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The Holloman Air Force Base surrounded by mountain ridges and barren layers of rock in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

The Holloman Air Force Base, site for the first atomic bomb test, known as the Trinity test, in Alamogordo, New Mexico. White sand with little vegetation. The test site surrounded by mountains. Mountain ridges and peaks. Wild horses move across the ground. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, July
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031543
Rocket assembly buildings and V-2 rocket with calibration equipment at Holloman AFB in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

V-2 rocket, first ballistic missile launched at Holloman Air Force Base Alamogordo, New Mexico. View of buildings where the assembling of rockets takes place. An airman stands near the rocket on a trailer. The V-2 rocket on stand at the site. Personnel make preparations at the launching site. Calibration equipment at the launching site.

Date: 1945, July
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031544
Explosion and smoke cloud of the first Atomic Bomb detonation, Trinity, rising at Alamogordo, New Mexico (WW2)

Explosion of the first ever Atomic Bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico in World War II. Brilliant flash at detonation of the Atomic bomb. Huge smoke cloud rises. Smoke all around. Narrator indicates that men 5 miles away were knocked down, that a pressure wave was felt and the sound and quake was noted in an area 300 square miles in size. He indicates that the testing platform was vaporized. He comments on the awesome power of the weapon, its ability to shorten the war, and the important responsibility that rests with those who know the secrets of the weapon.

Date: 1945, July 16
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071922
Gadget being hoisted to top of tower for detonation prior to the Trinity Nuclear test in Alamogordo,New Mexico, United States.

Activities prior to the Trinity nuclear test conducted at Alamogordo in New Mexico during World War II. This is the day before the first ever atomic bomb test in history (the first ever detonation of a nuclear device). The plutonium core nuclear device nicknamed the "Gadget" being raised up to the top of the steel tower after final assembly. Men arrange drum shaped cushioning pads on platform, under the device, as the hoisting begins, and cover the pads with canvas tarps. The Gadget atomic bomb being hoisted to the top of a 20 meter steel tower for detonation early the next morning.

Date: 1945, July 15
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072463
Mushroom cloud rises up after the Trinity nuclear test at Alamogordo in New Mexico, United States.

The first detonation of a nuclear device in history. Trinity nuclear test being conducted at Alamogordo in New Mexico during World War II. Pitch black night is blindingly illuminated as the nuclear device sometimes nicknamed "The Gadget" is detonated in the White Sands Proving Ground, ushering in the "atomic age." Then the mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb explosion can be seen. Billowing smoke and fire fills the view.

Date: 1945, July 16
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072465
Fire and a smoke cloud rises due to first Atomic Bomb explosion, known as the Trinity test, at Alamogordo, New Mexico.

The first atomic bomb is detonated during Manhattan Project testing at Alamogordo, near Los Alamos, New Mexico. Atomic bomb explodes. Fire and a smoke cloud rises. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, July 16
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046553