Where can I see footage of the H-bomb testing from the 1950s!

[JonnyBoy12]

I think that most of you would be too young to recall the early Hydrogen bomb testing in the 1950s, but understand that they recorded it on film. Where can I see decent footage of this mushroom cloud, and am I right in assuming that all further H-bomb testing was stopped due to much larger explosions and radiation than first predicted.

I hope we do not catch radiation poisoning from seeing the footage, as we all know how strong the power of suggestion can be on people like us ABers.

Thanks in advance.

[sandyRoe]

Testing continued underground.
Coincidentally, soon after the Pakistanis detonated an underground nuclear test there was an earthquake in their country.

[jno]

the usual place

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNcQX033V_M

[Buenchico]

Try these links:

http://www.metacafe.c...mb_first_h_bomb_test/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdPwTUp4-VA

http://www.dailymotio...ydrogen-bomb-test_fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLFRIiflSgU

http://video.google.c...-8392825939540653892#

The Castle Bravo incident led to a reassessment of the hazards of such tests:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bravo

Chris

[Andyvon]

There were plenty of H-bomb tests Jonny, especially those of the USA, USSR and the UK. The largest ever explosion known to Man was the Soviet Union's Tsar Bomb in about 1953. I think it had a yield of 57 megatons (57 millions tons of TNT).

[Buenchico]

Further to Andy's post:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfoQsZa8F1c
and
http://video.google.c...=2046393742348211186#

Chris

[Andyvon]

Thanks Chris. I thought it was earlier.

[JonnyBoy12]

Thanks for your speedy answers, folks! The first one was only 10 megatons? I have heard bigger f*arts than that! The last one at 57 megatons was good though, and that was the biggest ever. By the way what is the magnitude of the most powerful warhead ever. In the film "The Core" there are 5 200 megaton bombs to go off inside the Earth, but don't think we would feel them on the surface. What is the largest warhead Mankind could actually make?

[Andyvon]

Those super massive nuclear blasts were ground based. I think the largest nuclear weapon capable of delivery by air is a US bomb of about 40 megatons which would be delivered by ICBM like a Thor or Titan. The threat has receded now since the end of the Cold War.

[Andyvon]

By the way,

The world would most definitely feel a blast of 5200 megatons inside the Earth. It would cause huge earthquakes, volcanic eruptions etc. That's Hollywood!

[Answerprancer]

"The last one at 57 megatons was good though".
You have a bizarre notion of "good" IMO.
I find the last sentence in your original post almost as bizarre, unless of course you were just sh!t stirring.
Didn't mummy tell you that nuclear bombs are actually bad things ?

[craft1948]

Nice spliff AP........

[Answerprancer]

Ooops sorry - here ya go ;-)

[Answerprancer]

(didn't mean to Bogart)

[JonnyBoy12]

Not a 5,200 megaton blast; 5 separate warheads each of 200 megatons totalling 1,000 megatons in magnitude. No, I would not really want to see a nuclear war, just nuclear bomb testing in peacetime. Maybe I could buy one for my next fireworks display, do you think the neighbours would mind? I suppose I could always invite them round.