First Soviet atomic bomb RDS-1, 1949, high-speed footage. RDS-1 was used in the Soviet Union's first nuclear weapon test. It was exploded on 29 August 1949 at Semipalatinsk, in Soviet Kazakhstan. The RDS-1 explosion yielded the equivalent energy of 22 kilotons of TNT, similar to the American Fat Man bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan in 1945. The USSR had received extensive intelligence on the design of the Fat Man bomb during World War II.

Selected originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story "A-Bomb Close Up" 52/36. <br/> <br/>Some different material from the newsreel - American voiceover. <br/> <br/>(Original American title - superimposed - Biggest U.S. Atom Blast!) <br/> <br/>Yucca Flats, Nevada, United States of America. Atomic bomb tests. <br/> <br/>Coaches carrying journalists arrive at atomic test site. Security men stop coach. Journalists get off. CU Sign "US Atomic Energy Commission - Nevada Proving Ground - Camp Mercury". CU sign "Secrecy is the word to Remember". Journalists get off bus and gather for test. LV. Lorry loads of troops moving into position. GV. Troops marching towards slit trenches. GV. Troops marching towards slit trenches, helicopter overhead. Aerial, target area on marked on ground. This is a test for an air burst weapon. MV. Men marching into slit trenches. SV. G.I.s in slit trenches. CU. Two G.I.s in trench. SV. Two G.I.s in slit trench. CU. G.I. holding helmet in trench. SV. G.I.s holding on helmets. CU. Wrist watch. Aerial, target area on marked on ground. MV Cameraman with film camera. CU. G.I. LV. Officer putting on goggles. <br/> <br/>GV. Explosion - no sound. CU. Smoke of mushroom cloud. Explosion, camera rocks. LV. Pan up column of smoke to mushroom. LV. Slow motion: A-bomb explodes, bending rocket trails and explosion. Good shots of the flash shown on soldiers sitting watching. <br/> <br/>G.I.s looking at smoke. SV. Two G.I.s in slit trench looking at smoke of bomb. LV. Troops marching into affected area. SV. G.I. using Geiger counter. LV Troops marching forwards. Aeroplane flies overhead parachutes open below it. Parachutists land and move off. Pan up mushroom cloud from Atomic bomb.

Atomic Blasts: Latest films Released Show...Tests

THIS DAY IN HISTORY 08/09/45 A-BOMB NAGASAKI: Vintage Color film footage of an Atomic Bomb blast (supposedly on Nagasaki Japan); Vintage BW footage of a WWII bomber taking off and flying; Bombadier looks through sites

US tests atomic bomb on Enewetak Atoll in Marshall Islands

THIS IS A COMPLETE B-ROLL AND FILE SELECTION OF EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE 1950’S ATOMIC BOMB SCARE.

FIRST FILMS; UNDERGROUND ATOMIC BLAST.

BARS AND TONE. B&W VS UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL: "US FIRES BIGGEST A-BOMB". VS BALLOON LIFTS AN A-BOMB AT THE YUCCA FLATS PROVING GROUND IN NEVADA DURING A TEST. VS SPECTATORS WEARING HEAVY SUNGLASSES. CR:30 MAN WATCHES AN ATOMIC BLAST. CR:47 B&W WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL FILM: "THE ATOM STRIKES". VS ATOMIC BLAST LIGHTS UP THE MORNING SKY ON JULY 16, 1945. VS BLAST FROM THREE DIFFERENT CAMERA ANGLES. VS JAPANESE TROOPS ON TANKS IN A PARADE. CR:144 NO SOUND. LS ATOMIC BLAST IN THE DESERT. GOOD SHOT AS THE MUSHROOM SHAPED CLOUD RISES WITH A CACTUS IN THE FG. CR:200 ATOMIC EXPLOSION AT SEA. VS ATOMIC EXPLOSIONS. CI: WEAPONS: ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR, A-BOMB. MILITARY: ARMY, FOREIGN, JAPAN.

b&w newsreel part 1 - sound - US Army film about atomic testing - rocket launches, atomic blast - soldiers jump from helicopters - move up hill with weapons - on camera narrator intro to film - soldiers march in Paris - 1945, Hiroshima atom bomb - devastation - B-52 flies - A-Bomb explosion - atomic artillery fires - missile takes off - nuclear weapon

