When Fear Was Young

Aerial View of the Baker Day Explosion

Original caption: No Toy Balloon - At the instant the aerial camera recorded this photograph of the Baker Day explosion, water, steam, and radio active substances released in the blast were boiling skyward like... more

USS Prinz Eugen as part of the Crossroads Test Fleet in Bikini Lagoon

The USS Prinz Eugen was formerly a ship of the German navy and was awarded to the United States as a war prize after World War Two. It was then used in the test fleet during the Able Day and Baker Day atomic te... more

Atomic Energy Experimental Explosion, Test Baker

Original caption: 8600.7010 Atomic Energy: Experimental Explosions Ft Leavenworth: Signal Corps Photograph Collection: Equipment File

Four A-bombed bottles from Hiroshima

This catalog record contains preliminary data. Title from item. Gift; Elin O'Hara Slavick 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:065). Was AP 1255.

[Bikini attol (in the Pacific ocean). Aerial view of clouds raised by ...

Instrumentation in A-29

(March 11, 1944) Recording high altitude flight data in a flying laboratory at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland, Ohio, now known as the John ... more

General panoramic view of Hiroshima after the bomb ... shows the devas...

Title from item. Official U.S. Army photo. Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...]

Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Official U.S. Army photo.

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

[Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan]

Title devised by Library staff. Official U.S. Army Air Force photograph. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congres... more

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Effects of Atomic Heat and Radiation on Humans, Japan

Rayburn legs. Hiroshima. Ft Leavenworth: Signal Corps Photograph Collection: Equipment File

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Nagasaki, Japan after atomic bombing / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Aerial view of Nagasaki, Japan after atomic bombing. Ira Clarence Eaker Collection. No. B-58582A.C.

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

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Berryman Political Cartoon Collection

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear w...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 43 (left). Title devised by Library staff. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear w...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 34 (left). Title devised by Library staff. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear w...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 42 (right). Title devised by Library staff. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear w...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 42 (left). Title devised by Library staff. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities - War Department 1946 - Video 301 - From the Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Film shows the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear w...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 35 (left). Title devised by Library staff. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear w...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 45 (right). Title devised by Library staff. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear w...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 45 (left). Title devised by Library staff. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear w...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 36 (left). Title devised by Library staff. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

[Mushroom cloud during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bi...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 43 (right). Title devised by Library staff. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

Atomic bomb blast at Bikini Island

Title: Atomic bomb blast at Bikini Island.Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: 1946.Process: gelatin silver print.Credit Line: Anonymous gift.Accession Number: 2000.018.001

Aerial view of Nagasaki, after the bombing, ...

U.S. Army photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear w...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 35 (right). Title devised by Library staff. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

[Fashion model Dovima wearing bikini, lying on platform near water, Mo...

Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Similar image published in: Harper's bazaar, May 1947. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 651. Original negative no. F1214-11.

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear w...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 43 (left). Title devised by Library staff. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear w...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 34 (right). Title devised by Library staff. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

Aerial view of Hiroshima after the bomb

New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Official U.S. Army photo.

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear w...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 41 (left). Title devised by Library staff. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

Atomic Shock Wave from the Able Day Explosion over Bikini Lagoon

Scrapbooks, Logbooks, Photographs, and Correspondence

Aerial View of the Upward Blast from the Able Day Explosion over Bikin...

Original caption: It Flies Through the Air with the Greatest of Heat -- The atom bomb burst, in its test of the fleet. Looking for all the world like a giant cauliflower head suspended to an ever-stretching nec... more

Aerial View of the Able Day Explosion over Bikini Lagoon

Original caption: Radio Activity Over Bikini- Towering high over Bikini lagoon and still soaring higher is the Able Day mushroom of the first atomic Crossroads explosion. Scrapbooks, Logbooks, Photographs, and ... more

Atomic Cloud from the Able Day Explosion over Bikini Lagoon

Original caption: Atomic Cloud Shrouds Target Fleet -- Sweeping out in all directions, this haze of water, steam spray and radio active substances obscured all but extreme outer fringes of the Crossroads Target... more

Aerial View of the Flash of Light from the Able Day Explosion over Bik...

