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 |
ATLAS, THE - EVOLUTION OF THE ICBM
This film documents the world events starting with the use by Germany of the V-2 rocket as a weapon of war and leading up to the production of America's first ICBM, the Atlas.
(public domain films) 1957 COL 27 min |
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| keywords: atlas rocket, icbm, german v-2 rocket, military parade at red square, control room, 1950s highway system |
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 (SILENT) |
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| keywords: military, atomic bomb testing, atomic blast, atomic blasts, nuclear blast, a-bomb, nukes, mushroom cloud |
ATOMIC - NUCLEAR BOMB EXPLOSIONS
Atomic and nuclear bomb explosions at the Mercury Nevada test site and at the Bikini test site.
(public domain films) COL 39 min |
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| keywords: nuclear explosions, atomic blasts, mercury nevada test site, bikini atoll nuclear test, atomic soldiers |
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 |
BALLISTIC MISSILE HIGHLIGHTS - 1958
Ballistic Missile Program highlights in the late 1950's starting with the Thor IRBM (Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile) the first operational ballistic missile of the U.S. Air Force.
(public domain films) 1958 COL 34 min |
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| keywords: u.s. ballistic missiles, thor missile, minuteman icbm, titan icbm, atlas icbm |
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 |
CODE NAME TRINITY - THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB
Test of the first atomic bomb, code name Trinity informal nickname “The Gadget”, July 15, 1945 at the White Sands Proving Ground near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
(public domain films) 1945 COL 13 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: atomic bomb, nuclear explosion, nuclear test, trinity test, white sands proving grounds, new mexico |
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 (SILENT) |
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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 |
MINUTEMAN II LAUNCH, VANDENBERG, AFB
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile silo launches of the Minuteman II. The Minuteman II is a three-stage, solid fuel, ICBM.
(public domain films) 1968 COL 10 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: minuteman II ballistic missile, vandenberg air force base, nuclear missile test |
MISSILE MALFUNCTIONS - VANDENBERG, AFB
Shows a series of missile malfunctions resulting in blowups and destruction from missile flight tests at Vandenberg AFB.
(public domain films) 1966 COL 18 min |
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| keywords: vandenberg air force base, missile tests, missile malfunctions, missile abort |
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 31 min BW |
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| keywords: war, wwII, world war two, atomic bomb, atomic attack, atomic strike, atomic blast, japan, hiroshima, nagasaki |
OPERATION SANDSTONE - RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY
Operation Sandstone was conducted at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 1948 to test the first new Atomic or Nuclear bomb design since WWII.
(public domain films) 1948 BW 26 min |
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| keywords: atomic bomb testing, nuclear explosion, operation sandstone, enewetak atoll, radioactivity |
THE PEACEKEEPER - FIRST SILO LAUNCH
Systems are constructed to test a silo launch of the Peacekeeper ICBM initially known as the MX missile.
(public domain films) 1985 COL 12 min |
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| keywords: vandenberg air force base, peacekeeper mirv, mx missile, nuclear missile launch test |
PROJECT DESERT ROCK
Unedited color footage of atomic bomb explosion for Project Desert Rock 1952. Marines advance toward atomic bomb explosion as mushroom cloud rises.
(public domain films) 1952 COL 8 min |
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| keywords: a-bomb testing, atomic bomb, nuclear bomb, project desert rock, atomic soldiers, u.s. marines |
PROTECTION AGAINST
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
A squad of soldiers illustrates importance of yourself and supplies in case of a Nuclear Biological or Chemical Attack.
(public domain films) 1968 COL 27 min |
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| keywords: nuclear biological chemical warfare, nbc war, weapons of mass destruction, nerve gas |
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 (ANIM/LIVE ACTION) |
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| keywords: cold war, nuclear age, nuclear war, nuclear family, atomic bombs, a-bombs, survival, surviving, duck and cover |
RADIATION SAMPLING USING HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONS
Operation Hibal was an Air Force Program to monitor radiation particles in the atmosphere using high altiude balloons.
(public domain films) 1966 BW 14 min |
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| keywords: radiation sampling, radioactive monitoring, high altitude balloons, operation hibal |
TULAROSA FRONTIER - WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE
History of the White Sands Missile Range starting with the early history of this area, testing of captured German V-2 rockets after WW II, up to the Redstone Missile test in 1961.
(public domain films) 1940s - 1960sCOL 28 min |
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| keywords: white sands missile range, new mexico, atomic bomb, trinity site, v-2 rockets, redstone missile testing |
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 |
TITAN VS1 LAUNCH
First in-silo launch of a liquid fueled Intercontinental Ballistic missile, Titan VS-1, code named 'Silver Saddle'.
(public domain films) COL 10 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: titan vs1 intercontinental ballistic missle, icbm launch test |
