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Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - U.S. Air Force
49 kt · 1948 · Enewetak Atoll · 3 Hiroshimas
The U.S. Air Force's documentary record of Operation Sandstone (1948) — airborne sampling of the mushroom clouds, cloud tracking, and aerial cinematography of the X-Ray, Yoke and Zebra detonations at Enewetak Atoll.
Aftermath
Air Force 'cloud sampling' pilots flew directly through the radioactive clouds to collect debris for analysis, an early and poorly understood occupational exposure that recurred across the entire test program.