Frightening.

Scary and beautiful at the same time. I think a shiver ran down my spine just thinking about how distructive such a device actually is.

Glad I'll get to see the bright light up close and personal being so close to norad. :-/

Some of this footage is sped up a bit. I believe this is from the amazing (and terrifying) documentary 'The Atomic Bomb Movie'. It's worth buying if you can. It has never before seen test footage, and to boot it's narrated by William Shatner and scored by the Russian Philharmonic.

I think it showed a lot of foresight for the guys who were doing the countdown to be playing that tense music in the background. It really heightened the tension.

This one is gone. I couldn't find a substitute.

*discard

Discarding this video (self-discard called by dotdude)