"Survival Town" Atom Test

[MyDxboy]

0 seconds to nuketown or modern warfare 2 poof 40 kills and 1 death

[thisisfrenchtouch]

Isn't there smoke because of the heat?I guess an atomic explosion must be pretty hot so it makes things burn, no?

[Jonwood74]

This is why 1 out of 3 people in Nevada have glow in the dark testicles..including women!

[marmaladekamikaze]

Where does the footage at 1:17 & 1:22 come from? and why is this in black and white? I've seen most of these in colour before. The footage at 1:22 I've seen before, but for the life of me I can't name the operation or shot that it filmed. Any help?

[ppcg25102]

Why there is smoke coming out of the things just before they boooom?

[BADBIKERBENNY]

@ppcg25102 Smoke they used so they could see where the blast wave is.

[1978atcarroll]

@ppcg25102 it's not smoke they used so they could see where the blast wave was. The heat from the detonation travels at the speed of light, so anything exposed to the light from the blast starts to burn. the shockwave traveling through the air travels slower, so it arrives a bit later.

[Lucassandro25]

the sound of the explosion must be fake. they are like 10 miles away and you hear the explposion instantly which is impossible...

[wileyk209zback]

@Lucassandro25 I think this was shot silently; then they added explosion sound effects in post-production. Keep in mind, it was often difficult to record the sound of a nuclear explosion with a sound movie camera (even in the 1950s, when this was made). Also note the "shock wave" noise (whenever a building or something is suddenly hit by the explosion waves) is actually the sound of a thunderclap (like in the old Frankenstein movies of the 1930s).

[imjustwonderful]

1:58 omg the house caught on fire from the intense light and heat. then blown to pieces from the blast.

[snakes3425]

Quick to get in the Fridge it's our only chance

[tittles345]

Is it just me or does everyone on this comment list want to beat the shit out of that nikos4free dude?

[kingmanted]

lol troops sheltered by trenches

[alnilam66]

dumb ass sound effects WTF?

[jackc241]

1:30 woah thts fukin sick

[KevinDC5]

before the shockwave hits, it looks as if dust of some black material comes off the houses. I wonder if this is A.) The vibration of the blast shaking dust off of the structure. Or B.) The intense heat generated, literally burning the paint off of the structure.

Interesting...If anyone knows please comment back.

[soulnova]

I believe is the paint burning. I watched the other day a clip from the movie Hiroshima made by a mangaka who was a kid who surivived the blast of the Hiroshima bomb. He depicted the people and their surroundings "floating" as the light hit them. I thought it was just "anime" aesthetics but it seems it was his own vision of "smoke".

[onlyhuman2121]

this nuke was 667 times less powerful then a 20 megaton nuke. lol rerevisionist nukes are real obviously. ur just another lonely conspiracy theorist trying to make himself feel safe and important.

[ClydeRowing]

You are right, 'rerevisionist' is a conspiry theorist times 100, look at the guys page - every type of unpleasant extreme right opinion faked up as free thinking - ie racist, anti-semite, anti-women, anti islam, catholics etc etc. I mean who would have the BNP as their main video and a background of soldiers standing over corpses? Sick in the head

[rerevisionist]

@ClydeRowing - my background image was taken from Bertrand Russell's book 'WarCrimes in Vietnam', showing American soldiers - who seem to be about as intelligent as you are

[ClydeRowing]

@rerevisionist Well if a photo of murdered bodies is from a book that's ok then! It must be a hard life disbelieving everything apart from your own prejudices. Do you have any other human beings you like, or does pretty much everyone fall into groups you think are evil / plotting to take over the world? Grow up and talk to folk from different countries, backgrounds, religions - even women - as people, you might be surprised.

[rerevisionist]

@ClydeRowing - there seems to be a divide between people like you, who seem to have no intelligence whatever, and people who seriously look at things.

[ClydeRowing]

@rerevisionist Final comment from me, eejit. You have failed to answer any of my charges - ie. that illustrating your online self with dead people is sick, that your 'free thinking' stance is an intellectual garnish for the most base hatred of people who are different to you. Any answer to that, or are you just going to post a one liner about my lack of intelligence? Answer what you like, I am out of here before I catch what you have.

[dajokn19]

"This wall was less than a mile from the blast" and she touches it with her bare hands.

[j00d00d]

@dajokn19 lol!

[Maddy922]

@dajokn19 Sorry if this is stupid to ask, but is that bad?

[Joseph565112]

@Maddy922 Actually no...the guy above is an idiot and doesn't know what radiation is.

