport1954
http://www.archive.org/details/MilitaryEffectsStudiesonOperationCastle1954
http://www.archive.org/details/MilitaryEffectsonOperationRedwing1956
http://www.archive.org/details/AtomicWeaponsTestsTrinitythroughBusterJangle
http://www.archive.org/details/OperationDOMINICNuclearTests1962
Operation RANGER was the first continental nuclear test series conducted at the Nevada Proving Ground (now called the Nevada Test Site). With the exception of the Trinity shot in New Mexico, all previous weapons testing was conducted at the Pacific Proving Ground in the Marshall Islands area.
From January through February, 1951, five airdrop tests were conducted. Some of the shots were designed to test trigger devices for weapons to be tested in Operation GREENHOUSE scheduled for the Spring:
Able, January 27, 1 kiloton
Baker, January 28, 8 kilotons
Easy, February 1, 1 kiloton
Baker-2, February 2, 8 kilotons
Fox, February 6, 22 kilotons
Because of the low yields of the devices, the military conducted many tactical nuclear effects tests for the entire operation. Foxholes, textiles, plastics and wood were placed at various intervals to measure the effects of thermal radiation, as well as hundreds of other instruments.
Operation BUSTER-JANGLE, conducted October and November 1951 at the Nevada Proving Ground, was comprised of five shots under BUSTER and two under JANGLE. The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL) sponsored all of the BUSTER events, while the Department of Defense (DoD) sponsored the first JANGLE shot, and Department of Defense and LASL jointly sponsored the second event.
The objectives of the BUSTER tests were to evaluate new devices developed by the LASL and to obtain data on the basic phenomena associated with these devices. The DoD Weapons Effects Test Unit evaluated the utility of the five devices for military application, while the AEC Weapons Development Test Unit performed diagnostic tests of the nuclear devices.
The two JANGLE shots provided the first experimental data on the military effects of surface and underground penetrator nuclear detonations, determining response of structures to nuclear bursts, gamma radiation versus time and distance, and residual contamination from surface and underground bursts.
Following are the essential details of the seven BUSTER-JANGLE shots:
Able, October 22, 100-foot tower, less than 0.1 kiloton (a "fizzle" that was excluded from the original film)
Baker, October 28, airdrop, 3.5 kilotons
Charlie, October 30, airdrop, 14 kilotons
Dog, November 1, airdrop, 21 kilotons
Easy, November 5, airdrop, 31 kilotons
Sugar, November 19, surface, 1.2 kilotons
Uncle, November 29, crater, 1.2 kilotons
The height of burst for the four airdrops ranged from 1,118 feet on Baker to 1,417 on Dog.
Reed Hadley narrated this film. Parallel to his public life as a radio, television, and movie star -- with the credit of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- Reed Hadley worked in a top secret military role as a presenter for Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (AFSWP) films.
Observers of this film cannot reasonably demand more in quality for this film, and the public is fortunate just to be able to see these films. This film release was not designed to present this film without flaws due to aging and the notorious instability of its original Kodachrome I color film stock. This secret film has been sanitized, with secret portions removed, after the complete version was locked away for decades in top secret vaults, where the unsanitized version remains to this day. The celluloid version of these films are increasingly brittle and very few people have security clearances to view the unedited versions that contain jealously guarded secrets to this day.
Related sites:
http://www.archive.org/details/ExerciseDesertRock1951
http://www.archive.org/details/OperationGreenhouse1951
http://www.archive.org/details/TumblerSnapper1952
http://www.archive.org/details/OperationIVY1952
http://www.archive.org/details/The280mmGunattheNevadaProvingGround1953
http://www.archive.org/details/CastleCommandersReport1954
http://www.archive.org/details/MilitaryEffectsStudiesonOperationCastle1954
http://www.archive.org/details/MilitaryEffectsonOperationRedwing1956
http://www.archive.org/details/AtomicWeaponsTestsTrinitythroughBusterJangle
http://www.archive.org/details/OperationDOMINICNuclearTests1962
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Subject: Most upsetting movie I've ever seen
Subject: Most upsetting movie I've ever seen
I've enjoyed the nuclear test movies on archive.org for a long time. I've long had an interest in the historical and scientific aspects and I'm definitely not a tree-hugging hippie who is against weaponry.
However, I have to say that this movie has a scene in it which, at least to me, was so absolutely gutwrenching that I would not recomend this movie.
They show dogs...happy tail-wagging dogs, being caged and sedated to be used as test animals.
I'm not a member of Peta, and I certainly do not mind a nice juicy burger, but I have a real soft spot for dogs. The domestic dog is bread to love people and to be our companion. They are infinitely trusting and social in a way few other animals are.
It's just...something I honestly wish I didn't have to see. And I would seriously recommend skipping this. It's not like it's something you need to see. This happened in 1951...it's not done anymore. It's a terrible thing that doesn't need to upset people now.
However, I have to say that this movie has a scene in it which, at least to me, was so absolutely gutwrenching that I would not recomend this movie.
They show dogs...happy tail-wagging dogs, being caged and sedated to be used as test animals.
I'm not a member of Peta, and I certainly do not mind a nice juicy burger, but I have a real soft spot for dogs. The domestic dog is bread to love people and to be our companion. They are infinitely trusting and social in a way few other animals are.
It's just...something I honestly wish I didn't have to see. And I would seriously recommend skipping this. It's not like it's something you need to see. This happened in 1951...it's not done anymore. It's a terrible thing that doesn't need to upset people now.
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