Mysteres d'archives: 1946, Essais Atomiques a Bikini

DVD cover of volume 1

Mysteres d'archives: 1946, ESSAIS ATOMIQUES A BIKINI (french TV serie, saison 1, episode 8) (2009)

In 26 mn, each part of this documentary serie focuses on a event and analyses movies, the facts and how they are show to us. aircrafts shown in order of appareance.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Boeing B-29 of 58th BW, 509th CG (air photo unit)

Category: Douglas C-54 Skymaster

single shot of the C-54 of 58th BW, 509th CG, special photo aircraft

Category: Grumman TBF Avenger

one of the 200 cameramen of Crossroads

Category: Grumman F6F Hellcat

F6F-5P

Category: Douglas C-47 Skytrain

special photo aircraft

same plane, main cargo door

inside views of the special photo aircraft

comment says that's it's a training flight as nobody wears anti flash glasses

Category: Mitsubishi A6M Zero

from the well known japanese news recording the Pearl Harbor raid

Category: Nakajima B5N

take off loaded with bombs

in flight with torpedo

Category: Vought F4U Corsair

a Corsair is secured on the deck of one the test vessel

Unidentified Aircraft

3 drone aircrafts radio-guided by other planes flying towards the bomb cloud; probably F6F-5K despite no commentaries

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See also

• Mysteres d'archives at INA.fr