# Atom Blast, Yucca Flat, Nevada, 03/17/1953

Just sound & no picture for the first few minutes. Then A-bomb, etc footage. National Archives description: "LSs from News Nob of mountain ridge in early morning. An atom bomb is exploded (excellent shot of the blast). ELS, early morning, an experimental house burning. Pan of the mushroom against darkened sky. The mushroom begins to dissipate as the sky lightens. LS over the desert. A yucca plant and Joshua trees in foreground. Hiller copters come in. Gen John R. Hodge at microphone talks about the blast, the reactions of the men. "None was afraid", he said, 'The troops moved out in order". A soldier, probably a correspondent, questions the Gen about the conduct of the men, etc." National Archives Identifier: 25979

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1953
- Runtime: 10 min
- By: United States. Army
- Genres: War
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/111-LC-31863)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.