A-Bomb Blast Effects (1952)

★★★★★ · A bomb to the highest degree · Spuzz · 2003-07-28

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…

★★★★★ · Disturbing, haunting, and very chilling. · Sarte · 2004-04-26

This silent color film depicts an atomic bomb test somewhere in a desert area. The film is very scratchy, but the images are moving and affecting. Soldiers ducking to shield their eyes from the blast and standing up, only to be knocked down by the shockwave. The soldiers advance to the bombed-out area and a montage of clips shows a comparison of objects before and after the bomb. This film shows the horrors of the atomic bomb, and is an excellent record of an event that most people my age have not experienced(myself included) in this day and age, namely; a above-ground nuclear test. Highly…

★★★★★ · Atom Bomb - Up Close & Personal · MusicArchiveFreak · 2013-06-29

Impressive film to say the least. The part during the actual explosion are definitely as close as it gets. It is unfortunate war plays such a major role in the big picture. Not the best of thoughts, but what if WW2 didn't happen 70+ years ago? The 60 million who perished, and their future pyramid of offspring would have definitely been a strain on the current global population?

★★★★★ · Silence is golden. · Venckman · 2005-08-15

This clip lacks a soundtrack, and I think it's a good thing. Without sound, we're left to ponder the images, and they speak loudly enough. Chilling and haunting.

★★★★★ · Will we learn ??? · gl1200phil · 2010-10-17

Scariest thing I ever heard was when dubya said, "I want new-cue-lur bombs at my disposal!" While he's thinking, "Hoooo eeee, will that give me political capital or what if I blowed one of them suckers off??" I'll even bet ma will let me carve the turkey come Thanksgivin', and I don't mean one of them plastic ones neither! That was so cool...The admiral let be steer dat destroyer and gave me that cool hat! I bet daddy ain't got a hat like that!" When I was in 6th or 7th grade, mid 60s, we saw a film, taken from what was thought to be ground zero, where the A bomb went off, either Nagasaki or…

★★★★ · A-Bomb Blast Effects · Christine Hennig · 2003-06-07

This is a silent fragment of a color military film of an early atom bomb test. Even without the soundtrack, it's pretty interesting, as it is filled with fascinating images and it gives a real feel of what such tests were like to the soldiers who had to endure them. Some arresting images include several signs promoting secrecy (such as ÂIf You Wouldn't Tell Stalin, Don't Tell Anyone Else"ÂÂI want these for the Film Ephemera Museum of Quirky Devices), GIs prematurely emerging from their foxholes only to be surprised by the bomb's aftershocks, comparison footage of war materials and dummy…