Cruel Bombs

Command And Control book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Command-Control-Eric-Schlosser/dp/1846141486 FOLLOW MICHAEL STEVENS: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce music by http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow and http://www.audionetwork.com general info about nuclear weapons and testing: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/05/when-we-tested-nuclear-bombs/100061/ http://www.cddc.vt.edu/host/atomic/nukeffct/enw77b3.html Nevada nuclear test footage: http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/films/testfilms.aspx AMAZING channel with HD restored historical nuclear footage: http://www.youtube.com/user/atomcentral Edgerton detonation photos: http://roamaboutmike.com/2013/02/15/rapatronic-camera-an-atomic-blast-in-3-shots/ Amazing shot of nuclear weapon test. notice it occured nearly past the horizon! http://i.imgur.com/BX2Cx.jpg shot from Nagasaki: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/07/gallery_atomic_bomb?slide=7 North Carolina incident: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/07/02/2173231/shaffer-in-eureka-they-have-found.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash Nuclear boyscout documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hZo5k0V9M0 Kokura spared: http://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/07/world/kokura-japan-bypassed-by-a-bomb.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm http://elisson1.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/bookends.html Feynman text: http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/f/feynman-meaning.html Hiroshima bonsai: http://www.bonsai-nbf.org/site/japanese2.html Nuclear effects http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_nuclear_explosions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_transmutation isotopes put into atmosphere by nuclear testing have allowed historians to detect art forgeries: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2008/jul/04/nuclear-fallout-used-to-spot-fake-art The flag of Bikini Atoll has an interesting story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Bikini_Atoll

Comments

1. I was gonna comment something smart but yeh fuck it
2. Ironic Hirohito called the bombs "cruel" after the orders he gave and what his soldiers did in his name.
3. 5:15 Trashcan Man: "My Life for you!" Lol
4. This is my favorite video on YouTube. Thank you Michael for making this. I have enjoyed this video numerous times since I first watched it the day it was uploaded.
5. I live in nc, so I already knew about the nukes. But when he said, "that's why we don't have a bay where north Carolina is," I was like holy shit I didn't know it was that big
6. north carolina crash was january 24 silly boy
7. #VsauceILLUMANATICONFIRMED
8. 7:55 how is the flag waving its fuckin space there is no wind
9. "Here's something you can do at home"
   Oh cool! Maybe I'll try it one day when I'm bored, or the internet's down..
   "Build a nuclear reactor"
   ...huh.
10. 😢
11. You are amazing Michael you are my idol. Every day I look up to you as the next YouTube genius.
12. "common everyday smoke detectors" LMAO
13. "thanks for watching"
    NOOOOO!
14. hey birthday buddy
15. holly crap i thought it said cruel WOMBS and that the picture was a hologram of a womans womb with like a dead babys skeleton inside it.
16. Oops, I dropped a fucking NUCLEAR WARHEAD!
17. Dear Japs of Kakora you were spared cuase of clouds
    Call your land The Land of The Rising Clouds not sun.
18. Nuclear reactor in the back yard that did something to the nabborhood wow 😳
19. MAD
20. My birthday is January 24