I remember checking out his movie from the Seattle Public Library. You see, back in the 1990's there was no internet or youtube. Folks used to go to the library and check out VCR tapes. Seeing this film back in the 90's had a serious impact on my scientific literacy. Thank you Atom Central, for the great memories!
@michaelmccarthy46154 жыл бұрын
I recognized William Shatners voice in the 1st 3 words he spoke.... good choice for a narrator
@godfreecharlie4 жыл бұрын
He does do a good job but I don't think he's the best choice. We're fortunate that Deforest Kelly wasn't chosen.
@kollusion14 жыл бұрын
He did an even better job on Trinity & beyond, I love the whole sound track.
@nicholasmaude69064 жыл бұрын
@@godfreecharlie What about Leonard Nimoy.
@-danR3 жыл бұрын
Rotten choice of music though, for this. If music were mutagenic, my body would be riddled with carcinomas. Yuck. For this sort of material, I like accompaniment that is understated , low-key, and preferably vaguely... _creepy._
@wdavem8 ай бұрын
Yeah it's like Captain Kirk from the future reads us the historical records of how the world was almost destroyed to warn us. I was stunned by that in the first film with the fishbowl part. The fact that William Shatner's voice literally doesn't age makes the Captain Kirk thing almost too real. It also might make you think "well, at least Kirk survived, so maybe the earth doesn't get destroyed"... of course things might not that simple.
@765kvline4 жыл бұрын
Splendid presentation. I would like to take the tour of the former NTS. In my work, I knew the Edison Electric Institute Shot Apple II, Teapot Test Director. My interest was in the electric utility portion of the test and the final results. Very interesting. I noted that the utility facilities have been removed from the site, despite the presence of the houses which remained. Now, some of those houses were built for Operation Doorstep, in 1953. Those still existed. In Shot Apple II, they built two identical "towns" at 4700 feet and at 10,500 foot radius from the 300' tower with cab. That was not pointed out here.
@RwingDsquad4 жыл бұрын
This was released in 2000 Name of the documentary: "Atomic Journeys: Welcome To Ground Zero" IMDB: 7.8 out of 10 stars Amazon: 4.3 out of 5 stars. TMI, I know.
@TheDoctor12254 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I have both documentaries, in point of fact, (Trinity and Beyond, as well as this one) and have found them both to be incredibly interesting walks through the development of atomic and hydrogen weapons.
@famjsnoek4 жыл бұрын
@@TheDoctor1225 It's a serie of 5 parts 1. Trinity and Beyond 2. Atomic Fimmakers 3. Nukes in Space 4. Atomic Journeys and 5. Nuclear Rescue
@MrShobar4 жыл бұрын
I remember receiving many of the Civil Defense documents shown at 45:43 at my Boy Scout troop meetings in the early sixties. I remember riding my bicycle home convinced something like this would happen eventually, and this stuff might be useful. Hmmm...Another foolish kid wearing a brown uniform. Some of these documents I still have today.
@jeffreycollins72974 жыл бұрын
United States Nuclear testing sites, with musical accompaniment by the Moscow Symphony. Oh the irony.
@godfreecharlie4 жыл бұрын
That was Vlad's preference. He didn't like the choice of the Beach Boys. Putin has a VIP Top Secret Security ID badge giving him full unhindered access to any area requiring a Top Secret security clearance. Seems Trumpskie didn't like being called every time Vasha was found wandering around high security areas, which was quite often. The issuance of a clearance for him and his entourage was done for expedience.
@godfreecharlie4 жыл бұрын
On the ride down to the bottom of Sedan Crater it sounds like Flatt and Scruggs good ol' boy road music.
@bjornholmqvist32304 жыл бұрын
@@godfreecharlie Dude you win! hahahaah
@-danR3 жыл бұрын
@@godfreecharlie I could hear Slim Pickens' voice in my head. "yeeeee..... _HAWWwww....!_ ..." --Dr. Strangelove
@lasmith98203 жыл бұрын
Yep. Mutually assured destruction is loaded with ìrony.