Original caption: Atomic Fireball as Seen from the Air -- Here is the camera record of the evolution of the atomic fireball, beginning micro-seconds after the detonation of the atomic bomb. Scrapbooks, Logbooks... more

Aerial View of the Able Day Explosion over Bikini Lagoon

Original caption: Radio Activity Above the Clouds - To observers the atomic mushroom of the Able Day explosion over Bikini lagoon looked like a giant peach ice cream cone. Scrapbooks, Logbooks, Photographs, and... more

Aerial View of the Upward Blast from the Baker Day Explosion over Biki...

Original caption: From the air the Baker Day atomic explosion took the appearance of a derby hat for a brief instant as water, spray and steam boiled skyward out of Bikini Lagoon. Scrapbooks, Logbooks, Photogra... more

First Stage of Mushroom Cloud from the Baker Day Explosion over Bikini...

Original caption: Rising column of water enters the first phase of characteristic mushroom. Scrapbooks, Logbooks, Photographs, and Correspondence

Falling Water from the Baker Day Explosion over Bikini Lagoon

Original caption: What Goes Up Must Come Down -- Tons of water thrown up out of Bikini Lagoon by the Baker Day blast shower down on the Crossroads target fleet. Scrapbooks, Logbooks, Photographs, and Correspondence

Atomic Cloud Formation from the Baker Day Explosion over Bikini Lagoon

Original caption: Cloud formation at peak shortly before the rapid disintegration of the mushroom shape, and as column of water starts to fall. Scrapbooks, Logbooks, Photographs, and Correspondence

Sinking of the USS Saratoga after the Baker Day Explosion over Bikini ...

Original caption: Deep Six for the Sara -- Gamely flashing the Big Three on her flight deck until the last, the gallant old aircraft carrier Saratoga is shown here just before she slid beneath the radio active ... more

The Last Bomb

[Stock Footage] ARC Identifier 65631 / Local Identifier 342-USAF-18486. Summary: Miscellaneous scenes showing B-29 maintenance scenes, planning room scenes showing plotting board and discussion of target area... more

B-36 Open Bomb Bays 2

NARA 26047..30 Sep 48

B-36 Idlewild Air Show 2

NARA B26091..Idlewild Air Show, August 1948..7th BG

B-36 St Louis 2

NARA B26114..17 Oct 48, St. Louis Air Show..USAF photo by Sgt James Trehearne.

B-36 with F-85 St Louis

NARA B26113..17 Oct 48, St, Louis Air Show..USA Photo by Sgt Trehearne

B-36 St Louis 4

NARA B26117...17 Oct 48, St. Louis Air Show..USAF photo by Sgt James Trehearne.

B-36 Carswell 2

NARA B26060..USAF photo by E. W. Weinberger..Carswell, 24 April 49

B-36 Capital

NARA B26062..11 Feb 49..Washington Post Photo

Initial distribution of fission products in Bikini lagoons. Photo take...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Disintegration of a Colossus. Atomic bomb explosion at Bikini Atoll, O...

Digital Preservation File Name and Format: 434-LB-5-XBD201208-00471.TIF Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Waves from the "Baker" atomic test reaching the beach at Bikini Atoll....

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[Persons picketing against the use of tax dollars for the development ...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.

Atomic bomb cauliflower after-cloud at Bikini Atoll. Photograph of ima...

Digital Preservation File Name and Format: 434-LB-5-XBD201208-00473.TIF Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Progress of the shock wave from the Test Able explosion at Bikini Atol...

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Formation of the atomic plume column from the "Baker" test at Bikini A...

Digital Preservation File Name and Format: 434-LB-5-XBD201208-00477.TIF Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Disintegration of a Colossus. Atomic bomb explosion at Bikini Atoll, O...

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Cloud-chamber effect observed after the underwater Baker" explosion at...

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Image and diagram of the "'Trinity" test at Alamogordo, from "The Effe...

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Atomic bomb explosion at Bikini Atoll, July 1, 1946, 9 am, Operation C...

