The first Cold War era USSR two-stage hydrogen bomb, the RDS-37, detonates at the Semipalatinsk nuclear weapons test site. Multiple thin mushroom clouds form before a larger, thicker ring-shaped cloud forms in dark red sky.
Soviet Cold War nuclear bomb testing at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in the Kazakh SSR. Mushroom cloud forms from pillar of thick smoke following test blast of nuclear weapon.
Cold War atom bomb detonations at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in the Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union. Atomic bomb detonates with thick clouds. Soviet soldiers run for cover to into foxholes. Nuclear weapon detonation obliterates everything, with debris striking everywhere. Bomb detonation wipes out tanks and equipment in area. A soldier lying prone in the open near a canon during detonation.
Atomic bomb detonations at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in the Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, during Cold War. Nuclear weapon detonation wipes out nearby buildings. A mushroom cloud forms on top of tall pillar of smoke. Debris strikes everywhere, destroying infrastructure. Mushroom cloud with red smoke. Trees are snapped and fall from blast wave of nuclear bomb detonation. Debris strikes everywhere. Devastated trees in aftermath of atom bomb detonation. Overturned Russian tanks, destroyed buildings and infrastructure after atom bomb test.
Douglas D558-2 Skyrocket research aircraft, built for the U.S. Navy, is seen taking off from Muroc Army Airfield (AKA Edwards Air Force Base). in first test flight, piloted by Douglas test pilot, John F. Martin. It makes gradual ascent passing low over the camera. In this first flight it is powered by a Westinghouse J34-40 turbojet engine. (After early flights with the jet engine, it would re-powered by a rocket engine.)
A U.S. air Force F-100 Super Sabre rounds out high during landing approach and hovers over the runway in a nose-high attitude. The pilot attempts to recover under full power but the aircraft continues in condition known as "sabre dance." It falls off on its right wind and crashes in flame and smoke. Smoke and flame shoot skyward from an area burning on ground. U.S. Air Force fire trucks and emergency vehicles respond immediately and firemen fight blaze with foam. Scattered fires seen throughout the area. Smoke rises from fires. Several men jump down from trucks as other trucks and an ambulance arrive. Medical personnel run from an ambulance towards crash site, fire trucks spray area with foam. Mountains seen in the background. Many fire trucks at crash site. Small fires seen. Part of fuselage and several personnel in area amongst fire trucks.
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