Nuclear Bomb Dropped on Village - 1950s Test

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[hootinouts]

The smoke that rises from the test structures from the intense flash is so creepy.

[odudi]

Remember all you have to do is get inside of a lead refrigerator to survive lol.

[notme]

For anyone wondering, the cameras were placed in bunkers with lead lined glass over the front. The glass at the front of the bunker could be opaque at normal light levels, and it probably was. The explosion is so bright that you still get an image, but the gamma rays don't ruin the film.

[danielrodriguez]

No matter how Kool it looks how bad ass it seems, nuclear warfare and nuclear testing is horrific

[nottherealpaulsmith]

For more information, the OCD name for this test was Operation Cue, whereas the DoE name was Operation Teapot, shot Apple 2.

[sean]

I don't want to set the world on I just want to start. A flame in your heart.

[GarvMania]

Indiana Jones survived one of these here.

[deapthynka]

First the smoke from extreme temperature because light reaches targets first, then the shockwave destroys everything

[kedrednael]

For the people doubting about how the cameras survived, think about this: They knew they were detonating a nuclear bomb to collect data on how civilian infrastructure gets destroyed. The point of the test is to collect data. Are you going to tie the camera to a random pole??? No. They encased the cameras in 350 pounds of lead (6 cm thick), standing on thick solid steel pipes which had supporter wires as well, set in the ground in reinforced concrete.

It looks a bit like miniatures because they are filming these newly created houses from 4 or 6 meters high. They choose these heights because the heat and blast would kick up a lot of dust, to be able to see anything they need to be above the dust.

[thesquad-airsoftgamingnerf]

your only supposed to blow the bloody doors

[andrewnewman]

that was glorious!instant death, vaporization, that's the way i wanna die

[paulanderson]

Cameras inside the fake houses seem remarkably robust.

[Robsay]

Okay. So if ur sorta near the blast, the whole house will become engulfed in flames for 2 or 3 seconds and then just blow skyward and back in thousands of pieces. Yikes!

[Dan-pfjf]

wow most of their cameras before were stronger than ours

[jayfullerton]

Why doesn’t the camera shake when the shockwave comes through?

[Soyuz]

Marc Andreessen - "why is the camera still" 😂

[dragonridley]

This video shows a very violent explosion. Let's put serene music over it.

[petergaminggaming]

Barbara put the qualudes in the dinjer

[randallriley]

For starters, no bomb was "dropped" on a village. At :04 seconds in this shit-faded copy of the original "Operation Cue" video from 1955, you can see a tower where the test device was sitting inside a cab. This was Operation Teapot, a 28 kiloton shot called Apple II from May 5, 1955. These buildings were all test constructions erected at the Nevada Test Site. The "village" was not inhabited by humans, only mannequins. Anyone wishing to see the more comprehensive video, just search "Operation Que 1955" and you'll be able to see everything there. The cameras were all housed in bomb-proof constructions (by this point in time, we'd successfully detonated dozens upon dozens of nuclear devices so we knew what to do in that regards) so that they could survive the radiation, heat and blast in order to film blast-effects on buildings and other utilities.

[Deader]

Awfully pretty and relaxing music for a video dealing with a subject as grim as Nuclear Bombs.

What is the name of the song and musician anyway?