There is initial short-wave radiation during the blast (heat or infrared; x-rays; and some gamma rays)...these things are only an issue at first.

The so-called fallout is dust and rock that rains out of the cloud with radioactive nuclei attached.....there is no reason for that house to have much fallout if any on it....it would blow downwind

[Maddy922]

@Joseph565112 Oh ok, thanks for clearing it up for me :D

[wileyk209zback]

Some of these clips were also used on "The Day After" in 1983 when the Soviets blew up Kansas City

[rerevisionist]

The footage is faked. Why use negatives? 

Searcj Youtube for 50 sec clip atom bomb fake for a version of this showing the various fakes!

[Npeo]

!!UPDATE!!:

The clips will fade out into a gray haze NOT because of dust and sand, but because the gamma radiation will have a fogging effects.

[captinkeys1]

2 ppl who say build not to destroy, or not war, as long as theres human life, there will be war, and destruction, tensions rise, the need for stronger more powerful wepons are a need, it resulted in the atom bomb,

[tejepollo]

sorry im from spain...but what about this area today????its open desert??? can you go by your self to see how its that area today????thanks for the video and the answer

[pepsi4life55]

Good question. You can visit this site in the Nevada Desert. Its not closed off because this Atom Bomb was weak and did not leave alot of radiation.

[tejepollo]

thanks a lot....

[jmizzey]

actually it is closed off, it is only open one day a year, the radiation is very low but still.

[hxvqpm]

lol funny but dangerouse you would be melted to ash

[simonjeste]

hilariously naive/optimistic, "...the wreckage in the desert held vital information on how to survive an 'enemy attack'..." (as a woman touches her bare hands against a cracked concrete wall... :sigh:

[AirpowerAirforce]

I like how right before the shock wave you see everything burst into flames from the intence heat

[hxvqpm]

i know i love it to it just gose phhhhew bomb and blows back

[Iwanowi4]

no american would survive... in his 50.000$ paperhouse... lol go and build stonehouses... u nerds...

[krbosak]

Survival is possible. As I understand the safest job on this movie is 'white house nuke blast inspector'.

[wiley207]

Am I the only one who noticed that the sound effect editors used the sound of thunder crashing for the shockwave?

[AirpowerAirforce]

well do you think any thing could record the noise? The shock wave would destroy any sound recording equipment.

[wiley207]

That is right. I've seen versions of this that were silent, and newer ones where they also added crashing noises when the buildings were wrecked by the shockwave.

[chusidhe]

do you know if the film was at normal speed, or was it running fast to produce a "slo-mo" effect and allow closer scrutiny? the heat flash and the shock wave both looked a little slower than i would imagine.

[ethen24]

That's creepy how there's a slow-motion like effect, before everything is obliterated by the shockwave...

[20324758]

you can see that at 1:54 the house Intantly Burns in flames and then blow away

the heat of the blast is what realy kills and of couse the fallout

[Npeo]

The thermal blast is what hits most and gives the people 3rd degree burns. The soldiers had to wear clothing to fit all their skin and wear "welding" masks to view the bright bomb

[nikos4free]

People are filming the blast, pathetic, the music theme is also making me sick. keep f@cking the environment you idiots.

[nikos4free]

Hmmm, only stupid people would build something only for destroying it with nukes. You americans are idiots, you have destroyed the environment (along with russians) with these useless and pointless nuke tests. You wasted resources, work hours and man power for destroying and polluting the environment. For god sake, you are IDIOTS!!!!

[ZandJshows]

idiots? well, at least we'll know what type of buidlings and other materials can survive a nuclear blast. besides, if another war breaks out, what are you gonna do when Americans or russians decide to nuke your country?

[SilentEcho8]

die, what are you gunna do? die

lol

[Npeo]

They built to destroy. the purpose was to build, destroy, then record the data for SURVIVING a nuclear war.

[mike4ty4]

@nikos4free:

Well it's past, what can we do about it now? US nuke testing days are over. I don't think nukes are a good thing to have or spend resources on, yet I'm apparently an idiot to you just by virtue of being "American" even though I can't do anything at all about this, since I'm not the government/military. Plus it's past and time machines don't exist.

[PLAYERl33tor]

@nikos4free hey fucking asshole, we did this too see how we could improve our chances of surviving a nuclear blast. What, are you suicidal? I think you're acting like a faggot because whatever country you are from lacks military power or something. Nuclear bombs ended World War II. 99.9999% of people (the other 1% being...you...) will agree that WWII ending was one of the best things that has happened to this Earth. Go sit down, shut up, and try and actually turn that little shriveled "brain" on

[Crashsilumator26343]

iI heard this mannequins came from JC´s Penney in a close Neavda town is that true?

[ZandJshows]

this was made in the 50's, so don't expect a documentary with great effects and music. It was pretty cool to see this. Also, they didn't have 1/8 the editing tech that we have now

[nikos4free]

I really do not understand you people, use your strength and wisdom to BUILD NOT TO DESTROY.

[ZandJshows]

well, i am glad that they did tests like this. they probably did it since World war 2 just ended. they wanted to be able to survive a blast just in case another World war happened

[Npeo]

Actually... yes.

[bottleovodka]

lol Indy.

[AirpowerAirforce]

lol Indian Jones

[jokerbookshop]

I feel bad for the brave GI Joes who were used as guinea pigs during these test. Many of them died from radiation months and years later.

[B1SCOOP]

soviet nuclear tests were real hardcore

[wiley207]

Actually this wasn't Soviet. This was done in America to test how an enemy attack would be like

[Npeo]

Wiley is right. Done at Nevada's Test Site in 1955, Area 51 (??)

[wiley207]

I recall this was called Operation Cue.

Thank god the only nuclear bombs that blew up after we bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima were only for testing purposes.

[rapulanaimo]

It's lovely how the wooden houses are just blown away like a pile of leaves.

One thing scary though is that russians still think nuclear weapons as a "natural continum of regular artillery" instead of any special status.

[krbosak]

"One thing scary though is that russians still think nuclear weapons as a "natural continum of regular artillery" instead of any special status."

This is BS as you haven't seen anything dropped over Georgia.

[rapulanaimo]

syö paskaa vitun homo

[42STUKA]

You see? Build with CONCRETE. A CONCRETE, and surviving idea. "Can Timmy come out and play?"

No, he was in his wood house the day of the bomb. "That's okay, I'll play with Jimmy, he was in a CONCRETE house, like me, on that day!Bye, Mrs. Smith, and take care of that sunburn!"

[RedHeadRadulf83]

@42STUKA Sunburn! ROFL!!!

[Wiishit23456withvids]

I love crash test dummies!

[nairda55555]

"The wreckage in the dessert shows us how to survive a nuclear attack . . . . you don't".

[Faust668]

I wonder how those film cameras didn't melt from the heat of the blast - made with titanium steel?

[ronnieshow]

Check out the camera box at 0:22--doesn't look exactly nuke proof!

[krbosak]

1:20 camera fades to grey. as all the others.

so they don't maybe melt, but they got the radiation for sure.

[BarkBarkProductions]

No, actually, what happened was that the severe blast threw the Nevada dust into the air and what you see is the nevada Test Site's Sand from the desert.

[wiley207]

The cameras got destroyed, but the film didn't. That is an important part for that: film and videotape can be much more vulnerable than the camera they are in that is being destroyed.

[bstep13]

Indy 4 Did a Great Re-Enactment of this.

[rdfox76]

@bstep13 No, it did a horrible re-enactment that's completely unconvincing to anyone who knows anything about nukes...

[moomoo1999]

holy crap i love how the building at 1:55 just explodes, these bombs are awesome!!

[SunshineJeff]

I see you don't understand what these bombs really are. They aren't awesome at all.

[moomoo1999]

um actually i do i just like the destruction it can cause. dont ask me why

[moomoo1999]

sorry poor choice of words i dont necicarily "like" these bombs im just amazed at their powers

[krbosak]

"holy crap i love how the building at 1:55 just explodes, these bombs are awesom"

somebody please keep him away from red buttons.

[OblivionsMemories]

They did their homework well. Yes. They totally did. Putting soldiers in a ditch a mile away from an atomic explosion shows SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE on the effects of radiation poisoning! In fact, I'm SURE those soldiers lived out the rest of their lives happily! =D!

[ronnieshow]

Hello Oblivions, I believe stinkypoon is referring to the Indiana Jones filmmakers doing their homework well, not the government who put the soldiers out there.

[OblivionsMemories]

You know you're probably right lol.

Thanks ;)

[spawnofwheezedog]

im gonna buy a lead-lined fridge now....

[X262007]

lol where

[spawnofwheezedog]

goodwill or something....

[stinkypoon]

That's pretty crazy. Just like Indiana Jones.  They did their homework well.

[Trocom01]

Funniest word in this vid: "Survival".