@wrwinter4 жыл бұрын
"This video is unlisted." you sure about that?
@endtimesasmr25904 жыл бұрын
In the words of sex-pest Patrick Steward: "It's too late, I've seen everything"
@lsdzheeusi4 жыл бұрын
its only 360p, nothing to get so excited about
@Inesophet4 жыл бұрын
pssht! You ruining it!
@SuperpowerBroadcasting4 жыл бұрын
Ayyy it's my hawk gang getting #NUKEPILLED!
@wrwinter4 жыл бұрын
@@SuperpowerBroadcasting ayyy!! :eagle:
@reasonsformoving4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this. Wish there were some new documentaries about the nukes
@atomcentral4 жыл бұрын
there are. Not released yet. There is a music video I made for the Neutron Bomb movie here vimeo.com/461658490
@GrimPlayer954 жыл бұрын
@@atomcentral it's probably the greatest music video ever.
@pablodg62594 жыл бұрын
@@atomcentral Pretty funny
@joshjones340810 ай бұрын
I miss a lot of the old narrator's actors/narrator great video 👍👍👍
@kollusion1 Жыл бұрын
19:10 I love the cow chipping in, in the background saying, "You Fkin' kidding aren't you? I lost my Frigin' calf"!
@jamielacourse75784 жыл бұрын
I think that guy carrying the box at 4130 was Louis Slotin, the Demon Core dude......
@VanPelt014 жыл бұрын
Not Slotin. Was Sgt Herbert Lehr and that's the Trinity core.
@kollusion14 жыл бұрын
"Plow share" & "The peaceful atom!". . . Well I'm no scientist, but even I can see the problems of throwing radioactive material, with an half life of 24k years, all over the shop.
@vxrdrummer Жыл бұрын
24:42 this guy has also been on Area 51 documentaries as an Aircraft historian. He was examining the crash site of an SR71 if I remember rightly. Amongst other things that I can't remember. He gets around!
@Ranman13 жыл бұрын
50:42 for Nuclear cow tipping.
@oliviera59884 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, much appreciated.
@Nickelbippy3 жыл бұрын
Really great footage. You should have a lot more subscribers. I appreciate the job you're doing. Thanks
@Retirement_Life8 ай бұрын
Really interesting film. Thanks for posting it.
@2discoveredm7884 жыл бұрын
That crazy cow at the end. Wrong place at the wrong time
@fratercontenduntocculta8161 Жыл бұрын
I've been briefly to White Sands to see a Friend, but have always wanted to visit the Trinity Monument.
@GeoHvl4 жыл бұрын
Gasbuggy know today as FRACKING!
@Dobie_ByTor2 ай бұрын
Cool overall. Crazy the cavern residual heat was 450* months after the blast. Some of those test seemed stupid like “110 kt device made a radioactive crater.”
@HE-pu3nt Жыл бұрын
The first thing to come to mind is the saying.... "Just because you can do a thing doesn't mean you should do it".
@michaelmccarthy46154 жыл бұрын
The Atomic age.... Check your innocence at the door.
@vxrdrummer Жыл бұрын
William Shatner ended up being the perfect narrator for these 4 documentaries. I first got Trinity and Beyond in 2007, and I'm surprised that the DVD didn't melt from overuse! The others saw less use, but what a series of films!
@lasmith98203 жыл бұрын
Hiroshima & Nagasaki were necessary. Japan wouldn't surrender. My dad was in rotation to invade Japan & was sure there'd be 100's of thousands of GIs killed...him included. Without those bombs, I likely wouldn't be here today. That said, I hope we never have to 'pull that trigger' again.
@philipmcdonagh10944 жыл бұрын
The first two comments are people moaning about something or the other. Someone has gone to the trouble of putting this on KZbin at least you could be thankful for that.
@jonnie2bad4 жыл бұрын
if you're going to criticize people for "moaning" perhaps you shouldn't do it yourself?
