Gasbuggy: The Nuclear Gas Well
SOURCE NOTES AND SHOT REFERENCES

Episode | Edit duration: 513.333333 seconds (8:33) | 24 frames/second
79 picture shots | 30 narrated paragraphs + 1 original DOE film-audio excerpt

ARCHIVE COPIES
AEC: The Resourceful Atom: Project Gasbuggy (1968), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The acquired Periscope Film preservation copy has a visible watermark and timecode. These remain intact.
https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Independent catalogue: https://archives-catalogue.iaea.org/Search6/Details/archive/110147061

NARA: U.S. Air Force / National Archives, Air Force Support to the Nuclear Testing Program, film 342-USAF-50411, NAID 72228. The acquired Gasbuggy site extract is unwatermarked and silent. It is a different source from the AEC review copy.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72228
Preservation copy: https://archive.org/details/342-USAF-50411
The Gasbuggy site extract corresponds to 02:25:57–02:28:08 (8757–8888 seconds) of the full preservation film; Reel 7, roll 1760. Source times below identify both extract and parent-film coordinates.

AUDIO PROVENANCE
00:00–00:12.167: continuous original archival countdown from The Resourceful Atom; source 00:11:14.850 onward. The countdown speaker is unidentified. This is archival film audio, not a witness interview.
Narrated historical accounts are original paraphrases with named documentary sources. No historical witness dialogue is recreated.

07:48.875–07:56.750: Original film audio — Ken Kreie, DOE site manager · original DOE film audio, published 2020.
https://www.energy.gov/lm/gasbuggy-new-mexico-site
Publication dates describe the source film's release; an exact recording date is not implied.

TIME CONVENTION
Edit times refer to the episode. Retained-asset times use the local clock of the file included in the production package. Original-source times add the retained excerpt's documented origin exactly once. For NARA, full-film times also add the Gasbuggy extract's 8757-second parent-film origin. Still photographs and scanned documents have no moving-image source time.

SHOT-BY-SHOT PICTURE REFERENCES

00:00.000–00:12.167 | S000 | ARCHIVE_COUNTDOWN | historical_film
Original continuous ten-to-one countdown
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/COUNTDOWN.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:12.167
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 11:14.850–11:27.017

00:12.167–00:17.083 | S001 | C01P01 | historical_film
Site view during film detonation sequence; no mushroom cloud
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_58.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:04.917
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 11:28.000–11:32.917

00:17.083–00:22.000 | S002 | C01P01 | historical_film
Men smiling and greeting after the shot in film sequence
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_59.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:04.917
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 11:34.000–11:38.917

00:22.000–00:27.083 | S003 | C01P01 | historical_film
Project Gasbuggy Ground Zero sign and drilling rig
Credit: U.S. Air Force / National Archives · film 342-USAF-50411, NAID 72228 · c.1967
Source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72228
Asset: assets/used_video/NARA_GAS_02.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:05.083
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_NARA_Ground_Zero_131s.mp4
Original film/extract time: 00:41.000–00:46.083
Full preservation film: 02:26:38.000–02:26:43.083 | Reel 7, roll 1760, verified by source catalogue and visible PROJECT GASBUGGY GROUND ZERO sign

00:27.083–00:42.833 | S004 | C01P02 | diagram
Original explanatory schematic • not to scale
Credit: GeoNavigate original explanatory schematic
Source: https://www.energy.gov/lm/gasbuggy-new-mexico-site
Asset: assets/diagrams/diagram_depth.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:15.750

00:42.833–00:47.792 | S005 | C01P03 | historical_photo
A gas sample, isolated in highly purified form, is being placed into a rotating beta proportional counter by a member of the Gas Analysis Group at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore.  The radiation from the nuclides in the Gasbuggy samples will be recorded and checked.  Circa 1968.
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy · historic Gasbuggy archive
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofenergy/11326099973/
Asset: assets/archive/DOE_Gasbuggy_HD8A_011.jpg
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: Circa 1967–1968; see individual source caption

