ALL UNDERWATER NUCLEAR TESTS

All underwater nuclear tests in one video. Review.

Crossroads Baker (Mk-3A atomic bomb), Wigwam (Mk-90 "Betty"), Joe-17 (RDS-9, T-5 torpedo), Joe-42 (RDS-9, T-5 torpedo), Hardtack Wahoo & Umbrella (Mk-7 atomic bomb), Korall Joe-107 (RDS-9, T-5 torpedo), Swordfish (ASROC W-44 warhead).

[Insertnamesz]

Thanks for compiling these. The wahoo footage stands out as the most shocking to me given the relative framing with the flying birds and the beach, and the sudden instant explosion, followed by the secondary expansion. Absolutely mind-boggling.

[jemez_mtn]

Sound travels great distances in the ocean. I can't imagine how horrible this must have been for sensitive marine life, such as whales, even hundreds of miles away.

[FriendlyCynic]

1:47 That upside down cone that magically appears above the detonation is probably the most terrifying part about this.

[carey_metv]

Fun fact. SpongeBob's home, Bikini Bottom, was named for Bikini Atoll where the U.S. conducted nuclear tests from 1946 to 1958. References to the destructive nuclear tests are littered throughout the show.

[kidkique]

I consider myself a bit of a YouTube Atomic test video connoisseur, yet some of these were new to me. Thanks for posting!

[oberonpanopticon]

Crazy that as far as nukes go, the ones in this video were all quite small

[geoffreyrenemoiens]

Terrifyfing weapons, even at low yields.

[alecsb]

Can you make more scale videos. Using empire state buildings and such.

[kimmer]

They were still doing Duck and Cover drills when I was high school during the air raid siren tests once a month. It never failed...after the drill was over, somebody would ask ''What do you do in case of fallout?'' The smartass would then reply ''Reinsert and shorten stroke''. We had a Chrysler hemi powered air raid siren about 10 miles away. The sound of that thing was terrifying and would make your hair stand up.

[diegokricekfontanive]

Human insanity can be as frightening as spectacular.

[pixelsbyprince]

I wonder if most of those impact splashes in the Soviet test are falling fish.

[bobbressi]

I recently watched a video about the theoretical detonation of a nuke at the bottom of the marianas trench and what the result would be on the surface. As it turns out, the result would be pretty much unnoticable. It turns out that 7 miles down the ocean would absorb the blast easily do to the massive pressures at that depth.

[ooSpyderoo]

All the dead sea life these must have caused, and then other fish would have eaten the remains and passed on a cancerous dominos effect through the chain, people would have ingested some of the fallout over the years.

[BigLuke]

You have to imagine all the millions of fish killed from these experiments.

[Tasca_Lumina]

Nice shots! I wonder how many Documentaries use "Wahoo" footage for "Baker" given it's much better quality.

Depending on the definition of "underwater", one could include "Redwing: Seminole" since it was detonated inside a water tank. Was done due to ground coupling studies though and not an underwater effects test.

[marshall_zhukov]

In your research did you not find anything about French underwater nuclear tests in Polynesia.
They tested underwater bombs there as recently as 1996

[sternoid]

I am researching where to find the copyright owner if this footage so as to be able to gain permission to use it in a documentary film as well as obtain as high a resolution video copy of the film footage as is possible.

[tinderbox]

I feel bad for all the sea animals 😞🐳🐬🦭🐟🐠🐡🦈🐙😥

[phaiz]

Surprised the underwater shots were such low yield. They always looked much larger.

[charlesbonkley]

I remember the underwater/inside-sub camera shot from Trinity and Beyond, and to this day, I still think that footage is not real and/or staged. The bubbles and inrush of water seem way to sudden. Any why would the camera rock back and forth, assuming it's fixed in position? The frame of reference wouldn't move like that. Perhaps how subs react to atomic weapons may have remained classified, hence why that footage may be staged for a "release.". Just my opinion.