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Men carry wounded and a joint burial for coal dust explosion victims in Madrid, New Mexico.
14 people died in a coal mine blast in Madrid, New Mexico. The coal mine blast site. Men go into the mine. A girl standing at the site. Men carry wounded people. The girl cries. A joint burial for coal dust explosion victims.
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.
Technicians and physicists work on plutonium core nuclear device Gadget prior to Trinity nuclear test in New Mexico.
Activities the day before the Trinity nuclear test conducted at Alamogordo in New Mexico during World War II (part of the Manhattan Project). Technicians and physicists work inside a tent erected on the test tower platform in the Jornado del Muerto desert test site. The men perform final arming of the plutonium core nuclear implosion device nicknamed the "Gadget". White duct tape seen in use in places on and in the enclosure; as a adhesive since welding would be prohibitive. They attach the Gadget, the first atomic bomb in history, to a crane hook. Persons seen in the footage include Herbert Lehr and Louis Slotin. Also seen is Robert Oppenheimer at 0:38-0:40 wearing a soft brimmed hat, shirtsleeves rolled up to elbows, and ID badge at center of chest. Oppenheimer is seen again, no longer wearing hat (now holding it in his right hand), in blue collared shirt, standing behind the device from 1:13 to end of clip.
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.
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.
Airmen board C-124 Globemaster II aircraft that taxis and takes off from runway at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico.
United States Air Force airmen board C-124 Globemaster II aircraft through clamshell door at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico. A number of C-124 Globemaster II aircrafts taxi and take off from the runway, and a Convair B-36 Peacemaker aircraft is seen in slow taxi on runway.