Image of Fireball of atomic blast (RDS-2 or Joe 2), Semipalatinsk test

Fireball of atomic blast (RDS-2 or Joe 2), Semipalatinsk test site, USSR, 24 September 1951

FOOTAGE number: TME3617818
Video title: Fireball of atomic blast (RDS-2 or Joe 2), Semipalatinsk test site, USSR, 24 September 1951
Medium: hd
Date: c. 1950 AD - c. 1965 AD (C20th AD)

Video description: HD colour footage shows the formation of an explosion fireball. Explosion power 38 kilotons. 24th September 1951. The nuclear device, codenamed RDS-2, and nicknamed by the US as Joe 2, was tested at the Semipalatinsk test site, also known as "The Polygon", which was the primary testing venue for the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons. Filmed on 35mm.
Photo credit: Bridgeman Images
Video keywords: 20th century / weapon / Russia / Asia / Kazakhstan / Central Asia / 20th century / armament / fifties / destruction / 50s / testing / atomic bomb / site / polygon / arms / color / russia / 1950s / atom bomb / soviet union / sound / blast / nuclear weapon / exploding / fireball / house / footage / ground zero / union of soviet socialist republics / cold war / colour / building / test / c20 / explosion / ussr / semipalatinsk / 1951 / rds-2 / video / clip

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