TED Talks
TED: Redemption Song | John Legend
John Legend is on a mission to transform America's criminal justice system. Through his Free America campaign, he's encouraging rehabilitation and healing in our prisons, jails and detention centers -- and giving hope to those who want...
SciShow
Sun VS. Atomic Bomb
Hank puts the immense power of the sun into perspective through comparison with the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated.
Crash Course
The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science
The story picks up where we left off last time, with Einstein writing the president of his new homeland, the United States, urging him to build a nuclear weapon before Hitler. This is the tale of the most destructive force humans have...
PBS
The Origins of ‘Big Bug’ Science Fiction
Insects make up 80 percent of the world’s species, so it's not all that surprising we’ve occasionally made them into monsters in science fiction and horror. What is staggering is why the “big bug” subgenre took off in the 1950s. Find out...
The March of Time
Sweden army training in winter
MOT 1949: U.S. SENATOR TYDINGS: EXT MS Senate Office building, Washington D.C. INT CU Door sign 'Mr. Tydings, Maryland.' REPRISAL: INT VS Senator Millard E. Tydings (1890-1961) talking w/ men, '...about atomic energy... careful to screen...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Atomic Alert
Atomic Alert (Elementary Version), a 1951 production of Encyclopaedia Britannica Films.
Vlogbrothers
What /Actually/ Happened at Chernobyl
This video was so dang fun to research, which, of course, I feel super guilty about because, like, real people died. But, after watching the HBO miniseries, I knew there was more to the science of this. I've also heard a lot of stuff...
Curated Video
Castle Bravo: The Largest Nuclear Explosion in US History
In 1954, the US Government conducted a series of secret nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands. The idyllic coral island Bikini Atoll became the epicentre of the largest nuclear test disaster in US history. The affects of radiation...
British Movietone
NUCLEAR REACTOR
The latest addition to Britain's energy resources is the new Fast Breeder Reactor at Dounreay, Caithness. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
British Movietone
ATOM SPIES
Morton Sobell leaves New York's Federal Court; an electronics expert, he's accused with Julius Rosenberg, electrical engineer, of conspiring to give Russia vital secrets of the Atom Bomb. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
British Movietone
THE WOOMERA ATOMIC TEST
Deep in the backlocks of Australia, far beyond Woomera itself, scientific preparations, directed by Sir William Penney were carried out. After a wait of ten days, the right weather conditions prevailed to allow the Atomic explosion to...
British Movietone
LABOUR'S VITAL CONFERENCE
Scarborough was the meeting place, and Labour delegates at this vital conference included Mr Gaitskell, elder Statesman James Griffiths, Anthony Greenwood, Tom Driberg, Mrs Braddock, Barbara Castle, George Brown, the Labour defence...
British Movietone
SOVIETS ON SHOW
This exhibition steals the thunder from all the others. Russia's largest overseas Trade Promotion this year, it shows that the Soviets are determined to use their technological achievements - their ""Space Spectaculars"" - to win markets...
British Movietone
THE PRINCE AT THE FAIR
On his arrival at Brussels, Prince Philip was welcomed by Prince Albert of Belgium. He had flown across to look over the British Pavilions at the great Brussels Exhibition. Not long after his arrival, His Royal Highness made a tour of...
British Movietone
FUEL FOR REACTORS
The Springfield factory in Lancashire is the centre where uranium is made into fuel elements for atomic furnaces. Almost a million uranium rods have now been produced and Britain is confident that she can maintain her programme at home...
British Movietone
MR CHURCHILL ADDRESSES CONGRESS
The final highlight of Mr Churchill's visit to America was his address to a joint session of Congress in Washington. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
British Movietone
HINCKLEY POINT POWER STATION
A recent Royal Commission of Nuclear Power urged a restraint in this field, especially to the Fast Breeder Reactor. Scenes at the Atomic Power Station show the Reactor itself being loaded and controlled and where workers are checked for...
British Movietone
THE NEW ERA
Calder Hall, in Cumberland and the opening of the first large-scale atom power station in the world. The Queen performed the ceremony of the big switch-on. Sir Edwin Plowden presented Viscount Waverley, one of many contributors to atomic...
British Movietone
ATOMIC CHIEF HOME WITH SECRETS
Press and Newsreels were at Lyneham, Wiltshire, for the return of Dr Penney, who directed the explosion of the British atomic weapon at Monte Bello. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
British Movietone
FIRST PICTURES OF BRITAIN'S BOMB
It was among the desolate, little-known Monte Bello group of islands that Britain's first atomic bomb was exploded. For the test, the bomb was placed in the Frigate, HMS Plym. Dr Penney (who has since been awarded a knighthood) with...
British Movietone
TOP SECRET ATOM BURSTS RELEASED
Large numbers took part as close-up witnesses of the recent atomic blast in Nevada. The atomic ""device"", a relatively small affair compared with some previous explosions, was to test flash and blast effects. Typical American houses...
British Movietone
US PRESIDENT ON THE ""ATOM"" -
Addressing a meeting of Church women in New Jersey, President Eisenhower referred to vital problems of the Atomic age. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
British Movietone
FRANCE'S 3rd BOMB
Our pictures show the preparations in progress at Reggane in the Sahara desert, before the explosion of France's third atomic bomb. The experiment was called ""Operation Jerboa"" (after a small desert animal), and a considerable amount...
British Movietone
GATEWAY TO INDIA
The Gateway of India in Bombay commemorates the visit of King George V in 1911. When Her Majesty visited Bombay, one of her first engagements was here: a meeting with the Master Mariners of India. From the Master Mariners, the Queen...