Manhattan Project scientists and officials convened on July 16, 1945 at 5:29:21 MT to witness the first atomic bomb test at the Trinity site. The explosion of the Gadget ushered in the atomic era. The Atomic Heritage Foundation is pleased to present a new series of videos of the Trinity test, courtesy of the Trinity Remembered website.
These videos include:
- Manhattan Project scientists, including Harry Daghlian, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Louis Slotin, moving the Gadget’s plutonium core.
- Silent footage of the Gadget being prepared for detonation.
- Color footage of the Trinity test explosion.
- Silent footage of the Jumbo device being transported.
- Oppenheimer delivering his famous Bhagavad-Gita quote.
For more information on the Trinity test and the preparations for it, as well as all new photos courtesy of Trinity Remembered, read our articles on the 100-ton TNT test, the Jumbo device and the Trinity site itself. For interviews and reflections on the Trinity test, visit “Voices of the Manhattan Project.”