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Nuclear blasts and desert test cloud shown in historical photos
The sequence contrasts a Waikiki scene before a Pacific nuclear detonation with a nightfall flash and desert dust clouds at Yucca Flat Nevada. The captions note a 100 kiloton device at Camp Mercury and reference a speech urging Soviet American friendship and reduced hostility.
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Waikiki Beach
Diamond Head Crater
Hawaii
United States
Johnston Island
Pacific
Hottom
Yucca Flat
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Camp Mercury
Nevada
Mc. Krushchev
Moscow
Russia