# Operation Big Shot

Documentation (kinescope) of the April 22, 1952 atomic weapon test "Operation Big Shot" near Yucca Lake, Nevada, as televised by KTLA, Los Angeles. See Terrence R. Fehner and F.G. Gosling, Battlefield of the Cold War: Volume 1, Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Testing, 1951-1963, p. 1. https://www.energy.gov/management/articles/fehner-and-gosling-atmospheric-nuclear-weapons-testing-1951-1963-battlefield See also: https://www.history.com/news/live-from-nevada-its-an-a-bomb-test

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1952
- By: KTLA
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/200472_Operation_Big_Shot)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/200472_Operation_Big_Shot?play=1)