One of five original casings made for the "Little Boy" atomic bomb is seen on display, following the first showing of a commissioned video...
Mushroom cloud rises over the Pacific Ocean following the detonation of Britain's first H-bomb near Christmas Island .
Civil Defence officers studying a model of Clapham Junction and surrounding area and the effects an atom bomb would create.
Scientists man the control panel on board the aircraft carrier 'Campania' during the testing of Britain's first atom bomb in the Monte Bello Islands,...
One of five original casings made for the "Little Boy" atomic bomb is seen on display, following the first showing of a commissioned video...
Un 'champignon' représentant une bombe atomique dressé sur une carte du pays marquée de cercles indiquant les zones dangereuses à l'exposition de la...
Royal Navy Nairana-class escort aircraft carrier HMS Campania comes into port to be readied as the command ship for Operation Hurricane, the test of...
Peaceful scene in a home hacked out of the white cliffs of Dover during the war. In such a home one might find safety from the atom bomb.
One of five original casings made for the "Little Boy" atomic bomb is seen on display, following the first showing of a commissioned video...
Collectible tobacco card published by British tobacco manufacturer Will's Cigarettes during World War II era as part of series titled 'Air Raid...
The main entrance and blast door at the nuclear bunker site on the Woodside Road industrial estate on February 4, 2016 in Ballymena, Northern...
Life-size models of the Polaris A3 missile and the new Poseidon missile at the Lockheed base in Britain. The US Army plans to replace the old A3's...
Science,Nuclear Tests/H-Bomb, pic: April 1957, Preparations being made on Christmas Island in the central Pacific for Great Britain's Hydrogen Bomb...
Men and women protest against proposed atom bomb tests in the Sahara Desert, during a demonstration arranged by the Committee of African...
View of the Electrical equipment controlling the ventilation system inside the York Cold War Bunker on February 12, 2016 in York, United Kingdom....
The main entrance and blast door at the nuclear bunker site on the Woodside Road industrial estate on February 4, 2016 in Ballymena, Northern...
Mushroom cloud rises over the Pacific moments after the detonation of Britain's second Hydrogen bomb. As seen by members of the press and naval...
Paper peace doves are attached to the fence surrounding the Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment by anti-nuclear campaigners on March 24, 2008 in...
15th April 1953, London, A realistic training exercise called "Operation Camberwell" goes ahead in scenes reminiscent of the "Blitz" as Civil Defence...
Science,Nuclear Tests/H-Bomb, pic: November 1957, Great Britain's Hydrogen Bomb test dropped by a Valiant aircraft,at a high altitude over Christmas...
Disarmament meeting April 1954 Anthony Greenwood MP 3rd from right and Tony Benn MP extreme right along with other supporters of Nuclear Disarmament...
The foreboding exterior of York Cold War Bunker nestles amongst residential housing on February 12, 2016 in York, United Kingdom. York Cold War...
View of the escape door inside the York Cold War Bunker on February 12, 2016 in York, United Kingdom. York Cold War Bunker was in active service from...
Survivors of the explosion of the Atom bomb at Hiroshima, Japan, 1945. Beds occupied by casualties suffering the effects of radiation. On 6 August...
Dr Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury Cathedral addresses the crowd at a peace rally calling for a ban on the atom bomb.
Civil Defence personnel searching for radio-active substances during an atom bomb exercise, in Bristol.
Abandoned military bomb testing buildings, former Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Orford Ness, Suffolk, UK.
Ban The Bomb movement four day march from the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston, Berkshire, to Trafalgar Square, London, Monday...
Ban The Bomb movement four day march from the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston, Berkshire, to Trafalgar Square, London, Monday...
Billingham became one of the world's largest chemical plants and employed 20,000 people on its 1000 acre site at its peak during the 1960s....
The operational Blue Steel stand-off bomb carried Britain's nuclear deterrent between 1964 and 1975. Each was carried beneath a Vulcan or Victor...
The operational Blue Steel stand-off bomb carried Britain's nuclear deterrent between 1964 and 1975. Each was carried beneath a Vulcan or Victor...
Actor Barry Jones lies on the steps of St Stephen's Church, London, whilst filming 'Seven Days To Noon' for the Boulting Brothers, 1950. Jones plays...
One of the CND protesters who marched through Coventry throwing the city centre into chaos. Seen here trying to keep dry and listen to one of the...
Twin 8-inch 55 caliber Gun on USS Saratoga, Marshall Islands, Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean
Diver discover Diving Helmet on Brigde of USS Saratoga, Marshall Islands, Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean
Divers at Decompression Trapeze after deep Wreckdive, Marshall Islands, Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean
English Heritage site manager Rachael Bowers walks along the corridor of the York Cold War Bunker on February 12, 2016 in York, United Kingdom. York...
The ladder leading to the outside world via the decontamination chamber in the nuclear bunker site on the Woodside Road industrial estate on February...
The door into the Police and armed services room at a nuclear bunker site on the Woodside Road industrial estate on February 4, 2016 in Ballymena,...
Teabags, cups and saucers sit on a kitchen worktop at a nuclear bunker site on the Woodside Road industrial estate on February 4, 2016 in Ballymena,...
Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, c1922. Niels Henrik David Bohr is best known for his work on quantum mechanics and atomic structure, for which he was...
Members of the Social Credit Party crossing the road outside the Houses of Parliament, London, during a demonstration against the atom bomb test at...
Twenty six year old William Royden Gore organiser of a 'peace petition' to parliament asking them to outlaw the atom bomb. He stood as communist...
The pilots of Britain's first atomic bomb squadron experience the effects of high-altitude flying in a special decompression chamber at the RAF base...
Cloud of smoke and atomic dust rises above the Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia after a controlled test detonation of Britain's latest atomic...
Eight Vickers Valiant 4-jet bombers, part of Britain's first atomic bomb squadron prepare for a training take-off at the RAF airfield in Gaydon,...
Britain's Nuclear Test Programme: Operation Grapple, The mushroom cloud generated during Britain's first hydrogen bomb test as seen from an aircraft...
Monkey's are exposed to radiation at this U. K. Establishment to gauge the effect of a nuclear explosion. Circa 1959.
Monkey's are exposed to radiation at this U. K. Establishment to gauge the effect of a nuclear explosion. Circa 1959.
Abandoned military bomb testing buildings, former Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Orford Ness, Suffolk, UK.
English archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes , march organiser Canon John Collins and journalist Ritchie Calder take part in an anti-nuclear weapons Ban...
An anti-nuclear weapons Ban the Bomb march passes the Huntley and Palmers biscuit factory in Reading, UK, on their way from the Atomic Weapons...
Many schools in England went underground during the war. Here is one such schoolroom during a class session. Nurseries and hospitals took to the...