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PERSONAL RECORD. HARRIS, DUDLEY. [CHRISTMAS ISLAND H BOMB TESTS]

Description:
“This 8mm film shot on board H.M.N.Z.S. PUKAKI whilst taking part in the Christmas Island Hydrogen Bomb tests. It includes some visits to Pacific Islands made whilst taking part in “Operation Grapple”, code name for the five hydrogen bomb explosions at Malden and Christmas (Kiribati) Islands. H.M.N.Z. Ships PUKAKI and ROTOITI acted as weather reporting ships and collected data on the explosion...
Display date:
1957
Location:
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Format:
MovingImage
Collections:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Contributors:
Filmed: Dudley Harris
Content partner:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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Not online
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