Yours Is The Land - TFA-118D A film about conservation of the earth made in 1949 by the Conservation Foundation and the New York Zoological Society global warming, glacier, glaciers, snow, ice, melting, environment, Zoom in on rotating earth, farm with waving grass in wind, eroded field, hillside with rutted ground, ruts, erosion, waves rolling into beach, snowed covered mountains reflected in lake, glacier, snow melting in stream, crashing waves, billowing clouds, snow covered mountain peaks, rock and rubble covered hillside, glacier grinding rock down valley. ice covered by ground up rock at foot of glacier, glacial streams washing rock and dirt, tiny lichen, glacial lake, downstream, clear brook, sand beds, silt, acid dissolves minerals, growing lichen time lapse, soil is produced, plants grow, organic matter is created to support small tree, rock into dirt, time lapse plant growing, sprouting bean, chlorophyll, insects convert plants into soil, worms, cliff showing topsoil layers, water lily on pond, pickerel weed, cypress trees, climax species in forest, nature's plan, new life depends on death of old, steel head trout spawning upstream, up waterfall, plow plowing field, forests, waterfalls, birds, rabbits, cow chewing, moose eating plants, owl antelope in mountains, balance of nature, map of world, painting of cavemen, dawn of modern civilization, farm workers with hoes, man behind horse drawn plow, farm machinery, harvester, dredge, tractor, combine, axe chopping tree, large tree falling in forest, trees falling, burning clearing, mining stork flying, lake and mountains, smoke belching factory, forest fire,devastation, erosion, bare earth, water spout, tornado, wind, dry dusty land, dust storm, flood, wind blowing dirt, eroded fields, camels, cow skeleton, desert, forest, tree stumps, polluted streams, graph showing productive parts of earth, tractor pulling farm machine, barren land, men in field talking and pointing, what does conservation mean, tractor with hay baling machine, topsoil eroded, chain of life, tree falling, stumps, picturesque farm, country church, large refinery, airplane over large city, atomic bomb blast, cracked soil, two girls getting mail from rural mailbox, haystacks, forest fire devastation, floods, destruction of the earth, two girls walk down country lane. text of conservation pledge.

A film is released from Soviet Military archives showing an atomic bomb test near the Russian village of Totskoye on September 14, 1954. Villagers not yet evacuated and troops run through the dust created by the bomb and tanks are overturned by the explosion.

Film titled 'Biological studies at Hiroshima' determining biological effects of the atomic bomb damage in the city of Hiroshima. Animated chart shows various distances from epicenter. Demolished buildings due to atomic blasts. Blast effect of atomic bomb showing damage to vegetation. Destroyed area of Hiroshima. Damage to trees. Damage to citrus trees and fruit. Damage caused to shrubbery. Various views of damage to plants. Animation shows heat rays spreading towards various distances. Damage to vegetation around Gokuku Shrine. Scientist examines plants and bushes. Damage to plants and leaves. Scientists dig earthworms and examines them. (World War II period). Location: Hiroshima Japan. Date: September 25, 1945.

02:04 ""Erika Becker"" by Eddie Becker. Erika talks to her father about her ""Several Policy"" [Cerebral Palsy]. She explains what the disease does and how it made her feel. ""What's the worst part of having a handicap?"" ""I think being made fun of. That really hurts."" ""Inside, even grownups treat me differently... but that's because I'm different."" 13:43 ""Muddy Waters"" by Tom Weinberg, 1981. An interview in which Muddy Waters explains the roots of rock 'n roll. 13:59 ""Rock and Roll Controversy."" Old black and white film clips that highlight the generational gap surrounding the emergence of rock 'n roll. ""Rock 'n roll is cool, daddy, and you know it!"" 14:35 Promotional compilation for the band Johnny Clegg and Savuka by Globalvision/South Africa Now, featuring news reports, music videos, and interviews. 18:38 Studs Terkel Interviews critic Dave Marsh at WFMT. Marsh talks about the importance of Southern racial politics in the emergence of rock 'n roll. 20:08 1989 CLIO Award-Winning Commercial for the Tate Gallery in Liverpool, G.B. 24:02 David Halberstam commentary by Tom Weinberg and Skip Blumberg. Halberstam talks about how young people today are going to compete with people from around the world for jobs that their parents were almost guaranteed. ""The new definition of national security is... 'How good is your high school graduate?' The easy affluence has gone; other nations have caught up... slice of middle class is slimmer... Americans are now competing with people their age from Osaka, Beijing, Singapore, Jakarta etc."" 26:05 ""Uncle Sam Falls"" by Bill Stamets. A humorous clip where a mannequin dressed as Uncle Sam topples over and people scramble to right him. 26:41 ""Quayle Watching."" During a speech Dan Quayle is heckled. 26:55 ""Yuppie Rap"" by Bill O 'Neil. A music video for a song that parodies the young urban professionals of the 1980's. 30:43 ""Washington Homeless Demonstration"" Marchers demonstrate in Washington D.C. for affordable housing. 32:49 ""Voices from the Sidewalk."" Scott Kelman is the artistic director of Pipeline, Inc., an arts program for the homeless. He talks about politics and the future. Homeless people read poetry in Skid Row. 37:47 ""Henry Moore Sculpture."" A teacher talks to teenagers about the first self-sustained nuclear chain reaction while standing at the site where it occurred on the University of Chicago's campus. 38:24 ""Disarmament Survey"" by Skip Blumberg. A boy in New York discusses his fear of world nuclear proliferation. 39:18 ""Duck and Cover."" A 1950's educational film advising how to react to an atomic bomb blast. 1:46 ""Brazilian TV"" by Wendy Appel and Alan Barker. Brazilian actress Christine Nazareth gives us the inside scoop on Brazilian TV: the stars, the most popular programs, and the politics. 45:54 ""Guns and Women."" Joe Cummings reports from an Orland Park, IL shopping mall, where women are going to a shooting range called Target Masters. Cummings investigates this increasing phenomenon of women learning to shoot guns. 49:48 ""Advice Ladies"" by Skip Blumberg. Women give advice on the streets of New York City.

