Trinity (1945)

Nuclear Test Film - Trinity Shot by Department of Energy
DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Department of Defense, declassified a series of historical films on the nuclear weapons program. They were converted to videotape format to help preserve the films and to facilitate the declassification and release process. These films document the history of the development of nuclear weapons, starting with the first bomb tested at Trinity Site in southeastern New Mexico in July 1945..
Publication date 1945
Department of Energy
TF 0800001 doe.gov
Nuclear Test Film - Trinity Shot

[@longbui4038]

THANK NUCLEAR VAULT TOO MUCH FOR UP LOADING THIS VIDEO TAPE ⚘⚘⚘🌲🌲🌲🌻🌻👍👍👍🙋🙋🙋🙋

[@tylerlyons4943]

Nolan production def watching this for Oppenheimer

[@oceanhome2023]

There is one scientist who looks 7ft tall !
Easy to spot Oppenheimer with the hat

[@ThillerKillerX]

Thanks for sharing this 👍

[@ThillerKillerX]

Imagine being that guy driving that truck they had the bomb on.

[@frankdeesageswamiofficialm6924]

Just join the force And be brainwashed. Nothing against them. The premise is good

[@mikehiggins946]

I believe part of the trip was covered by a woman driving way too fast given the road conditions alone, much to the scientists who were holding on for dear life.

[@thomthumbe]

Back in my govt days, I was on a C-130. This flight was a necessary emergency, so we had no choice. But the kicker was that it was full of munitions and explosives. Other than the crew, I was the only other person onboard. I just remember thinking that if anything happened, I wouldn’t feel a thing. Hell, I probably wouldn’t have even realized I was dead. Fortunately it was really safe. The safety protocols they go thru are quite extensive. As a kid helping on a farm, we had cases of dynamite that we used to clear out beaver dams with (it’s either that or you can’t irrigate your crops). I would go out at night and untwist a stick and then light it on fire with a match. It doesn’t explode….it just burns like very brightly. Almost like a temporary sun. Anyway, explosives are usually quite safe when you treat it with proper respect.

[@motrhead69]

Feel better that this video has been sanitized

[@lamegame420]

Greatest scientific accomplishment of their time and it looks to be held together with duct tape and chewing gum.. ahh the marvels of our engineering.

[@FIREBRAND38]

ahh it's called a hand built prototype and it seems the engineering did the main thing even if you don't like the presentation.

[@lamegame420]

@@FIREBRAND38nothing about an atomic bomb is pretty, and I'm sure aesthetics were fairly low on the priority list. Just hits me every time I see it how haphazardly thrown together this was. A testament to how much it was truly needed for the war effort.

[@skunkjobb]

@@lamegame420 Nothing haphazard about this. The tape you see was only to cover the connections for the ignition wires to keep water and dirt out. It was removed when they inserted the wires.

[@Rittendaux]

Tell that to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or NASA, or half of Nazi Germany’s aviation advances.
These “mediocre engineers” laid the blueprints for everything in existence right now that could level the face of this earth. While simultaneously giving the world the internet and laying the infrastructure for you to even be able to read this right now.

[@Administrator_O-5]

1 former test tower / stand dislikes this...

[@holliegilliam9915]

I MADE THE 100K SUB CONGRATS ON YOUR PLAQUE

[@toddb930]

Did they use Army soldiers or civilian contractors to handle the initial bombs?

[@Rittendaux]

I stopped breathing when they rotated that thing 😮

[@borntoclimb7116]

Very interesting, so much scary and fascenating.

[@drrwramsey4702]

Notice the gamma flashers on the film

[@benquinneyiii7941]

Superfortress
Mitchell
Lincoln

[@jamesc0890]

What am I looking at?

[@lesleyknight5790]

Big boy

[@pletcgm]

If approved, that will be designated as the beginning of the Anthropocene era. 👍

[@igninis]

Pity, no voice-over, thank you anyway.

[@DaveSCameron]

The most unholy...

[@allenplante4402]

Maybe the first one was justified,,but the second one

[@clarkhoefle7152]

...was necessary to end the war quickly, and save MILLIONS of both Japanese civilian & American servicemen & women. Including my dad. Hiroshima was a wake-up; Nagasaki made believers.

[@johnjoe769]

@@clarkhoefle7152 shut up boomer

[@johnjoe769]

@@rickoshay6554 looks like I got you pissed of boomer 😂

[@rickoshay6554]

@@johnjoe769
Ya got nothing bozo. You sound like an illiterate Pakistani who flunked his ESL class yet continues to seek meaning in his worthless existence.

[@cliffords2315]

GOT THE JOB DONE!

[@gs-nt6nf]

Demonic face at 9:10

[@charlieme5150]

Spongebob's demonic?

[@mattcullen6109]

Fuck you must be smoking some really good weed

[@godfreecharlie]

I have a burnt tortilla with the face of jesus on it.

[@RedorGreen100]

This video is, at best, a carefully edited reproduction and merging of photography from other nuclear tests. It is well documented that there were only a few photos that survived the test. See www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Resources/photo_gallery/trinity_test.htm