Remastered footage of thermonuclear testing 1951 two views

Remastered footage of thermonuclear testing 1951 two views

[@jamoR72]

I can never grasp why something so diabolical and terrifying is so beautiful...

[@garysmith9818]

Thanks for posting ATC!

[@P-G-77]

Thanks, very nice work.

[@YeOldeThrashDude]

Great footage as usual. Not a fan of the picture-in-picture thing, but great footage.

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[@jamesroets800]

That's some spooky footage. That explosion was huge.

[@BrunoMontanhez]

I was waiting for the shockwave to arrive... disapointed 😅

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[@glennquagmire7696]

Afterward, they had a steak cookout and ran off to the Philippines to get laid. And there was much rejoicing. Yehhhh. Definitely George, 1951 - an upgrade from the Item device sometime before.

[@ad_2211]

US didn’t conduct any high-yield thermonuclear testing in 1955, this may be a shot from operation Redwing (1956)?

[@Fercurix]

This was Greenhouse George where they tested experimental deuterium/tritium capsule burn in its center. Technicly its themonuclear but beter known as boosted.

[@matthewwagner47]

A small ice cap is viewable

[@theschmedaparadox1018]

Was that a countervalue weapon test?

[@rags417]

It looks like the Greenhouse George shot. This was a test of a boosted fission device that yielded around 225 kilotonnes or around 12-15 times the Hiroshima device. It was a classic fission device but boosted by adding radioactive tritium to the core and was the largest nuclear blast until the first full thermonuclear test Ivy Mike the following year.

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

How far away from the people is this?

[@mehdibellahcene5461]

If it's a H bomb, at least 50kms

[@ThePaulpope]

That picture in picture thing wrecks it

[@marcocarraro6669]

It’ s George. 1952

[@jaboba69]

1951

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[@diplodocusj.f.8897]

1951.05.08 (GMT) 21:30 Isle Eberiru 225 kt @@jaboba69

[@BaughJames-fg2wy]

Wow

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[@joeygentile3635]

This was the George event and was not 1955

[@inappropriatejohnson]

Yikes.....a big'un. May they always remain in the past, cuz that sorta thing is serious.

[@Bob-yl9pm]

Was that Castle Bravo?

[@muzzmatrix]

No, it wasn't.

[@Bob-yl9pm]

The timeline is close 1954/55@@muzzmatrix

[@alanprior7650]

Not as deadly looking as the footage used for Mike Oldfield's "Nuclear" video.

[@EK14MeV]

The original is better. Too washed out and overly bright in new version.

[@ablestationfoxtrot8037]

Yep

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[@MikeHunt-rw4gf]

Algorithm.

[@theapocilip]

Yikes

[@hongo3870]

pin for nuke 👽