Atomic Journeys 16x9 with timecode

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[@marioragucci1009]

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!

[@RwingDsquad]

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.

[@TheDoctor1225]

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.

[@famjsnoek]

@@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

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

I recognized William Shatners voice in the 1st 3 words he spoke.... good choice for a narrator

[@godfreecharlie]

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.

[@kollusion1]

He did an even better job on Trinity & beyond, I love the whole sound track.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

@@godfreecharlie What about Leonard Nimoy.

[@-danR]

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._

[@wdavem]

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.

[@765kvline]

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.

[@MrShobar]

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.

[@jeffreycollins7297]

United States Nuclear testing sites, with musical accompaniment by the Moscow Symphony. Oh the irony.

[@godfreecharlie]

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.

[@godfreecharlie]

On the ride down to the bottom of Sedan Crater it sounds like Flatt and Scruggs good ol' boy road music.

[@bjornholmqvist3230]

@@godfreecharlie Dude you win! hahahaah

[@-danR]

@@godfreecharlie I could hear Slim Pickens' voice in my head. "yeeeee..... _HAWWwww....!_ ..." --Dr. Strangelove

[@lasmith9820]

Yep. Mutually assured destruction is loaded with ìrony.

[@reasonsformoving]

Thanks for uploading this. Wish there were some new documentaries about the nukes

[@atomcentral]

there are. Not released yet. There is a music video I made for the Neutron Bomb movie here vimeo.com/461658490

[@GrimPlayer95]

@@atomcentral it's probably the greatest music video ever.

[@pablodg6259]

@@atomcentral Pretty funny

[@GeezRvonFart]

I recommend watching "Trinity and beyond" for an overview of American atmospheric tests

[@kollusion1]

19:10 I love the cow chipping in, in the background saying, "You Fkin' kidding aren't you? I lost my Frigin' calf"!

[@wrwinter]

"This video is unlisted." you sure about that?

[@endtimesasmr2590]

In the words of sex-pest Patrick Steward: "It's too late, I've seen everything"

[@lsdzheeusi]

its only 360p, nothing to get so excited about

[@Inesophet]

pssht! You ruining it!

[@SuperpowerBroadcasting]

Ayyy it's my hawk gang getting #NUKEPILLED!

[@wrwinter]

@@SuperpowerBroadcasting ayyy!! :eagle:

[@oliviera5988]

Thanks for sharing, much appreciated.

[@kollusion1]

"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.

[@Nickelbippy]

Really great footage. You should have a lot more subscribers. I appreciate the job you're doing. Thanks

[@Retirement_Life]

Really interesting film. Thanks for posting it.

[@jamielacourse7578]

I think that guy carrying the box at 4130 was Louis Slotin, the Demon Core dude......

[@VanPelt01]

Not Slotin. Was Sgt Herbert Lehr and that's the Trinity core.

[@vxrdrummer]

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!

[@vxrdrummer]

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!

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

I've been briefly to White Sands to see a Friend, but have always wanted to visit the Trinity Monument.

[@GeoHvl]

Gasbuggy know today as FRACKING!

[@joshjones3408]

I miss a lot of the old narrator's actors/narrator great video 👍👍👍

[@Ranman1]

50:42 for Nuclear cow tipping.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

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.

[@jonnie2bad]

if you're going to criticize people for "moaning" perhaps you shouldn't do it yourself?

[@lasmith9820]

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.

[@aramirez8427]

Outstanding video......

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

The Atomic age.... Check your innocence at the door.

[@2discoveredm788]

That crazy cow at the end. Wrong place at the wrong time

[@nickpn23]

Poor cows but an excellent documentary. Much new info for me.

[@HE-pu3nt]

The first thing to come to mind is the saying.... "Just because you can do a thing doesn't mean you should do it".

[@bjornholmqvist3230]

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).

[@shellyhazel9628]

Fascinating

[@GeoHvl]

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.

[@RwingDsquad]

time code is unnecessary and annoying af

[@repairdrive]

Great video‼️

[@ellenbryn]

"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.

[@GeezRvonFart]

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.

[@EFCasual]

@@GeezRvonFart it isn't the nuclear weapon that has stopped major wars, but the hegemonic power of the American empire.

[@jdc1957]

No Nuclear Weapons Used In Anger In: 27,539 Days.

[@andrewcockburn3227]

The Faultless test is frightening!

[@loopymind]

Aaak, William Shitner narration

[@thecman26]

Holy Shatner!

[@LaPabst]

Atomic explosions AND Shatner!!! WHATTTTT???? SIGN ME UP!!!!

[@lasmith9820]

Never mind those 6-headed sharks in Bikini Lagoon. 😎

[@hyperluminalreality1]

15:07 dude describes nuclear fracking. Good thing it did not work....

[@A_H_R]

Yea what could go wrong lol ☢️

[@vernonbrechin4207]

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.

[@Lifemonds]

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[@Lifemonds]

@Kawaii Sounds you’re speculating I’m complaining, which I am not. My comment implies that the video is monetized.

[@rippertrain]

Just drag the slider to the end and rewatch...boom no ads

[@bensfractals43]

wow, you just uploaded an entire movie.

[@johnkern7075]

Good vid.

[@fallfromgrave]

"They wanted to see if you could use a nuclear device to dig with. The answer to the question is yes"

[@TechnoTempleStudios]

Amazing doco

[@godfreecharlie]

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.

[@jaeweld19]

I wonder how the cow faired in that detonation? My guess it probably died.

[@vertweeler4]

did the cow at the end live? i need to know

[@2discoveredm788]

Ha that grabbed my attention.

[@467-k1m]

WELL DUHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@2discoveredm788]

Quite an ending. Stayed tuned for the next episode where we find out what happened to...

[@diewindows5628]

interesting

[@glauciafm6]

😱

[@P-G-77]

Nice add, thanks !!!

[@jamessutter6700]

The "shot." Jeez...They talk so casually about it. Like they were getting a flu shot. "I'm not worried about the shot."

[@danieljackson4511]

timestamps would be better than a timecode

[@noelgreen5914]

Nice to see some declassified footage

[@emtee40]

Damn this is clear for 360p

[@johnrobinson3279]

How are the cows legs?

[@vernonbrechin4207]

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.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

The Little Boy detonated with a yield of 15KT not 12KT.

[@buzaldrin8086]

"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

[@damianpena8468]

Excelente!!

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

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.

[@kotastrophie]

I so would’ve donated myself to be at ground zero

[@iitzfizz]

Of Hiroshima?

[@maurizianegri1]

☢️ 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

[@midnightgmail]

Новое видео! 👍

[@iitzfizz]

Hey America, those children you melted and vaporised. What had they done wrong?

[@iwaswrongabouteveryhthing]

the bad guys won ww2

[@trolleriffic]

Children don't melt. They catch fire.

[@fredrikfarkas]

Timecode 028888 is hilarious

[@mikegoettina]

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

[@billgatesleavingyamomshous8177]

You ever get the thought of “What am I doing with my life!?”

[@simonjackson7269]

January 2021..... please don't let Trump near those launch codes.... for the safety of the world!!

[@noka1979]

Were they completely dumb or just using ploughshare as an excuse to explode bombs

[@EFCasual]

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.

[@vernonbrechin4207]

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.

[@jetlaw_1]

The fake frame counter is useless and annoying.