1962 PACIFIC NUCLEAR TESTS
A must have for any "Atomic" fan! We've seen how the Army does things, now it's time to see nuclear weapons the Navy way.
(public domain films) 1962 22 min COL |
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| keywords: military, navy, nuclear weapon testing, nuclear bomb, a-bomb, nukes, nuclear explosion, mushroom cloud |
ATOMIC BLASTS: OPERATION GREENHOUSE
THROUGH UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE
See atomic weapons exploding, on the test range (thankfully); From 300 kilotons to baby sub-kiloton weapons.
(public domain films) 1950's 30 min BW COL |
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| keywords: military, atomic bomb testing, atomic blast, atomic blasts, nuclear blast, a-bomb, nukes, mushroom cloud |
ATOMIC POWER FOR PEACE
President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his 'Atoms For Peace' speech to the U.N. and proposes the establishment of an International Atomic Energy Commission.
(public domain films) 10 min BW |
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| keywords: president dwight d. eisenhower, atoms for peace, united nations, dag hammarskjold, a-bomb, h-bomb |
ATOMIC SOLDIERS
THE DESERT ROCK EXERCISES
The Desert Rock Exercises on the Nevada Proving Grounds show that combat troops can indeed operate on the nuclear battlefield.
(public domain films) 1951 27 min BW |
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| keywords: military, army, atomic energy commission, nuclear warfare, atomic soldiers, atomic bomb, nuclear weapons |
BIG PICTURE, THE - OPERATION BLUE JAY
With Communist aggression threatening America builds a huge air base at Thule Greenland as part of an early warning system.
(public domain films) 1950s 28 min BW |
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| keywords: cold war, thule air base, early warning system, general curtis le may, coast guard icebreakers |
BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WARFARE DEFENSE
U.S. Navy training film show sailors how a gas mask, tuck pants into socks and an antidote shot is all they need to keep on fighting.
(public domain films) 1953 28 min BW |
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| keywords: military, u.s. navy, cold war, biological warfare, bio warfare, germ warfare, chemical warfare, nerve gas, gas attack |
CHINA - NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT
Early snapshots of China's nuclear weapons program and how being a nuclear power and their political ideology blur together.
(public domain films) 1960's 34 min COL |
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| keywords: china, military, atomic bomb testing, atomic blast, atomic blasts, nuclear blast, a-bomb, nukes, mushroom cloud |
CIVIL DEFENSE - DUCK AND COVER
Bert The Turtle, who has a protective shell, teaches our shell-less children what to do when they see the flash of an atomic bomb.
(public domain films) 1958 9 min BW |
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| keywords: bert the turtle, duck and cover theme song, civil defense, atomic attack, school, classrom |
DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION
Witness the destruction of a fake town by a nuclear weapon, as it happens, within the explosion and its aftermath.
(public domain films) 1950's 17 min COL |
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| keywords: military, nuclear weapon testing, atomic bomb, a-bomb, nukes, nuclear war, mushroom cloud, atomic veteran |
DAVY CROCKET - THE ATOMIC CANNON
Visiting dignitaries are introduced to the Army's Davy Crocket, a recoilless launcher designed to fire nuclear artillery shells.
(public domain films) 1962 19 min COL |
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| keywords: military, nevada test range, artillery, atomic cannon, nuclear artillery shells |
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB
OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE
The Oak Ridge plant and its various buildings. Different atomic bomb bursts and mushroom clouds filmed in slow motion.
(public domain films) 1940's 4 min COL |
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| keywords: oak ridge, manhattan project, atomic bomb development, nuclear weapon, a-bomb, nukes, mushroom clouds |
FRIENDLY USES FOR NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES
The power of the atom isn't just for World War III, it can also be a valuable friend in construction, mining and "rapid excavation".
(public domain films) 1968 - 1973 37 min COL |
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| keywords: nuclear explosives, atomic blast, underground testing, nuclear excavation, atomic energy commision |
LETS FACE IT!
SURVIVING A NUCLEAR ATTACK
Fearing an attack by the former Soviet attack was imminent, The Federal Civil Defense Administration put out this Cold War gem.
(public domain films) 1960's 15 min COL |
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| keywords: cold war, nuclear war, nuclear attack, nuclear weapons, atomic weapons, atomic bomb, world war III, civil defense |
MEDICAL ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION
The people at the Air Force Special Weapons Project want you to know that your fears about radiation are completely unfounded.
(public domain films) 1950 21 min COL |
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| keywords: world war III, nuclear war, atomic bomb, nuclear radiation, radiation sickness, reation of human body to radiation |
MEETING THE TERRORIST THREAT
With the escalation of terrorism on an international scale in the late 60's, early 70's, terrorist infiltration becomes a concern.
(public domain films) 1970's 8 min COL |
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| keywords: nuclear security, defense nuclear agency, terrorism, terrorists, infiltration |
NEW LOOK AT THE H-BOMB, A
Val Peterson, Federal Civil Defense Administrator, teaches us about the H-Bomb, radioactive fallout and what we need to do.
(public domain films) 1957 10 min COL |
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| keywords: val peterson, civil defense, h-bomb, atomic attack, world war III, wwIII, radioactive fallout, fallout shelters |
NUCLEAR DEVASTATION - JAPAN
The horrific damage and destruction caused by nuclear strikes against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended WWII.
(public domain films) 1945 - 1947 36 min BW |
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| keywords: war, wwII, world war two, atomic bomb, atomic attack, atomic strike, atomic blast, japan, hiroshima, nagasaki |
PROTECTION IN THE NUCLEAR AGE
Disturbing film depicting nuclear war as more of a temporary minor inconvenience, accompanied by an all-body sunburn.
(public domain films) 30 min BW COL (ANIMATION/LIVE ACTION) |
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| keywords: cold war, nuclear age, nuclear war, nuclear family, atomic bombs, a-bombs, survival, surviving, duck and cover |
THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING 1
Combination of two Nuclear Weapons Test Films,
"Effects Of Atomic Weapons" and "The Thermonuclear Weapon".
(public domain films) 45 min BW COL |
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| keywords: military, nuclear weapon testing, atomic bomb, atomic bombs, nuclear bomb, nuclear missles, nuclear blast |
YOU'RE THE TARGET!
COMMUNIST SPIES AND YOU
No matter your rank or duty you have information that Communist spies want and it is up to you to be aware of their methods.
(public domain films) 1968 15 min BW |
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| keywords: u.s. army command, border crossing, east german border guards, bar scenes, go go dancing, m-60 tank |
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