[Nuclear explosion over Johnston Atoll].

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Year
1962
Reference
8011
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1962
Reference
8011
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Categories
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio news programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:02:39
Credits
RNZ Collection
New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (estab. 1962, closed 1975)

A special NZBC news bulletin announcing that the United States has exploded a nuclear bomb over Johnston Atoll in the Pacific. It includes good descriptions of what New Zealanders could see after the explosion. There is no date given but it was probably 1962.