Spert Destructive Testing

pallet 44 -21500 -- Spert Destructive Test -I. on Aluminum, highly enriched, plate type core. Produce by: Philips Petrolium Co. Atomic Energy Division, Reator Projects Branch. Under Contract AT (10-1) - 205 for the Atomic Energy Commision.^^1:55 Camera pans landscape, snow covered mountains in background. Zooms to metal building, double doors closed by two men. 5 men stand around tank, lowering box tubing into machine in water.^^3:05 Man looking through microscope @ workbench wearing clean suit with SPERT and raio active symbol on back. showing different types of cylinders and other electronic devices.^^4:34 Inside communications room, many monitors, testing and recording equipment. Downward force being applied to box tubing under water, shown from above and eye level under water. ^^5:13 Graph shows results of Core melting patter. shows piece of metal with damage.^^B/W 5:43 Two men, one woman in room. Woman typing, one man dictating, other writing mathmatic equations on blackboard.^^6:19 CO. Metal building, side panels being removed. covering frame with plastic.^^7:01 Back to complete building, 4 men leave, get into ccar, guard in shack raises crossing arm, car stops, man gets out pulls switch, red alarm light starts flashing, car drives on, guard lowers arm.^^7:55 Back to Data room, preparing for testing. Keys inserted, unlocks controls, dials being set, counter starts.^^11:05 Explosion inside metal building frame, cloer view from side of explosion, same shot from front of building at 50 yard distance, 2nd shot in slow motion, 3 shots from inside at slow motion. PLunger drops, building shakes, water explodes upwards.^^11:14 back to data room.^^14:49 men in protective suits and oxygen getting into vehicle, drive back to site, shot of structure, zooms to equipment. Inside of tank destroyed. Covering building with plastic. Inside retrieving pieces of metal from tank with long pole. Close ups of twisted and mangled metal.^^15:45 Grinding on metal in water trough, checking destruction level of contents insode box tubing.^^16:58 back to test shot from above, in slow motion, shot from front in real time, 50 yard view. Farther distance shot. Shot of explosion from under water. Ariel view of site.^^