Mar 2003 Film: The Trinity Shot (first US Atomic Test) 12 seconds The first US atomic weapons live test at the Trinity Site in southeastern New Mexico. This was part of the secret Manhatten Project. The test took place on July 16, 1945. "This silent film shows the preliminary processes of raising the Gadget to the top of the tower and final preparation for detonation, and then the blast and after effects." (From http://www.nv.doe.gov/news&pubs/photos&films/0800001/Default.htm)

*** Mar 2003 Film: The Bikini Island ABLE Atomic Test Mar 2003 Film: The Bikini Island BAKER Atomic Test 26 seconds, 8 seconds In the Bikini Island atoll in the south Pacific ocean, a series of nuclear tests were made. ABLE was an air dropped nuclear bomb, while BAKER was detonated undersea.

*** Mar 2003 Film: Several Different Atomic Detonations 60 seconds This is a short extract from a film showing several different detonations. *** Mar 2003 Film: Set of 4 Atomic Bomb Test Films See "atomi10m README.txt" for further information about them] All of the above, collected in one .zip file

. *** See also, these other Project Gutenberg eBooks: Jun 1996 Project Trinity, Official U.S. Government Report Jun 1995 Trinity Atomic Bomb Test Site Photographs Jun 1995 Trinity Atomic Bomb by White Sands Missle Range Jun 1995 Trinity Atomic Bomb by the National Atomic Museum

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