00:47.792–00:54.625 | S006 | C02P01 | historical_film
Scientist at blackboard
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_14.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:06.833
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 03:49.000–03:55.833

00:54.625–01:00.542 | S007 | C02P01 | historical_film
Officials at signing table
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_16.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:05.917
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 04:08.000–04:13.917

01:00.542–01:07.333 | S008 | C02P01 | historical_film
Original AEC sponsorship and Plowshare titles over site
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_07.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:06.792
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 01:24.000–01:30.792

01:07.333–01:16.042 | S009 | C02P02 | historical_animation
Period animation of rock pore space
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_12.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:08.708
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 02:58.000–03:06.708

01:16.042–01:24.750 | S010 | C02P02 | historical_film
Sandstone outcrop and fracture close-up
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_37.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:08.708
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 07:04.000–07:12.708

01:24.750–01:29.667 | S011 | C02P03 | historical_film
Canister being hoisted by crane
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_44.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:04.917
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 09:40.000–09:44.917

01:29.667–01:36.083 | S012 | C02P03 | historical_film
Gasbuggy-marked outer canister lowering
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_49.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:06.417
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 10:18.000–10:24.417

01:36.083–01:38.000 | S013 | C02P03 | historical_film
Crane cab and operator
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_45.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:01.917
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 09:46.000–09:47.917

01:38.000–01:42.833 | S014 | C03P01 | historical_film
Drilling crew working rotary floor
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_31.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:04.833
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 05:54.000–05:58.833

01:42.833–01:47.667 | S015 | C03P01 | historical_film
Core examination and laboratory tests
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_32.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:04.833
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 06:13.000–06:17.833

01:47.667–01:52.500 | S016 | C03P01 | historical_film
Finger follows a well log
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_34.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:04.833
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 06:41.000–06:45.833

01:52.500–01:57.292 | S017 | C03P01 | historical_film
Drilling derrick tilt and rig floor
Credit: U.S. Air Force / National Archives · film 342-USAF-50411, NAID 72228 · c.1967
Source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72228
Asset: assets/used_video/NARA_GAS_04.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:04.792
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_NARA_Ground_Zero_131s.mp4
Original film/extract time: 01:11.000–01:15.792
Full preservation film: 02:27:08.000–02:27:12.792 | Reel 7, roll 1760, verified by source catalogue and visible PROJECT GASBUGGY GROUND ZERO sign

01:57.292–02:01.208 | S018 | C03P03 | historical_film
Carson National Forest sign and dirt road
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_29.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:03.917
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 05:43.000–05:46.917

02:01.208–02:05.875 | S019 | C03P03 | historical_document
1967 test-site area map
Credit: Courtesy of Science History Institute · Project Gasbuggy Joint Office of Information
Source: https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/2dabt1q
Asset: assets/archive/SHI_2dabt1q_13_6q7a1to.jpg
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: 1967

02:05.875–02:10.500 | S020 | C03P03 | historical_film
Gasbuggy site viewed across trees; derrick visible
Credit: U.S. Air Force / National Archives · film 342-USAF-50411, NAID 72228 · c.1967
Source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72228
Asset: assets/used_video/NARA_GAS_01.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:04.625
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_NARA_Ground_Zero_131s.mp4
Original film/extract time: 00:17.000–00:21.625
Full preservation film: 02:26:14.000–02:26:18.625 | Reel 7, roll 1760, verified by source catalogue and visible PROJECT GASBUGGY GROUND ZERO sign

02:10.500–02:15.250 | S021 | C04P01 | historical_document
1967 area road and location map
Credit: Courtesy of Science History Institute · Project Gasbuggy Joint Office of Information
Source: https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/2dabt1q
Asset: assets/archive/SHI_2dabt1q_25_m52g19p.jpg
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: 1967

02:15.250–02:20.000 | S022 | C04P01 | historical_film
Buses and viewing area
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_51.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:04.750
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 10:39.000–10:43.750

