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Target Nevada (1951)

Target Nevada poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States

How it feels

This is a short documentary from the United States Air Force about atomic bomb tests in Nevada from 1949 to 1951. It shows how the Air Force supported the Atomic Energy Commission during these tests.

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What happens

Target Nevada Special Film Project (S.F.P.) 281 (1951) is an instructional documentary short film produced by United States Air Force (USAF). The film documents the story of the USAF support to the United States Atomic Energy Commission for 1949–1951 continental atom bomb tests. In an era of postwar "atomic scare" films, Target Nevada is a straightforward documentary film on nuclear weapons testing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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