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Poster for Atomic Bomb Blast Effects (1959)

Atomic Bomb Blast Effects (1959)

1959 · Ephemeral film · 8 min

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Color footage of atomic bomb tests with active duty military personnel at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada Test Site, Nevada. Shows soldiers in foxholes as nuclear detonation occurs nearby; light and shockwaves; blowing dust; soldiers climbing out of foxholes and running towards mushroom cloud. Some of this footage is familiar by virtue of having been seen in the film Atomic Cafe. Astounding footage of nuclear weapons testing; atomic bomb explosion in the southwestern US desert (New Mexico); great…

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★★★★★ · Boom! Boom! Boom! Let's go! · Spuzz · 2012-05-04

THis amazing footage, part of an RKO Pathe fim, features some astonishing footage of soldiers doing their duty and watching the A bomb go off in the desert wearing very little protection. I just loved it how they looked up after the bomb hit, and getting hit by the aftershock.. BAM! After that, they proceed to walk up towards the bomb target, gawking. The film then cuts to what appeards to be some before and after shots of miltary equiment and dummies set up to see the effects before and after the bomb. So we see tanks, heavy artillery and machine guns just wasted. It would've been…

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