02:20.000–02:23.917 | S023 | C04P01 | historical_film
Aerial view of project trailers
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_55.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:03.917
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 11:09.000–11:12.917

02:23.917–02:28.667 | S024 | C04P01 | historical_film
Gasbuggy site viewed across trees; derrick visible
Credit: U.S. Air Force / National Archives · film 342-USAF-50411, NAID 72228 · c.1967
Source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72228
Asset: assets/used_video/NARA_GAS_01.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:04.750
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_NARA_Ground_Zero_131s.mp4
Original film/extract time: 00:17.000–00:21.750
Full preservation film: 02:26:14.000–02:26:18.750 | Reel 7, roll 1760, verified by source catalogue and visible PROJECT GASBUGGY GROUND ZERO sign

02:28.667–02:33.167 | S025 | C04P02 | historical_film
Gathered observers under marquee
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_53.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:04.500
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 10:54.000–10:58.500

02:33.167–02:37.667 | S026 | C04P02 | historical_film
Man at podium wearing headset
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_52.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:04.500
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 10:48.000–10:52.500

02:37.667–02:41.583 | S027 | C04P02 | historical_film
Observers looking toward site
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_54.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:03.917
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 11:04.000–11:07.917

02:41.583–02:48.500 | S028 | C04P03 | historical_film
Scientists consulting charts and recording instruments
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_60.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:06.917
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 11:40.000–11:46.917

02:48.500–02:56.875 | S029 | C04P03 | historical_film
Notes, sample containers and instruments
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_61.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:08.375
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 11:48.000–11:56.375

02:56.875–03:00.792 | S030 | C04P03 | historical_film
Aerial view of project trailers
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_55.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:03.917
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 11:09.000–11:12.917

03:00.792–03:16.958 | S031 | C05P01 | diagram
Original explanatory schematic • not to scale
Credit: GeoNavigate original explanatory schematic
Source: https://www.energy.gov/lm/gasbuggy-new-mexico-site
Asset: assets/diagrams/diagram_chimney.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:16.167

03:16.958–03:24.208 | S032 | C05P02 | historical_animation
Period chimney-collapse/fracture animation
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_42.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:07.250
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 09:05.000–09:12.250

03:24.208–03:31.417 | S033 | C05P02 | historical_animation
Period Pictured Cliffs and Lewis formations diagram
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_39.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:07.208
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 07:55.000–08:02.208

03:31.417–03:36.458 | S034 | C05P03 | historical_film
Winter rig at postshot site
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_62.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:05.042
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 11:59.000–12:04.042

03:36.458–03:41.458 | S035 | C05P03 | historical_film
Crew working at re-entry drilling rig
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_63.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:05.000
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 12:06.000–12:11.000

03:41.458–03:47.375 | S036 | C06P01 | historical_film
Crew working at re-entry drilling rig
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_63.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:05.917
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 12:06.000–12:11.917

03:47.375–03:53.292 | S037 | C06P01 | historical_film
Postshot rig and buildings under snow
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_64.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:05.917
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 12:23.000–12:28.917

03:53.292–03:59.167 | S038 | C06P01 | historical_film
Derrick and rig floor near trees
Credit: U.S. Air Force / National Archives · film 342-USAF-50411, NAID 72228 · c.1967
Source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72228
Asset: assets/used_video/NARA_GAS_09.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:05.875
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_NARA_Ground_Zero_131s.mp4
Original film/extract time: 01:58.000–02:03.875
Full preservation film: 02:27:55.000–02:28:00.875 | Reel 7, roll 1760, verified by source catalogue and visible PROJECT GASBUGGY GROUND ZERO sign

03:59.167–04:09.542 | S039 | C06P03 | historical_film
Drilling derrick tilt and rig floor
Credit: U.S. Air Force / National Archives · film 342-USAF-50411, NAID 72228 · c.1967
Source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72228
Asset: assets/used_video/NARA_GAS_04.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:03.500–00:13.875
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_NARA_Ground_Zero_131s.mp4
Original film/extract time: 01:14.500–01:24.875
Full preservation film: 02:27:11.500–02:27:21.875 | Reel 7, roll 1760, verified by source catalogue and visible PROJECT GASBUGGY GROUND ZERO sign

