Getty-Images atomic bomb test video collection

Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:34 pm

A oustanding collection of video/sequence (many in HD or in color) about US/Chinese test (1946/1966)

Look here

Some of these footage were currently not in the US atomic archive video:

The most valuable:

Operation crossroad
Able test: video n° 102909667

Operation Tumbler-Snapper
Some amazing Shocked

(color/wide-screen) views from Charlie shot: videos n° 102909668, 102909585, 102909584.

Rapatronic sequence during a tower shot from snapper serie’s: n° 1413-35

Operation Upshot-Knothole
Grable shot: n° 1413-36 (wide screen view Shocked

), 704-59
Climax shot: n° 1413-9

Operation Teapot
Airdrop at Frenchman flat, likely wasp or wasp prime: n° 2034-4 Shocked

Airdrop (again maybe wasp or wasp prime) with troops in foreground: n° 2034-15 Shocked

Operation Redwing
21 june 1956 test: n° 88703052
11 july 1956 test : n° 88703049
High megaton test (castle or redwing ?) : n° 1272-6

Operation Plumbbob
Owens: n° 355-27

Operation Hardatck I
Umbrella test: n° 561-144
Wahoo test : n° 561-143 (amazing view Shocked

)

Operation Dominic
Bighorn or Housatonic: n° 85263018
Yeso or more likely chama shot : n° 1413-6
Arkansas or Encino or Yukon shot: n° 704-61
12 june 1962 test: n° 88703051
30 june 1962 test : n° 1413-4

Chinese test
First tower shot: 00020408, 00020407,
May 1966 test: n° mr_00020405

Fizzle Joined: Oct 19, 2008 Posts: 1

Nice link....thx

Cherokee (3.8 mt) Joined: Jun 14, 2009 Posts: 405

Awesome for sure. That Critical Past footage site also has lots of films not often viewed, or ever seen.