Unedited footage of the bombing of Nagasaki (Silent)

[TomTerrific]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9v5sW6t0zI


Absolutely fascinating.

 

[Fred_G]

Wow. Interesting video. Thanks.

 

[Mac 1]

Little did those guys loading the bomb know what change their actions would bring not only for the war but, also for the future of mankind.

 

[LSUSMC]

Nice Find. Thanks for sharing Tom.

 

[TomTerrific]

My understanding was the two bombs were armed on the way to the target.

This film says that took place on the ground before takeoff.

The Hiroshima bomb was a different type. Maybe that is what I am thinking of.

 

[Pas Tout La]

Amazing! Could you imagine being able to sit and talk with those men?

 

[The_Shadow]

This may be of interest to some as a follow up...http://io9.com/photographs-of-atomic-bomb-tests-are-like-science-ficti-1502569044?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 

[LACamper]

Amazing! Could you imagine being able to sit and talk with those men?

One of my former clients (RIP... ) was on the ground crew for the Hiroshima bombing. We lost him last year... I loved listening to his stories.

 

[TomTerrific]

One of my former clients (RIP... ) was on the ground crew for the Hiroshima bombing. We lost him last year... I loved listening to his stories.

Do you know if he was ground crew for the a/c involved or for the ordnance?

We had a guy on the WW2 list who was on Tinian. He and his buddies thought it would be interesting to attach some JATO bottles to a Jeep and see what would happen. They all survived.

Another person on the list was RTO in a FO party supporting a Glider Infantry Battalion, which had the company portrayed in Band of Brothers. He was at the Bulge and Market Garden. I did have the opportunity to have dinner with him and conversation that lasted almost 3hr. We're fixin to get together again.

 

[tim9lives]

WOW...Awesome find Tom. I love these old wartime videos. I've never seen this before. So cool and super informative.

I had no idea that the "stem" was from debris being sucked up and it was separate from the mushroom. That is a GREAT video. Thanks!

By the way...the blog he mentions on the video is also very cool. There is a description of the Soviet test by Andrei Sakharov. Really interesting. http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/

 

[Thumper]

Very interesting, Thanks for posting

 

[TomTerrific]

WOW...Awesome find Tom. I love these old wartime videos. I've never seen this before. So cool and super informative.

I had no idea that the "stem" was from debris being sucked up and it was separate from the mushroom. That is a GREAT video. Thanks!

By the way...the blog he mentions on the video is also very cool. There is a description of the Soviet test by Andrei Sakharov. Really interesting. http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/

Thanks for the reference. That looks like a very interesting site and signed up to get it via Feedly.

An account of the Castle Bravo test is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bravo

Big difference between wet and dry fuel.