Ministry of Supply official photographer -- The mushroom cloud generated during Britain's first hydrogen bomb test over Malden Island in the Central Pacific, dropped by a Royal Air Force Valiant bomber, 15 May 1957. -- High quality art prints, canvases -- Imperial War Museum Prints

The mushroom cloud generated during Britain's first hydrogen bomb test over Malden Island in the Central Pacific, dropped by a Royal Air Force Valiant bomber, 15 May 1957.

The mushroom cloud generated during Britain's first hydrogen bomb test over Malden Island in the Central Pacific, dropped by a Royal Air Force Valiant bomber, 15 May 1957.

Ministry of Supply official photographer

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Ministry of Supply official photographer

Date:

1945 - 1975

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GOV 9111

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