Is there footage of the atomic bombs being detonated and exploded over Japan, or is it classified?

by Squirejons

I've studied Japan quite a bit, but I've never been able to find the footage of the bombs going off. Just the aftermath.

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Yes. The Hiroshima footage is not good, and in black and white. This video features a snippet of it (the plane before and the flash of light is not in the original).

Here is the Nagasaki footage — better than the Hiroshima footage but not what you would call professional quality.

In both cases, the attempts to film the attacks were mostly amateur jobs, secondary to the primary aspects of the mission.