Digital Preservation File Name and Format: 434-LB-5-XBD201208-00469.TIF Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

XB-35 Nose Close Up

NARA B26010..30 April 46..A.M. Schwartz, Northrop chief of structures in bubble..31232AC

Bomb versus Metropolis. Atomic bomb explosion superimposed over image ...

Digital Preservation File Name and Format: 434-LB-5-XBD201208-00472.TIF Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

[Nevada - Frenchman's Flat - members of 11th AB Div. kneel on ground a...

Title devised by Library staff. Photo by USASC.

An Illustration of an Atomic Attack

This photograph depicts an image used by the Federal Civil Defense Administration to illustrate an atomic attack’s impact on an American city. Civil Defense Photographs

OPERATION IVY

1952 ARC Identifier 46856 / Local Identifier 304.1. The first full-scale test of a thermonuclear device in the Pacific, 1952. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. (1958 - 1961) Made possible by a donation ... more

Civil Defense Poster

Civil Defense - General 1954

Operation Doorstep Mannequins after Test

This is a photograph of mannequins taken after the civil defense nuclear test performed with the ANNIE test in Nevada, to discern nuclear aftereffects. Civil Defense Photographs

Operation Doorstep Mannequins before Test

This is a photograph of mannequins taken before the civil defense nuclear test performed with the ANNIE test in Nevada. Civil Defense Photographs

Mannequin Family in a House at Operation Doorstep, 7,500 Feet from the...

This photograph depicts a family group of mannequins showing marked damage from flying glass. Civil Defense Photographs

Mannequin Family in a House at Operation Doorstep, 7,500 Feet from the...

Original caption: Family scene, mannequin style, before the blast. This group is in the living room of the house 7,500 feet from ground zero. (Federal Civil Defense Administration-Operation Doorstep-Yucca Flat... more

D-558-2 being mounted to P2B-1S launch aircraft in hangar

Description (1954) This 1954 photograph shows a Douglas D-558-2 under the P2B-1S (Navy designation for a B-29) launch aircraft. The P2B-1S has been lifted on mechanical jacks in the hangar for a possible "fit c... more

X-1E Loaded in B-29 Mothership on Ramp

Description (1955) The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E airplane being loaded under the mothership, Boeing B-29. The X planes had originally been lowered into a loading pit and the launch aircraft towed over the ... more

Schlumberger, B-36

Title: Schlumberger, B-36 . .Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall (1908-1984) ..Date: 1955..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photographs..Place: Fort Worth, Texas..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gel... more

B-36 at Eglin 1

NARA RG342-B...Eglin AFB, FL 13 May 56

B-36 at Walker 2

NARA RG342-B..Walker AFB, NM May 56

[Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,...

Frame 31 of contact sheet. Title devised by Library staff. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Original negative not available for frames 27-31 of LC-U9-4923.

[Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev make their way in the midst of a c...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Titan I base: Denver, Colorado

Title and date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 7699, frame 25. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.

Titan I base: Denver, Colorado

Title and date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 7712, frame 10. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.

Titan

Title and date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 7710, frame 10. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.

Titan I base: Denver, Colorado

Title and date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 7698, frame 27. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.

Leading From Strength and US Missile and Military Might

ARC Identifier 28715 / Local Identifier 111-LC-45864 - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) - ... more

World federal government with powers adequate to establish, preserve a...

B-36 USAFM Install 2

Nara rg342-b...Usafm 1971

World peace tax fund People morally opposed to paying taxes for war wi...

World Peace Tax Fund People morally opposed to paying taxes for war wi...

Poster showing bombs in large net "world peace tax fund" over high-rise buildings.

Artwork: "Atomic Landscape" Nagasaki, Japan 1946 - Artist: Robert Grah...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Atomic Energy photographs in Life Magazine Exhibit showing an atomi...

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US Atomic Energy photographs in Life Magazine Exhibit. Image of atomic...

Digital Preservation File Name and Format: 434-LB-5-XBD201207-00407.TIF Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

US Atomic Energy photographs in Life Magazine Exhibit. Atomic mushroom...

Digital Preservation File Name and Format: 434-LB-5-XBD201207-00409.TIF Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab