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But otherwise, this house withstood the blast pressures and the heat from the nuclear test. NARRATOR: The Apple-2 bomb was placed in a tower 1,500 feet above the ground so the resulting fireball wouldn’t destroy monitoring equipment. [explosion] Technicians built small towns within the blast zone-- shops, gas stations, dozens of homes made of ...
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Mar 16, 2017 · DECLASSIFIED: Newly-released video from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory captures incredible explosion from nuclear weapons test.
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Dec 15, 2017 · The official count of 1,054 tests includes 210 atmospheric nuclear tests between 1945 and 1962 - with cameras capturing every one. This week, a team at the federal Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has released 62 of these atmospheric nuclear test videos on YouTube. An estimated 10,000 of these videos have languished for decades ...
Mar 24, 2017 · Watch a 1953 nuclear blast test disintegrate a house in high resolution. Civil Defense looked at how houses fared in nuclear blasts, to plan for possible survival after an attack. Video still ...
Mar 15, 2022 · The model towns built on nuclear test sites—known as "doomtowns"—were designed to resemble a typical American community. They had fake stores, gas stations, and homes filled with mannequins ...
Aug 1, 2023 · Despite some new conspiracy claims, nuclear tests were very real and the historical footage is genuine.