[Don Mosley, Pete Roberts, Don Bell, and Ralph Howard Peterson cover the Baker test of Operation Crossroads].

Don Mosley, Pete Roberts, Don Bell, and Ralph Howard Peterson cover the Baker test of Operation Crossroads in which an atomic bomb was detonated under water at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands . The reporters describe the prelude to the detonation and the fallout from the detonation, with perspe...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Kalamazoo Valley Museum WKZO transcription disc collection.
Corporate Author: CBS Radio Network (Broadcaster)
Other Authors: Mosley, Don (Reporter)
Roberts, Peter (Reporter)
Bell, Don, 1909?- (Reporter)
Peterson, Ralph Howard (Reporter)
Blandy, William H. P. (William Henry Purnell), 1890-1954 (Speaker)
McAuliffe, Anthony C., 1898-1975 (Speaker)
Kepner, William E., 1893-1982 (Speaker)
Language:English
Published: [1946]
Series:Kalamazoo Valley Museum WKZO transcription disc collection.
Subjects:
Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946.
Radio news programs.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Genre:
Radio news programs.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Physical Description:1 audio file (14 min., 37 sec.)
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Don Mosley, Pete Roberts, Don Bell, and Ralph Howard Peterson cover the Baker test of Operation Crossroads in which an atomic bomb was detonated under water at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands . The reporters describe the prelude to the detonation and the fallout from the detonation, with perspectives from circling B29s as well as from the radar tower of the Operation Crossroads flagship. Includes brief statements from Admiral William Blandy, General William Kepner, and General Anthony McAuliffe about the results of the test.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Part of the Kalamazoo Valley Museum WKZO transcription disc collection.
Originally broadcast on CBS Radio.
Call Number:Voice 32011
Playing Time:00:14:37
Event Details:
Broadcast 1946 July 24