Basic Physics of an Atomic Bomb (1950)

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    From golf to atoms, a mostly animated introduction to atomic reactions in weapons applications. Includes a few brief color shots of Hiroshima.
    "One of a series of motion pictures produced for general information on the subjects of atomic weapons defense."
    - sanitized DOE version, ID 0800091 - original Project number 5001
    by Cascade Pictures of California, for the Armed Special Forces Weapons Project
    The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.

Komentáře • 81

  • @blackbird_actual
    @blackbird_actual Před 5 lety +39

    This film is in suprisingly good condition for 1950 and does a good job of simplifying the various atomic properties and actions. Thanks for uploading it and Merry Christmas!

  • @blackice214
    @blackice214 Před 5 lety +36

    Very well explained ...better than my physics class back in college

  • @SchgurmTewehr
    @SchgurmTewehr Před rokem +7

    I love old documentaries like these from the 50‘s or 70‘s. No matter what the topic, the narrator is always calm and nice. Even if the topic is nuclear Armageddon LOL.

    • @SchgurmTewehr
      @SchgurmTewehr Před rokem

      m.czcams.com/play/PLSJAwas-bYxvE0CMMuNXwj5Mk_ByFZYBr.html

  • @himacho8771
    @himacho8771 Před 9 měsíci +2

    beautifully presented and what is even more surprising is how well the actuality of information has not decayed, most of it can be applied even today.

  • @godfreecharlie
    @godfreecharlie Před 5 lety +8

    My Christmas evening is enhanced by the upload you provided.
    These clips will still be valuable decades from now although they will probably be viewed by 6 year olds.
    Using the whiskey analogy is a bit odd.
    Instead of drinking half of the jug for half life demonstration I'd be half dead.

  • @djtumble6911
    @djtumble6911 Před 2 lety +3

    just started the video but my fav scene is the half life compared to whiskey. Oh the 50's.

  • @signo3105
    @signo3105 Před 11 dny

    Excellent

  • @AnythingMac
    @AnythingMac Před 11 měsíci +2

    This explanation video was released three years after the conclusion of the Manhattan project!

  • @failuretocommunicate
    @failuretocommunicate Před 3 měsíci

    Wonderful

  • @rael5469
    @rael5469 Před 2 lety +1

    5:36 Uranium atomic number 92. Lead atomic number 82. Can I use Lead in my atomic bomb at a discount?

  • @Upwangupta782
    @Upwangupta782 Před 3 lety +5

    This cartoon is far better to understand physics than our school textbooks and teachers

    • @VLADIMIR007ISH
      @VLADIMIR007ISH Před 3 lety +1

      Its true I relized the term of isotope well

  • @GroovyVideo2
    @GroovyVideo2 Před 4 lety +6

    wish i aged as well as this film did

  • @rael5469
    @rael5469 Před 2 lety +1

    2:28 That's hard to comprehend....that if the nucleus was as big as a golf ball that the electron would be a mile away.

    • @booklover6753
      @booklover6753 Před 2 lety +1

      If you had a hydrogen atom model the size of Grand Central Station, the proton and electron would about the size of two gnats with one sitting in the center as the nucleus and the other flying around near the walls. Atoms are over 99.999999999.......percent empty space.

  • @rock3tcatU233
    @rock3tcatU233 Před 4 lety +3

    Now explain the fuel cycle in detail and we're off to the races!

  • @7grhpsyfuck272
    @7grhpsyfuck272 Před 2 lety

    Great movie. Atomic minds,

  • @quantecoleman9317
    @quantecoleman9317 Před 3 lety +2

    very scientific

  • @22Chrome
    @22Chrome Před rokem

    I agree

  • @ericerpelding2348
    @ericerpelding2348 Před 3 měsíci

    Nothing at all is mentioned about the implosion method.

  • @scarakus
    @scarakus Před 5 lety +3

    a Halflife of 4.5 billion years, what's wrong with that estimate? They say the Earth is only 4.5byo, then how did we get all the lead in the ground? did the Uranium decay in space waiting for the planet to form?

    • @larrytischler8769
      @larrytischler8769 Před 4 lety +5

      Stars explode into space. Look up super nova. Certain types of stars make certain heavy elements. The body that struck at the end of the Cretaceous Age was one such collection and it left a layer over the earth.

    • @richardwilliamsiv3778
      @richardwilliamsiv3778 Před 3 lety +3

      Supernova stellar nucleo synthesis. Anything heavier than iron was made through this process.

  • @rael5469
    @rael5469 Před 2 lety

    The electron orbits around the nucleus........forever? Is it an example perpetual motion? I thought perpetual motion was impossible. I still don't understand how they can be so sure that an atom or electron exists without seeing them. How can they be so sure about their description? ....or is it that they are "assigning" a description to them?....for the purposes of consistency.

    • @kasel1979krettnach
      @kasel1979krettnach Před 2 lety

      how should perpetual motion not be possible? will the voyager probes stop one day due to "space friction"? is there "air" inside an atom to brake the electron? who told you this? - the main problem with atoms in the classical model is that a hydrogen atom would be flat, not spherical, plus it would radiate energy due to the electrons centripetal acceleration and therby fall to the nucleus - which both is not the case

    • @rael5469
      @rael5469 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kasel1979krettnach "will the voyager probes stop one day due to "space friction"?"
      Yes.

    • @rael5469
      @rael5469 Před 2 lety

      @@kasel1979krettnach "the main problem with atoms in the classical model is that a hydrogen atom would be flat, not spherical,"
      "I think, therefore I am." So if the hydrogen atom is....(or am)....then it must be something more than "flat." Yes?