04:09.542–04:13.333 | S040 | C06P03 | historical_film
Industrial gas-processing vessels, valves and a worker. Precise location not independently verified; not presented as the Gasbuggy drilling rig or the specific water-leak repair.
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_66.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:14.000–00:17.792
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 12:59.000–13:02.792

04:13.333–04:21.333 | S041 | C07P01 | historical_photo
A gas sample, isolated in highly purified form, is being placed into a rotating beta proportional counter by a member of the Gas Analysis Group at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore.  The radiation from the nuclides in the Gasbuggy samples will be recorded and checked.  Circa 1968.
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy · historic Gasbuggy archive
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofenergy/11326099973/
Asset: assets/archive/DOE_Gasbuggy_HD8A_011.jpg
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: Circa 1967–1968; see individual source caption

04:21.333–04:27.208 | S042 | C07P01 | historical_photo
The presence of radionuclides in the Gasbuggy samples and their levels of activity are recorded on the chart of an ionization counter in the Radio chemistry Laboratory at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, livermore.  Dr. Floyd Momyer, head of the Gas Analysis Group is in charge of analyzing the amounts and types of radionuclides present in the samples taken from the underground chimney created by the Gasbuggy detonation December 10, 1967.  Circa 1968.
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy · historic Gasbuggy archive
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofenergy/11326098973/
Asset: assets/archive/DOE_Gasbuggy_HD8A_010.jpg
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: Circa 1967–1968; see individual source caption

04:27.208–04:32.708 | S043 | C07P01 | historical_film
Gas laboratory and recorded measurement trace
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_65.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:05.500
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 12:33.000–12:38.500

04:32.708–04:39.625 | S044 | C07P02 | historical_film
Scientists consulting charts and recording instruments
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_60.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:06.917
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 11:40.000–11:46.917

04:39.625–04:46.708 | S045 | C07P02 | historical_photo
The presence of radionuclides in the Gasbuggy samples and their levels of activity are recorded on the chart of an ionization counter in the Radio chemistry Laboratory at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, livermore.  Dr. Floyd Momyer, head of the Gas Analysis Group is in charge of analyzing the amounts and types of radionuclides present in the samples taken from the underground chimney created by the Gasbuggy detonation December 10, 1967.  Circa 1968.
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy · historic Gasbuggy archive
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofenergy/11326098973/
Asset: assets/archive/DOE_Gasbuggy_HD8A_010.jpg
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: Circa 1967–1968; see individual source caption

04:46.708–04:51.875 | S046 | C07P02 | historical_film
Gas laboratory and recorded measurement trace
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
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04:51.875–05:00.542 | S047 | C07P03 | diagram
Original explanatory schematic • not to scale
Credit: GeoNavigate original explanatory schematic
Source: https://www.energy.gov/lm/gasbuggy-new-mexico-site
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05:00.542–05:09.167 | S048 | C07P03 | historical_film
Gas cooking and domestic laundry use
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
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05:09.167–05:17.667 | S049 | C07P04 | historical_photo
JoAnn Rego, chemistry apparatus operator, adjusts one of chromotographic gas columns in the Radiochemistry Laboratory, at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, where samples from Project Gasbuggy are currently being studied.  Circa 1968.
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy · historic Gasbuggy archive
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofenergy/11326006345/
Asset: assets/archive/DOE_Gasbuggy_HD8A_013.jpg
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: Circa 1967–1968; see individual source caption

05:17.667–05:23.917 | S050 | C07P04 | historical_photo
A gas sample, isolated in highly purified form, is being placed into a rotating beta proportional counter by a member of the Gas Analysis Group at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore.  The radiation from the nuclides in the Gasbuggy samples will be recorded and checked.  Circa 1968.
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy · historic Gasbuggy archive
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofenergy/11326099973/
Asset: assets/archive/DOE_Gasbuggy_HD8A_011.jpg
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: Circa 1967–1968; see individual source caption

