Film produced by Lookout Mountain Laboratory in Hollywood for the Atomic Energy Commission about Sandia National Labs circa 1958. Sandia works in collaboration with Los Alamos and Livermore Labs to weaponize nuclear weapons. Sandia does a lot more than that today. As for this video, it's kind of an employee orientation film and its full of classic 1950's scenes of science, traveling, manufacturing, family entertainment, and the sites of Albuquerque, New Mexico, San Francisco and Livermore, California. Transferred from a 16-mm IB Technicolor print in good condition.
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The Sandia Story (Restoration reboot)
Film produced by Lookout Mountain Laboratory in Hollywood for the Atomic Energy Commission about Sandia National Labs circa 1958. Sandia works in collaboration with Los Alamos and Livermore Labs to weaponize nuclear weapons. Sandia does a lot more than that...
Open this video on atomcentralThe Lookout Mountain Story (circa 1965)
Lookout Mountain was the Secret Film Studio hidden away in the hills of Hollywood, California. They were a branch of the Air Force made many documentaries for the US Government including documentaries about the atomic bomb. LML has photographed many celebri...
Open this video on atomcentralSAC Command Post (the story continues)
LOOK AT THE DAILY OPERATION OF THE SAC COMMAND POST, THE EYES AND EARS OF THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND. TRACES THE WARTIME HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY THAT LED TO THE CREATION OF SAC'S COMMAND-CONTROL SYSTEM. POINTS OUT THE COMMAND POST'S CONTROL OVER SAC FORCES AR...
Open this video on atomcentralAnother rare Trinity test film
Rare footage from the original Trinity test in Alamogordo New Mexico. Heavily fogged from radiation and the film distorted. I used a dewarping filter to straighten it out.
Open this video on atomcentralPOWER OF DECISION - SECRET NUCLEAR WAR PLANS (Restored Version)
What actually happens when the President sends the signal that changes the world forever? It isn't just a button; it’s a grueling, high-pressure ritual of authentication keys and relentless countdowns hidden beneath the earth. We are stepping inside the Str...
Open this video on atomcentralAnti-ballistic missile hardening test photography
Early in the development of the ABM (Anti-ballistic Missile program) that system hardware had to be able to survive nuclear effects. Hardening tests have been taking place over a number of years beginning in 1959. At a test range in Canada, shaped explosive...
Open this video on atomcentralSNEAK PREVIEW! POWER OF DECISION - NUCLEAR WAR SCENARIO!
What actually happens when the President sends the signal that changes the world forever? It isn't just a button; it’s a grueling, high-pressure ritual of authentication keys and relentless countdowns hidden beneath the earth. We are stepping inside the Str...
Open this video on atomcentralMINUTEMAN HARDNESS AND SURVIVAL PROGRAM
DESCRIBES THE TECHNIQUES AND UNIQUE METHODS OF PROTECTING THE MINUTEMAN MISSILE WEAPON SYSTEM FROM THE SIX DESTRUCTIVE COMPONENTS FOUND IN A SURFACE NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. SHOWS EXAMPLES OF CONTINUING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. This production was shot on film b...
Open this video on atomcentralKennedy Return to Testing
President John F Kennedy's speech to the nation regarding a return to nuclear testing, March 02, 1962.
Open this video on atomcentralFirst Peacekeeper ICBM launch
This film details the assembly and launch of America's first Peace Keeper ICBM Missile from Vandenberg AFB. Technical note: I was unsuccessful in de-interlacing this film transferred to video. So accept this as reference only.
Open this video on atomcentralSAC Stands Ready (Strategic Air Command) Promo
This short is a promotional piece by and for the Strategic Air Command. The United States Air Force News Review (number 28).
Open this video on atomcentralGrable telephoto shot on vehicles - rare
This is a rare complete shot of a telephoto view of shot Grable (1953) a nuclear test shot from a canon. The yield of which rivaled the little boy bomb which devastated Hiroshima in 1945. The bomb is off to screen right while the camera focuses on the vehic...
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