They could oversee the testing in Nevada.
To see how the middle of the night sky lights up with the blast of light and shoots up a mushroom cloud of gigantic proportions, hundreds of American tourists in the 1950-ies came to Los Angeles and Las Vegas. It is from here that opened a panoramic view of the Nevada test site. Hundreds of spectators watched these live views, thousands turned on the TV, which was broadcast live.
Atomic tests conducted in Nevada from 1951 to 1992. All were blown 928 shells, of which 100 occurred at the surface, and the rest were underground. It is this hundreds of explosions and became a sensation: Americans watched with interest over night tests. At the distance of 160 km in Las Vegas opened a breathtaking view, a flash could be seen in Los Angeles in 386, the COP from the epicenter. About the danger one did not think the media talked about the trials as the triumph of human power and technology.
22 APR 1952, even were broadcast of an atomic explosion: despite the fact that the transfer was at 5:30 in the morning, the ratings hits have exceeded all possible expectations. Americans were genuinely happy that each blast was stronger than the previous one. What are the consequences of the tests – not saying that. However, the St. George (Utah) regularly dropped radioactive fallout, and the number of people with cancer is growing.
The observation of atomic explosion from the roof of the hotel Statler. March 7, 1955
