Music: Steve Reich and Musicians
Genesis: “Be fruitful”
headline: Huge spout and cloud
Countdown: Six
3 tenors: ever changing, ever changing its form and color, ever changing
American radio announcer: The atom bomb plane ‘Dave’s Dream’,
D a v e’ s D r e a m
3 tenors: ever changing
announcer: is starting down the runway, d o w n t h e r u n w a y,
d o w n t h e r u n w a y
Genesis: “and multiply”
headline: More ships sink in mounting toll
Countdown: Five
3 tenors: difficult, for the human eye to follow
announcer: Fifty miles an hour I should say, now sixty, n o w s i x t y
3 tenors: difficult
announcer: Now we’re up to a hundred, a hundred and twenty
Genesis : “and fill the earth”
headline: Russia rejects, US Atom control plan
Countdown: Four
3 tenors: Then it became a giant tree
announcer: The atom bomb is in the air
3 tenors : a giant tree
announcer: on its way to Bikini, t o B i k i n i
Genesis: “and subdue it”