Photograph of an atomic explosion at Frenchman's Flat which is located in the Nevada National Security Site. It is just south of Yucca Flat, in Southern Nevada.
Additional information from donor: Hosted by Mark Hall-Patton. Roundtable discussion with panelists: Colonel Steve Winklmann of Nellis Air Force Base; T.D. Barnes of the Roadrunners Veterans' Group; Nick Aquilina, fomerly with Nevada Test Site; and Dr. Michael Green, historian.
Archival Collection
Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-01130 Collection Name: Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Railroad workers at Hoover Dam site blasting rock in the background at noon-time; this was the site where cofferdam was built. Note on back: "High scalers setting off blasts on Nevada side. - W. A. Davis."