@Lifemonds4 жыл бұрын
Listed with ads...
@Lifemonds4 жыл бұрын
@Kawaii Sounds you’re speculating I’m complaining, which I am not. My comment implies that the video is monetized.
@rippertrain4 жыл бұрын
Just drag the slider to the end and rewatch...boom no ads
@jaeweld194 жыл бұрын
I wonder how the cow faired in that detonation? My guess it probably died.
@vertweeler44 жыл бұрын
did the cow at the end live? i need to know
@2discoveredm7884 жыл бұрын
Ha that grabbed my attention.
@467-k1m4 жыл бұрын
WELL DUHHHHHHHHHHHHH
@2discoveredm7884 жыл бұрын
Quite an ending. Stayed tuned for the next episode where we find out what happened to...
@fallfromgrave3 жыл бұрын
"They wanted to see if you could use a nuclear device to dig with. The answer to the question is yes"
@bensfractals434 жыл бұрын
wow, you just uploaded an entire movie.
@nickpn233 жыл бұрын
Poor cows but an excellent documentary. Much new info for me.
@aramirez84277 ай бұрын
Outstanding video......
@bjornholmqvist32304 жыл бұрын
Highly interesting! Thank you. I hope one day I could be on that tour, if its still going on that is. (make s a mental note).
@andrewcockburn32274 жыл бұрын
The Faultless test is frightening!
@Dobie_ByTor2 ай бұрын
$100m cow tipping here… 50:35. 😂 That’s a real western “tip-n-cook” that gave birth of Arby’s.
@jennyjones7370Ай бұрын
"All reasonable precautions." 😬
@johnrobinson32794 жыл бұрын
How are the cows legs?
@vernonbrechin42073 жыл бұрын
Human protesters, at the Project Rulison test, were cautioned that if they stayed to close to the detonation point and were standing then their was a strong chance that their legs would be broken due the the very rapid uplift. Perhaps the AEC had found that out from tests using animals.
@GeezRvonFart4 жыл бұрын
I recommend watching "Trinity and beyond" for an overview of American atmospheric tests
@ellenbryn4 жыл бұрын
"And then we spent billions of taxpayer dollars to see if you could use nukes to dredge harbors! and it worked great! Except the harbor was too radioactive for human use. So then we decided to test and see if they would work for speedy building demolition! And it worked, but golly gee, it left the site too radioactive to build on. So then..." *facepalm* I remember when someone's dad came to my social studies class from the Pentagon and explained, totally seriously, our national policy of Mutually Assured Destruction, M.A.D., which was our honest to gosh military strategy at the time, Growing up in the Cold War was wild.
@GeezRvonFart4 жыл бұрын
But no matter how crazy it was, the existance of nuclear weapons have made the superpowers "behave" them selves the last 70 years. I hate nuclear weapons and the insanity surrounding them, but that is one of the few good points they have.
@EFCasual3 жыл бұрын
@@GeezRvonFart it isn't the nuclear weapon that has stopped major wars, but the hegemonic power of the American empire.
@jennyjones7370Ай бұрын
Boondoggle spending.
@hyperluminalreality14 жыл бұрын
15:07 dude describes nuclear fracking. Good thing it did not work....
@A_H_R4 жыл бұрын
Yea what could go wrong lol ☢️
@vernonbrechin42073 жыл бұрын
It did work to some degree but not as much as the experimenters had hoped. Assessments of the results indicated that to much radioactive tritium showed up in the extracted 'natural gas.' Outside assessments reminded the public that this would be emitted from gas burners when people cooked on their gas stoves. That contamination couldn't be filtered out.
@nicholasmaude69064 жыл бұрын
The Little Boy detonated with a yield of 15KT not 12KT.