STATIONARY MARINE LVT, TRACK LANDING VEHICLE. ATOMIC BLAST HITS LVT IN SLOW MOTION CAPTURED FILM IMAGE. LVT'S OVERTURNED AND DAMGED AFTER ATOMIC BLAST.

1953 experiment uses "Doom Town" to determine effects of atomic bomb blast on US homes, citizens

DOCUMENTARIES

Film titled 'Shadow' shows Atomic bomb damage to the city of Hiroshima in World War 2. Demolished concrete and granite building. Burned concrete. Sealed and burned granite. Damaged electric pole. Shadows on large gas tank caused by turn valve and pipes. Shadow of ladder on tank. Burned back of chairs in room. Burn shadow image of a pedestrian who had been walking on Yorozuya Bridge at the time of the blast. A man stands over the shadow showing the leg stride visible in the shadow. Shadow of railing on concrete bridge. Damaged railings on bridge. Shadow on railings. Study of direction of blast and radiation. Animated chart of blast effect. Credit association building roof, Japanese physicists checking for point of detonation and working. Japanese survey team checks shadow on building. Epicenter as seen from window of building. Survey team checks railing on building. Demolished steel gas tank. Shadow of turn valves on tanks. Japanese soldiers and civilians walk near shrine. Survey team checks monument. Sealed granite monument and instrument used in surveying. Japanese survey team with compass. Animated charts on damage. Animated charts showing distance of various places from point of detonation. Location: Hiroshima Japan. Date: September 21, 1945.

b&w newsreel part 4 - sound - US Army film about atomic testing - instructor explains how to recognize an atomic blast and how the mushroom cloud forms, says it's a beautiful sight, talks about the blast, the heat and the radiation - animation shows how the blast, the heat and the radiation of a mushroom cloud works

[Atomic Blasts-Latest Films Released Show Series of Tests, 3/53] Yucca Flats, Nevada: Ext. LS airfield. Int. communications room, men don goggles. CU men. Look out windows. Atomic Blast. One man looks away. Mushroom cloud. Planes seen falling apart. After blast, men out on field inspect planes for damage. VS plane wrecks. Plane passes over camera (bomber), in a bomb run. CU pilot. CU bomadeer. HAS target. Bomb detonates, cloud seen from air. Cloud from ground.

Soviet RDS-2 atomic bomb test, 1951. Mushroom cloud rising after the detonation of this atomic bomb test, also known as Joe 2, which took place on 24 September 1951 at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in what is now Kazakhstan. This test had a yield of 38 kilotons of TNT. A total of 456 Soviet nuclear tests were conducted at the Semipalatinsk site between 1949 and 1989. This test was the second atomic bomb developed by the USSR. It was detonated from the top of a 30-metre-tall tower, by a signal sent from a bomber flying overhead.

THIS IS A COMPLETE B-ROLL AND FILE SELECTION OF EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE 1950’S ATOMIC BOMB SCARE.

