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Specimen of sand melted by the explosion of the first test atomic bomb, New Mexico, July 1945

1945
Sample of "fused earth" from first atomic bomb explosion at Alamogordo, N.M., on July 16th 1945, contained in a metal and glass holder, diameter 102mm, height 33mm

Fused earth sample from first atomic bomb explosion

1945
Six strips of negative cinema film strips in envelope showing the test atomic bomb explosion in New Mexico in July 1945, with later associated contact prints and a single frame enlargement, British, 1946. The strips were supplied by Gaumont-British Distributors, the prints were probably made by the museum's photographers.

Six strips of cinema film showing the test atomic

1945
3 samples of fused earth from the site of the first atomic weapon test, Alamogordo, N.M. July 1945

Samples of fused earth from the first atomic weapon test site

1945