@buzaldrin80864 жыл бұрын
"A survey team from the Manhattan Project that included William Penney, Robert Serber, and George T. Reynolds was sent to Hiroshima to evaluate the effects of the blast. From evaluating the effects on objects and structures, Penney concluded that the yield was 12 ± 1 kilotons. Later calculations based on charring pointed to a yield of 13 to 14 kilotons. In 1953, Frederick Reines calculated the yield as 15 kilotons of TNT (63 TJ). This figure became the official yield." - Wikipedia
@repairdrive4 жыл бұрын
Great video‼️
@shellyhazel9628 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating
@lasmith98203 жыл бұрын
Never mind those 6-headed sharks in Bikini Lagoon. 😎
@LaPabst4 жыл бұрын
Atomic explosions AND Shatner!!! WHATTTTT???? SIGN ME UP!!!!
@loopymind4 жыл бұрын
Aaak, William Shitner narration
@emtee403 жыл бұрын
Damn this is clear for 360p
@RwingDsquad4 жыл бұрын
time code is unnecessary and annoying af
@jamessutter67003 жыл бұрын
The "shot." Jeez...They talk so casually about it. Like they were getting a flu shot. "I'm not worried about the shot."
@GeoHvl4 жыл бұрын
Plowshare miserable failure even though the USSR did put out several super large oil well fires using underground nukes. These videos are from 2 DVD's Shatner narrated from the early 2000s. Nukes in Space and Trinity and Beyond I bought both from the Nuke Musume in New Mexico. They are now in Amazon worth every pennie.
@godfreecharlie4 жыл бұрын
Can't believe there was a chance to remodel Mississippi and they didn't take it. Now it's gonna be 5 times as difficult and costly. Some of the trailers and outhouses have been in the family for generations.
@thecman264 жыл бұрын
Holy Shatner!
@TechnoTempleStudios4 жыл бұрын
Amazing doco
@philipmcdonagh10944 жыл бұрын
And by the way its not a time code. Time code is 25 FPS this is clearly not. If you want to live your life at that speed be my guest.
@noelgreen59143 жыл бұрын
Nice to see some declassified footage
@noka794 жыл бұрын
Were they completely dumb or just using ploughshare as an excuse to explode bombs
@EFCasual3 жыл бұрын
A great deal of plutonium was produced without a continuing demand for new weapon cores. DoD did not want to lose capability in basic manufacturing, those production reactors took a skilled workforce to keep operational, so justifications were sought to keep things running.
@vernonbrechin42073 жыл бұрын
Keep in mind that those well educated experts really believed that such application of nuclear explosives would add to human progress. As I remind people they really believed that they were creating a better world for future generations. The clever engineers who figured out how to extract and burn fossil fuels also believed that they were creating a better world for future generations.
@badcompany-w6s3 жыл бұрын
Good vid.
@kotastrophie4 жыл бұрын
I so would’ve donated myself to be at ground zero
@iitzfizz3 жыл бұрын
Of Hiroshima?
@P-G-774 жыл бұрын
Nice add, thanks !!!
@iitzfizz3 жыл бұрын
Hey America, those children you melted and vaporised. What had they done wrong?
@iwaswrongabouteveryhthing Жыл бұрын
the bad guys won ww2
@trolleriffic Жыл бұрын
Children don't melt. They catch fire.
@glauciafm63 жыл бұрын
😱
@billgatesleavingyamomshous81773 жыл бұрын
You ever get the thought of “What am I doing with my life!?”
@maurizianegri12 жыл бұрын
☢️ Grazie per la visione! Land Art! Nel documentario, ci sono dei fotogrammi inquietanti, sono voluti ,o è originale?! La terra ringrazia ! Buona vita! / kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJPZe36io9ibmZo
@damianpena84684 жыл бұрын
Excelente!!
@mikegoettina4 жыл бұрын
it is no good that we have a open air test ban as they look so kool good for the 4th of july ever town need one
@fredrikfarkas4 жыл бұрын
Timecode 028888 is hilarious
4 жыл бұрын
Project Shitstorm.
@simonjackson72694 жыл бұрын
January 2021..... please don't let Trump near those launch codes.... for the safety of the world!!