Operation Ivy

1952G28m5.6

A short produced by the US government about the development of the hydrogen bomb leading up to its testing and explosion over Bikini Atoll.

A documentary account of the preparation for, and execution of Operation Ivy, the eighth series of American nuclear tests including Ivy shot "Mike", the first successful full scale test of a multi-megaton, thermonuclear weapon (hydrogen bomb) and "King" a second test with an air drop bomb. The tests took place on Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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Info about Operation Ivy

Studio(s): Department of Defense, J.T.F. 132 T.G. 1231 Task Unit Nine

Originally Released: Jan 01, 1952

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary