Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Washington DC leads the country in conducting "Operation Alert," a civil defense drill regarding an atomic bomb attack
Title: "Washington Leads Nation in "Operation Alert 1955" superimposed over aerial of Pentagon / LS Pentagon across pond / aerial Pan parking lot and Pentagon / CU clock hanging from ceiling at 12:00 time / Pan men in office working at...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, reports on hydrogen bomb tests
"Paramount News Issue No. 66" / Titles superimposed on a hydrogen bomb mushroom cloud, "H-Bomb Special", "Paramount News Presents Operation Ivy, Pictures the World Waited to See", "Dawn of the Hydrogen Age" / VS photographs of different...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USAF bomber in flight over US carries and then releases USAF jet fighter which then returns to bomber
Title "Mid-air launching links atom and jet ages" superimposed over bomber in flight with jet fighter attached underneath / bomber taking off / aerial shot from another plane of bomber in flight / row of jet fighters parked on tarmac at...
Hearst Metrotone News
A mushroom cloud rises after an atomic bomb hits Hiroshima, Japan.
A mushroom cloud rises after an atomic bomb hits Hiroshima, Japan.
Hearst Metrotone News
Rubble and debris remain after the atomic bomb hits Hiroshima, Japan.
Rubble and debris remain after the atomic bomb hits Hiroshima, Japan.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Britain tests the second atom bomb in the Australian desert
Title: "Events In This Atomic Age - First Nuclear-Powered Submarine Launched - British Test Atom Bomb" superimposed over freeze frame of atom diagram / PAN Australian desert scrub / Back view convoy crossing desert / CU photographer...
Hearst Metrotone News
An atomic bomb explodes in the desert during military testing.
An atomic bomb explodes in the desert during military testing.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
New atomic bomb testing at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific featuring detonation of the newest type of Hydrogen bomb
Title: "First Pictures New Atom Test Series In Pacific" superimposed over nuclear explosion / Aerial Runit Island, Eniwetok Atoll / Tilt up aerial installations / VS aerials installations / Ground view nuclear explosion / WS nuclear...
Hearst Metrotone News
Researchers work at the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Japan.
Researchers work at the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Japan.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Preparations for US atomic bomb tests on Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall Islands
Title: 'Eniwetok Atom Bomb Explosions!' superimposed over atom bomb explosion / title card: 'Top-Secret until now, these films remind the world of its choice: an unending fight for peace - or atomic war' / aerial shot of small islands in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for spying for the USSR
[GHOC Episode O-09] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title card: "Rosenbergs Executed" / Atomic bomb explosion / [March 1951] VS CU accused spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg / Rosenbergs walk arm-in-arm out of courthouse...
Hearst Metrotone News
Leonid Brezhnev stands with a crowd during an unveiling ceremony for a statue of Vladimir Lenin.
Leonid Brezhnev stands with a crowd during an unveiling ceremony for a statue of Vladimir Lenin.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : People gather to mark Hiroshima bombing
CLEAN : People gather to mark Hiroshima bombing
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Canadian Parliament rings bell for Hiroshima bombing anniversary
The largest bell in the Peace Tower at the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa rings 75 times at 8:15 am to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Japans Hiroshima prepares for 69th anniversary of atomic attack
CLEAN : Japans Hiroshima prepares for 69th anniversary of atomic attack
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Navy Commander William Martin testifies before the House Armed Services Committee
MS Commander William Martin, seated at table before the House Armed Services Committee, SOT testifies about the need for precision in dropping atom bombs, despite popular opinion that accuracy is not necessary due to the bomb's...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender brings the World War II to a close in the Pacific
Atomic bomb explosion – LS huge explosion from atomic bomb, fireball rising up into sky, shaping into a mushroom cloud / flames curl ad wind into hug ball of ire and rest of the screen in darkness // Japanese surrenders aboard the USS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Dwight Eisenhower gives speech to national assembly of United Church Women in Atlantic City, NJ
Title "Pres Eisenhower - Blunt warning on atom race" superimposed over Pres. Dwight Eisenhower standing at rostrum speaking / sign on curtain behind stage reading "United Church Women" / Eisenhower walking up to seat on stage as people...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Marines transported by helicopter to atom bomb test site at Yucca Flat, NV, after bomb is exploded
Title "Nevada - Marines keep pace with atomic age" superimposed over helicopters taking off / flash of light from atomic bomb blast / fireball rising from atom bomb blast, tree in foreground / helicopter carrying radiological safety...
Getty Images
France sets off A-Bomb in the Pacific
Aerial view of Moruroa in the Pacific Ocean / aerial of France's testing base / CU EXT testing blockhouse / INT blockhouse French government workers work the controls / bomb explodes and mushroom cloud appears / closer view of the...
Getty Images
A montage reveals the catastrophic damage a meteor strike would cause in New York City.
A montage reveals the catastrophic damage a meteor strike would cause in New York City.