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The explosion of Breakaway, one of the four nuclear fission bombs tested at Maralinga between September and October 1956.
Curator’s notes
The fission bomb codenamed Breakaway, tested at Maralinga at five minutes past midnight on 22 October 1956, was a tower-burst explosion. In other words, it was exploded from a tower. This clip shows the mute footage, shot from two vantage points. Two cameras, a high-speed Vinten HS 300 and a normal-speed Éclair Cameflex, were placed at one site, and a high-speed Vinten HS 300 was placed at the other.
