Declassified U.S. Nuclear Test Film #57

0800057 - Excerpts from Operation Hardtack - 1958 - 17:30 - Color - Silent - The awesome force of even small atomic blasts was clearly demonstrated in the first two of six tests shown in this silent montage of films taken during Operation Hardtack I. The tests WAHOO, UMBRELLA, TEAK, QUINCE, ORANGE, and FIG were conducted in the Pacific Proving Ground between May and August 1958. WAHOO (9 kilotons) and UMBRELLA (8 kilotons) were underwater tests conducted near Enewetak Atoll on May 16 and June 8, respecti