Underwater Explosion Phenomena
HEE-FV-186 (low res)

Date:
1943
Location:
Taylor Model Basin, Bethesda MD
Image(s):
Black & White
Sound(s):
Sound
Maker:
Edgerton, Harold E.
Film type:
16 mm film
Run time:
09:28
Harold Edgerton uses high-speed photography to illustrate experiments with small explosives under water in a variety of conditions, in a film prepared at the Taylor Model Basin in Bethesda, MD in early 1943. Details are explained by the narrator with the use of diagrams and title cards. These tests were conducted during the Second World War in an effort to understand the potential effects of large-scale explosives such as mines and torpedoes on the hulls of navy ships. The film was de-classified in 1947.

Tagged: explosion, high speed photography, hydrostatic pressure, Taylor Model Basin

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