05:23.917–05:27.292 | S051 | C07P04 | historical_photo
The presence of radionuclides in the Gasbuggy samples and their levels of activity are recorded on the chart of an ionization counter in the Radio chemistry Laboratory at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, livermore.  Dr. Floyd Momyer, head of the Gas Analysis Group is in charge of analyzing the amounts and types of radionuclides present in the samples taken from the underground chimney created by the Gasbuggy detonation December 10, 1967.  Circa 1968.
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy · historic Gasbuggy archive
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofenergy/11326098973/
Asset: assets/archive/DOE_Gasbuggy_HD8A_010.jpg
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: Circa 1967–1968; see individual source caption

05:27.292–05:33.958 | S052 | C08P01 | historical_film
Postshot rig and buildings under snow
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
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05:33.958–05:40.625 | S053 | C08P01 | historical_film
Snowy rig, piping, and site equipment
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_68.mp4
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05:40.625–05:47.292 | S054 | C08P01 | historical_photo
The site of Project Gasbuggy, east of Farmington, New Mexico.  The rig in the foreground drills a hole for the nuclear device.  Circa 1967.

Credit: U.S. Department of Energy · historic Gasbuggy archive
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofenergy/11326096933/
Asset: assets/archive/DOE_Gasbuggy_HD8A_007.jpg
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: Circa 1967–1968; see individual source caption

05:47.292–05:53.750 | S055 | C08P02 | historical_film
Notes, sample containers and instruments
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
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Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:06.458
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05:53.750–06:00.167 | S056 | C08P02 | historical_film
Crew working at re-entry drilling rig
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_63.mp4
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06:00.167–06:06.583 | S057 | C08P02 | historical_film
Postshot rig and buildings under snow
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_64.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:06.417
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06:06.583–06:12.708 | S058 | C08P03 | historical_film
Three men walking at snowy Gasbuggy site
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_67.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:02.750–00:08.875
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06:12.708–06:18.833 | S059 | C08P03 | historical_film
Snowy rig, piping, and site equipment
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_68.mp4
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06:18.833–06:25.167 | S060 | C09P01 | historical_film
Industrial gas-processing vessels, valves and a worker. Precise location not independently verified; not presented as the Gasbuggy drilling rig or the specific water-leak repair.
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_66.mp4
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06:25.167–06:29.083 | S061 | C09P01 | historical_film
Gasfield gathering infrastructure
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_08.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:03.917
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Original film/extract time: 01:43.000–01:46.917

06:29.083–06:35.417 | S062 | C09P01 | historical_photo
The presence of radionuclides in the Gasbuggy samples and their levels of activity are recorded on the chart of an ionization counter in the Radio chemistry Laboratory at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, livermore.  Dr. Floyd Momyer, head of the Gas Analysis Group is in charge of analyzing the amounts and types of radionuclides present in the samples taken from the underground chimney created by the Gasbuggy detonation December 10, 1967.  Circa 1968.
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy · historic Gasbuggy archive
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofenergy/11326098973/
Asset: assets/archive/DOE_Gasbuggy_HD8A_010.jpg
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: Circa 1967–1968; see individual source caption

06:35.417–06:41.750 | S063 | C09P02 | historical_film
Gas cooking and domestic laundry use
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_09.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:06.333
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Original film/extract time: 01:48.000–01:54.333

06:41.750–06:48.083 | S064 | C09P02 | historical_animation
Period animated maps of gas supply and pipelines
Credit: U.S. AEC, The Resourceful Atom (1968) · preservation copy: Periscope Film / Internet Archive
Source: https://archive.org/details/27544ProjectGasbuggy
Asset: assets/used_video/AEC_10.mp4
Retained asset time: 00:00.000–00:06.333
Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_Resourceful_Atom_Periscopereview.mov
Original film/extract time: 01:59.000–02:05.333

