Color footage of atomic bomb tests in Nevada

Color footage of atomic bomb tests with active duty military personnel at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada Test Site, Nevada. Shows soldiers in foxholes as nuclear detonation occurs nearby; light and shockwaves; blowing dust; soldiers climbing out of foxholes and running towards mushroom cloud. Some of this footage is familiar by virtue of having been seen in the film Atomic Cafe. Many soldiers who were present were exposed to high levels of radiation.

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This 1946 film shows actual footage of the atomic bomb destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan

During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the Allies of World War II conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date. This 1946 film shows how the atomic bomb destroyed the people and cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

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