Teapot Apple 2 Cue houses atomic bomb effects

The following clips were from an atomic test known as Teapot Apple 2 and Operation Cue which took place on May 5, 1955. Project 39.4c provided remotely operated photographic coverage of blast and thermal damage to physical structures. Apple 2 was a 29 Kiloton nuclear test. A total of 48 cameras were operated at distances from ground zero of from 2750 ft to 10,500 ft.
These particular clips were photographed both inside and outside of the houses at distances ranging from 4700', 5500', 7800' and 10500' from Ground Zero. They have been cleaned up for the most part with sound effects added.
May 2015 will mark the 60th Anniversary of these historic and iconic images.
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[CTP]

crazy how it sets everything on fire first in a near instant, then boom with the shockwave

[stephenwells]

What I take away from this video is that if we made our houses as strong as we made those cameras, insurance companies would die out.

[mrtoast]

The way the dust first moves away from and is then sucked back towards the blast is amazing

[jeanbignou]

Conclusion : atomic bombs make cars disappear

[Soloohara]

1:53 “ Ohhh finally, after years of hard work now i can start enjoying my new Home”

[name]

Love how everything starts burning right when the flash hits.  So pretty, yet so terrifying.  

[RKKY-mffe]

No wonder the camera man never dies. The camera has an aura that protects even against nuclear bombs.

[PWNGE]

For the people calling this fake, I'd love to know how _exactly_ were they able to fake the thermal pulse? Please describe the techniques required to _instantly_ scorch and ignite an entire model set- vaporizing phone lines and roof antennae- evaporating the paint _only_ on the side being hit by light- causing the very _ground_ to start smoking. I'm a VFX artist myself and I'd love to know how Hollywood could achieve such an effect in _1955._

[Jdogblingbling]

Did anyone else think they were about to set one off while that guy was walking to the house?

[Thespanglerangler]

I thought I saw a man in a refrigerator!

[mrtoast]

"Teapot Apple 2" may be literally the most disproportionately cute name for something possible. It sounds like the name of the sequel to a slice of life anime about running a cafe or something but it's an actual f-ing nuclear bomb test

[attilavidacs]

Remember if you duck and cover under a desk you'll be fine.

[Yaban]

3:11 when girls sneeze


0:42 when boys sneeze

[dragonridley]

Person 1: "I'm going to set off a huge, terrifying explosion."
Person 2: "What are you going to call it?"
Person 1: "Teapot Apple."

[nickkolczynskitattoo]

It’s amazing how the film survived all the radiation in the cameras survive the explosion and radiation

[gerben.f]

This video was just during my basic training. It beatifully shows the different phases of the explosion. 1st is the flash which is bright enough to permanently blind people looking directly at it. 2nd is the heat wave which vaporises everything close enough to it (for example the paint covering the houses). 3rd is the shockwave created by the blast. 4th is the shockwave of air being sucked back into the vacuum created by the blast. 5th is nuclear radiation being spreaded and 6th is the Electro Magnetic Pulse that fries all electronics close enough. If you ever get in the unlikely event of a nuclear explosion, lay on the ground face down with your feet pointing in the direction of the blast.

[MarkLambertMusic]

The thing that impresses me the most is how instantly destructive the thermal radiation pulse is. Things burst into flame at a distance the moment the bomb detonates.

[alberteinsteinthejew]

Love how Harrison Ford survived this blast inside a fridge

[mdmn-ARCA]

I like how setting all this up was so much work, it was inevitable they'd have some fun including real people in the "before" footage.

[Asterra]

2:49 I like this clip because it really underscores what the foley sounds are trying to sell: That when there's a big ground explosion far in the distance, you'll get a minor earthquake from it, and that will arrive five times earlier than the air blast. (Though it won't sound like a volcanic eruption with all the bass, any more than an earthquake does. That's just poetic license here.)