Australian Screen

Australia’s audiovisual heritage online

Operation Blowdown 1963

This is the official film of Operation Blowdown, the classified project that aimed to replicate the effects of a nuclear explosion on a tropical rainforest environment.

Length: 18 minutes 6 seconds

Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (Academy full frame)
Original classification rating: not rated

Education Resources:

education content clip 1

Production company:

Movietone Productions

Source:

National Archives of Australia