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Image: Penney and Torlesse during Operation Hurricane

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Description: 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.
Title: Penney and Torlesse during Operation Hurricane
Credit: 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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