Atomic Explosion Heard in Russia

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 2 min
  • Premiere: 1949. September 29.

On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb. Locals heard a roar, followed by the earth shaking, the walls of clay houses breaking, and windows shattering, as a nuclear mushroom shape filled the skies.

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Leslie Mitchell

Self (Voice)