Penney_and_Torlesse_during_Operation_Hurricane.jpg

Summary

Description
English: A scene from the British Ministry of Supply film "Operation Hurricane", made during the Monte Bello nuclear test. Sir William Penney, the scientific director in charge of the explosion, watches through binoculars the effect which developed after the initial flash. With him on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Campania is Rear Admiral A D Torlesse, Commander of the Naval Forces on the test.
Date 2 October 1952
Source

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205018741

This photograph GOV 5636 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums .
Author Ministry of Supply official photographer


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Sir William Penney, the scientific director in charge of Operation Hurrican, watches through binoculars after the initial flash. With him is Rear Admiral A D Torlesse,

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