PENNEY DR. W.G. BRITAIN'S TOP ATOMIC SCIENTIST KNIGHTED - NOW SIR WILLIAM PENNEY. SECOND ATOM BOMB EXPLOSION IN WOOMERA. <br/> <br/>Woomera, Australia. <br/> <br/>GV. Pan desert scenes showing Malga trees. <br/> <br/>Shot of bomb exploding and mushroom cloud rising. <br/> <br/>3 weeks previously - library footage of Sir William Penney putting on bush hat alongside York aircraft. Penney posing for photographers (S.V.) SV. Progress experts looking at charts. CU. Pan, progress experts looking at charts. Steel tower in testing area. Duncan Sandys visits. <br/> <br/>Film cameras are set up to record explosion. SV. Newspaper headline. Atom Men await right wind. GV. Dust storm on airfield. English and Australians working together to check data. CU. Mr. H. Ashton. (An Australian Expert.) Balloons set off to check air conditions. <br/> <br/>SV. Penney awaiting explosion. LV. Explosion. Penney in foreground. LV. Explosion and Penney gives O.K. signal hit by blast. Rockets fired into radioactive centre of cloud. Various shots of the smoke cloud. Men look at the cloud through binoculars and sunglasses. <br/> <br/>(Dupe. Neg. - (Title E.) <br/> <br/>Note: Not available for Stills or T.V. - C.O.I. letter dated 14 12 53 for Newsreel only

Over aftermath footage of the Hiroshima bomb blast, VO says "An atomic bomb destroys or injures in three way by blast, heat and radioactivity." Note Transferred to Apple Pro Res 422 HQ. Pillarbox. Available in all display formats.

01:26 Excerpt from ""Duck and Cover,"" an educational film advising how to react to an atomic bomb blast. 03:41 ""Back to Normal"" by Jonathan Letchinger. Shot in San Francisco about a week after the devastating earthquake that occurred on October 17, 1989, this video chronicles San Francisco's reactions to the quake. Some are angry, others still in shock. 11:55 ""Alternatives Festival."" A short interview with Mark Johnson, founder of Alternatives Festival, a gathering of punk rock musicians in Washington D.C. that formed to help young people work for change in society. 14:22 ""We Have The Force"" by Youth Force '88 and Branda Miller. A short documentary about an inner city youth group that organized an effort called ""Take Back the Park."" Their efforts included demonstrations to evict drug dealers and drug addicts from a park in New York City. 18:40 ""Henry Moore Sculpture."" A teacher talks to teenagers about the first self-sustained nuclear chain reaction while standing at the site where it occurred on the University of Chicago's campus. ""As we know, the course of mankind - of the world - has been changed as a result of what took place at this spot on December 2nd, 1942."" 19:15 ""Disarmament Survey"" by Skip Blumberg. A boy in New York discusses his fear of world nuclear proliferation. 20:20 ""South Africa and the Bomb"" by Globalvision and South Africa Now. A short segment in which American scientists and analysts discuss the threat posed by South Africa's clandestine nuclear weapons program. Includes 1977 footage of South Africa's former prime minister Johannes Vorster threatening the world to stop meddling in its nuclear plans: ""If these things continue and don't stop, the time will arrive when South Africa will have no option - small as it is - [but] to say to the world. 'So far and no further. Do your damnedest if you so wish!'"" A South African scientist warns, ""The free world hasn't got any way of assessing what South Africa is doing in the nuclear arena."" 24:10 Dr. Helen Caldicott discusses toxicity and carcinogenic nature of plutonium in this 1970's video. Access only 26:07 More from ""Duck and Cover."" 36:02 Excerpt from ""Ambassadors of Cabrini"" by Lilly Ollinger. Documentary about the Jesse White Tumblers, a gymnastic group made up predominantly of kids from the Chicago Housing Authority 's Cabrini Green. In this clip, we watch the Tumblers perform in the hallways of Cabrini and hear them talk about disadvantages they have suffered growing up in the projects. ""We can do the stuff that [the white kids] do. They can do it a little bit better because they have more money."" 37:19 A segment about the ""I Have a Dream"" Program in Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project. This program offers college scholarships, job training, and placement to inner city children in Chicago. 40:37 Sociology professor Bill Sampson discusses the failures of Cabrini Green and public housing in general. 45:08 ""Hudson River"" by Educational Video Center. Residents discuss the waste polluting New York's Hudson River. 51:13 Excerpt from ""Adland."" George Lois, chairman, Lois, Holland, Callaway, New York, explains the power that comes from commercial production - ""Poom! It's like poison gas..Poom! That's sensational. Oh yeah, that's great."" 52:38 More from ""Duck and Cover."