    • @rael5469
      @rael5469 Před 2 lety

      @@kasel1979krettnach " plus it would radiate energy due to the electrons centripetal acceleration and therby fall to the nucleus - which both is not the case"
      Is that proof of God? I am not religious....just asking a question.

    • @rael5469
      @rael5469 Před 2 lety

      @@kasel1979krettnach "is there "air" inside an atom to brake the electron? who told you this? "
      "Air inside an atom"??? There is air in our atmosphere.....right? If atoms exist on Earth.....of course they do.....everything is made up of atoms......then why wouldn't they be affected by friction and all kinds of forces?

  • @alphavader951
    @alphavader951 Před 4 lety +6

    This fallout 5 cutscene is so cool

    • @chiuuuuuuuuuu
      @chiuuuuuuuuuu Před 3 lety

      Was looking for a fallout comment and not disappointed

  • @kvartz2159
    @kvartz2159 Před 12 hodinami

    why does it have so few views

  • @Empathicveteran
    @Empathicveteran Před 3 lety +2

    Did scientists have any idea what would happen when they detonated the bomb for the first time?

    • @kasel1979krettnach
      @kasel1979krettnach Před 2 lety

      yes their predictiond were quite accurate

    • @rael5469
      @rael5469 Před 2 lety

      There was a science fiction TV show once and in one episode a psychiatrist is called in to attend to a scientist having mental decline who was completing final work on America's next super-bomb. The doctor nursed him along until test day where reporters and top government brass had gathered to watch the test. One of the reporters asked the scientist what material he used for the new bomb.....uranium?....plutonium? The scientist answer, "earth." The reporter asked, "Huh???" The scientist picked up a handful of dirt from a flower pot and said again, "Earth." .....fade to white as the planet Earth turned into an exploding star.

  • @rael5469
    @rael5469 Před 2 lety

    11:31 The dam is built reverse of an actual dam. I hope the atomic scientists know better.

  • @MauriFD92
    @MauriFD92 Před 3 lety +1

    Mad Tribe - Drop the bomb

  • @kollusion1
    @kollusion1 Před 3 lety

    Way too many ads. Switch them off.

  • @lmon2017
    @lmon2017 Před 9 měsíci

    I’m here because I watched Oppenheimer.

  • @dvdreview7956
    @dvdreview7956 Před 3 lety +1

    GET UP! GET UP!
    DROP THE BOMBSHELL

  • @slightlyworking4
    @slightlyworking4 Před rokem +1

    Can't believe America really dropped 2 of these bad boys.

    • @himacho8771
      @himacho8771 Před 9 měsíci

      its not that much of a bad thought if you realize more people wouldve died if they didnt

    • @tubthump
      @tubthump Před 7 měsíci

      the detonation of those two devices should be remembered as an horrific experiment and the worst war crime ever perpetrated

    • @tubthump
      @tubthump Před 7 měsíci

      @@himacho8771 Truman knew that Japan was ready to surrender before he ordered the attacks against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The idea that nuking Japan saved lives is incorrect - a lot of effort has been put into persuading you of this falsehood.

  • @davidtilley3049
    @davidtilley3049 Před 4 lety +1

    I hope someone does't use this info to make an A bomb.

    • @QuintTheSharker
      @QuintTheSharker Před 3 lety +3

      Roy Futrell yeah exactly. Just go in the woods and it’s like nobody ever knows.

    • @kasel1979krettnach
      @kasel1979krettnach Před 2 lety

      this info is public domain for nearly three quarters of a century

    • @lundsweden
      @lundsweden Před 2 lety +1

      I don't think the average person has access to weapons grade plutonium (thank God), or the facilities to make such a precision device. Just knowing the basics of the theory is still a long way from making an actual weapon. So far, it has taken the resources of nation states, large teams of people to make such devices. So the risk still mostly comes from nation states.

    • @booklover6753
      @booklover6753 Před 2 lety

      Don't worry David, there isn't enough information here to even get close and the materials and technology needed to assemble one is virtually unobtainable without others being alerted to the attempt.

  • @satanofficial3902
    @satanofficial3902 Před 3 lety +2

    The heavens declare the glory of the Bomb, and the firmament showeth Its handiwork. Glory be to the Bomb, and to the Holy Fallout. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. World without end. May the Blessings of the Bomb Almighty, and the Fellowship of the Holy Fallout, descend upon us all. This day and forever more.

    • @satanofficial3902
      @satanofficial3902 Před 3 lety

      Almighty and everlasting Bomb, who comes down among us to make heaven under Earth, lighten our darkness. Amen.

    • @satanofficial3902
      @satanofficial3902 Před 3 lety

      And now, i reveal my inmost self...

  • @BitOfBoth
    @BitOfBoth Před rokem +1

    Brought to you by BETHESDA

  • @naveedulwaheed2296
    @naveedulwaheed2296 Před 4 lety

    learners

  • @niksatt4843
    @niksatt4843 Před 2 lety

    Whoa whoa whoa now those are women playing golf.

  • @sambananas4513
    @sambananas4513 Před 5 lety +4

    Not watching and unsubscribing. Merry Christmas.

    • @bitchplease1114
      @bitchplease1114 Před 5 lety +8

      Sam Bananas, keep us informed, thank you! Your feelings are very important for everyone! Merry Christmas!

    • @nuclearvault
      @nuclearvault  Před 5 lety +17

      Okey dokey

    • @sirbader1
      @sirbader1 Před 5 lety +3

      What a dick.

    • @scarakus
      @scarakus Před 5 lety +1

      lol, cognitive dissidence?

    • @larrytischler8769
      @larrytischler8769 Před 4 lety +1

      @@scarakus more like willful ignorance.