06:48.083–06:53.708 | S065 | C09P03 | historical_film
Drilling derrick tilt and rig floor
Credit: U.S. Air Force / National Archives · film 342-USAF-50411, NAID 72228 · c.1967
Source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72228
Asset: assets/used_video/NARA_GAS_04.mp4
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Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_NARA_Ground_Zero_131s.mp4
Original film/extract time: 01:11.000–01:16.625
Full preservation film: 02:27:08.000–02:27:13.625 | Reel 7, roll 1760, verified by source catalogue and visible PROJECT GASBUGGY GROUND ZERO sign

06:53.708–06:59.333 | S066 | C09P03 | historical_film
Project Gasbuggy Ground Zero sign
Credit: U.S. Air Force / National Archives · film 342-USAF-50411, NAID 72228 · c.1967
Source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72228
Asset: assets/used_video/NARA_GAS_03.mp4
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06:59.333–07:04.917 | S067 | C09P03 | historical_film
Derrick and rig floor near trees
Credit: U.S. Air Force / National Archives · film 342-USAF-50411, NAID 72228 · c.1967
Source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72228
Asset: assets/used_video/NARA_GAS_09.mp4
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Original source asset: assets/archive/Gasbuggy_NARA_Ground_Zero_131s.mp4
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07:04.917–07:22.250 | S068 | C10P01 | timeline
Source-based explanatory graphic
Credit: GeoNavigate original graphic
Source: https://www.energy.gov/lm/gasbuggy-new-mexico-site
Asset: work/timeline.png
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.

07:22.250–07:32.917 | S069 | C10P02 | later_site_photo
Gasbuggy Interpretive Site sign at Carson National Forest, with meadow and trees; exact embedded photograph from page2 of DOE August 2026 fact sheet. Photo date unspecified.
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management · August 2026 fact sheet
Source: https://www.energy.gov/lm/articles/gasbuggy-new-mexico-site-fact-sheet
Asset: assets/archive/DOE_Gasbuggy_Modern_Site.png
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: Photo date unspecified; document dated August 2026

07:32.917–07:43.542 | S070 | C10P02 | editorial_graphic
Source-based explanatory graphic
Credit: GeoNavigate original graphic
Source: https://www.energy.gov/lm/gasbuggy-new-mexico-site
Asset: work/legacy.png
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.

07:43.542–07:48.875 | S071 | C10P03 | later_source_photo
Verified Ken Kreie still from 13 seconds of the official DOE site film. Existing DOE nameplate preserved.
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy · Office of Legacy Management · site video published 2020
Source: https://www.energy.gov/lm/gasbuggy-new-mexico-site
Asset: assets/archive/DOE_Ken_Kreie_Portrait_2020.jpg
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: Publication 2020; actual recording date not established

07:48.875–07:56.750 | S072 | C10P03K | later_site_video
Ken Kreie’s original voice over later monitoring and interpretive-site photographs; not 1967 rig footage.
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy · Office of Legacy Management · site video published 2020
Source: https://www.energy.gov/lm/gasbuggy-new-mexico-site
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Date information: Publication 2020; actual recording date not established

07:56.750–08:00.958 | S073 | C10P04 | historical_film
Gasbuggy site viewed across trees; derrick visible
Credit: U.S. Air Force / National Archives · film 342-USAF-50411, NAID 72228 · c.1967
Source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72228
Asset: assets/used_video/NARA_GAS_01.mp4
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08:00.958–08:05.167 | S074 | C10P04 | historical_film
Project Gasbuggy Ground Zero sign
Credit: U.S. Air Force / National Archives · film 342-USAF-50411, NAID 72228 · c.1967
Source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72228
Asset: assets/used_video/NARA_GAS_03.mp4
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08:05.167–08:09.333 | S075 | C10P04 | historical_photo
Project Gasbuggy.  Circa 1967.
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy · historic Gasbuggy archive
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofenergy/11326100393/
Asset: assets/archive/DOE_Gasbuggy_HD8A_012.jpg
Source time: still image/document; no moving-image timecode.
Date information: Circa 1967–1968; see individual source caption

08:09.333–08:17.333 | S076 | CREDITS | credits
GeoNavigate original closing source card 1.

