By Remote Control...

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
1946-07-01 in Bikini
maker:
Unknown

Gelatin silver print entitled 'By Remote Control...First Actual Close-Up of the Initial Atom Bomb Test at Bikini Island', taken by an unknown photographer for Keystone, 1 July 1946. 'This is the first close-up of the initial Bikini Island Atom Bomb Test. It was made with a camera installed in a tower on Bikini Island and snapped by remote control shortly after the bomb dropped by the F.29 'Dave's Dream' burst over the target...'

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/14412
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
photograph, gelatin silver print and aerial photography