08:17.333–08:25.333 | S077 | CREDITS | credits
GeoNavigate original closing source card 2.

08:25.333–08:33.333 | S078 | CREDITS | credits
GeoNavigate original closing source card 3.

RESEARCH AND NARRATION REFERENCES

[USGS_1968] Surface Seismic Measurements of Project GASBUGGY Explosion at Intermediate Distance Ranges
U.S. Geological Survey | 1968
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1968/0315/

[LLNL_HISTORY] Project Gasbuggy, a plowshare program
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | 2019-12-09
https://st.llnl.gov/news/look-back/project-gasbuggy-plowshare-program

[DOE_FACTS] Gasbuggy, New Mexico, Site Fact Sheet
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management | 2026-08 edition
https://www.energy.gov/lm/articles/gasbuggy-new-mexico-site-fact-sheet

[DRILLING_1968] Drilling and Testing Operations for Project Gasbuggy
El Paso Natural Gas Company; SPE Fall Meeting 1968; OSTI | 1968
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4835959

[PHS_OFFSITE] Report of Off-Site Surveillance for Project Gasbuggy, March 1967 to June 1968
U.S. Public Health Service, Southwestern Radiological Health Laboratory | 1970-02
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=9100FBMO.TXT

[DRI_2015] Radionuclide Migration at the Gasbuggy Underground Nuclear Test Site
Desert Research Institute for U.S. Department of Energy | 2015-08
https://lmpublicsearch.lm.doe.gov/lmsites/4394-s13226_gsb_dri_radionuclidemigration.pdf

[GAS_QUALITY] Gas Quality Analysis and Evaluation Program for Project Gasbuggy
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory; OSTI | 1969 data through August
https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/servlets/purl/20555844

[WATER_REPORT] An Evaluation of Water Production from the Gasbuggy Reentry Well
El Paso Natural Gas Company; OSTI | 1969 reporting window
https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/servlets/purl/20555842

[EPNG_1973] Gasbuggy 1973 production-test operator report, OSTI4311566
El Paso Natural Gas Company; OSTI | 1973
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4311566

[DOE_TRIBAL] Tribal Collaboration — Jicarilla Apache section
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management | current page accessed 2026-11-02
https://www.energy.gov/lm/tribal-collaboration

[DOE_SITE] Gasbuggy, New Mexico, Site
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management | current page accessed 2026-11-02
https://www.energy.gov/lm/gasbuggy-new-mexico-site

[DOE_REGO_PHOTO] Project Gasbuggy photo: JoAnn Rego at Livermore
U.S. Department of Energy | Circa 1968; later digitization
https://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofenergy/11326006345/

[DOE_SITE_VIDEO_2020] Gasbuggy, New Mexico, Site — Office of Legacy Management site video
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management | Published 2020; recording date unspecified
https://www.energy.gov/lm/gasbuggy-new-mexico-site

PICTURE MIX IN THIS CUT

historical film: 296.792 seconds
diagram: 40.583 seconds
historical photo: 61.208 seconds
historical animation: 29.500 seconds
historical document: 9.417 seconds
timeline: 17.333 seconds
later site photo: 10.667 seconds
editorial graphic: 10.625 seconds
later source photo: 5.333 seconds
later site video: 7.875 seconds
credits: 24.000 seconds

EDITORIAL DISTINCTIONS
Historical animations are identified as animations from the original film; they are not present-day measured data.
Original diagrams are explanatory and not to scale.
Later site photographs are labelled with their document date where the photograph date is unknown.
The shot is shown below the Pictured Cliffs Sandstone, in the upper Lewis Shale. The spoken depth is about 1.3 km.
The account of flaring and pipeline access is tied to the 1973 operator report. Separate experimental gas-processing research is not a commercial pipeline sale.
Current nearby producing-well findings are not presented as a statement about every water well at every point in history.