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Cold War Nuclear Stock Photos

Browse 2,639 cold war nuclear photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

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Retro underground control room with men in front of the console

Nuclear Power Station, Cold War, Surveillance

Black-and-white photo shows a man standing next to a surface bomb shelter that is advertising Victor J. Nelson's sales and distribution business,...

Bomb Shelter, Cold War, USA

1950s ATOM BOMB MUSHROOM CLOUD EXPLOSION

1950s ATOM BOMB MUSHROOM...

Atomic Bomb, Hydrogen Bomb, Mushroom Cloud

1940s 1950s ATOMIC BOMB BLAST MUSHROOM CLOUD

1940s 1950s ATOMIC BOMB...

Cold War, Hydrogen Bomb, Nuclear Weapon

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Nuclear weapon on the background of the North Korean flag

North Korea, Missile, Nuclear Weapon

Brochure titled "Your Picture Guide to A-Bomb Protection" shows an illustration of a mushroom cloud with a warning in small type down at the bottom:...

A-Bomb Protection

Nuclear Weapon, Cold War, Atomic Bomb

Soviet Russian propaganda poster delivering a warning to the USA not to meddle with atomic weapons. The beginning of the Cold War is represented in...

A warning to the USA.

Cold War, Propaganda, Poster

The first soviet atomic bomb test, first lightning , ussr, august 29, 1949.

The first soviet atomic bomb test, first lightning (?????? ??????), ussr, august 29, 1949.

Former Soviet Union, Nuclear Weapon, Russia

1950s CIVIL DEFENSE FALLOUT SHELTER SAMPLE OPEN FOR INSPECTION

1950s CIVIL DEFENSE...

Radioactive Contamination, Nuclear Fallout, Nuclear Weapon

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Radioactive Warning Symbol, Radiation, Symbol

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Weapons of mass destruction. Missile system with nuclear warheads

Nuclear Weapon, Agreement, War

It Can Happen Here, Join Civil Defense Poster

It Can Happen Here, Join Civil Defense Poster

Cold War, Propaganda, Poster

Nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll 1946.

Nuclear weapons test.

Radioactive Contamination, Nuclear Weapon, Cold War

President Reagan points at a map of the Soviet Union as he speaks to listeners about the need to control nuclear missiles.

Ronald Reagan With Map of Soviet Union

Ronald Reagan - US President, Nuclear Weapon, Missile

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Old mask for bacteriological warfare used during the cold war era.

Cold War, Radioactive Contamination, Protective Face Mask

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Old mask for bacteriological warfare used during the cold war era.

Radioactive Contamination, War, Radiation

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3D Radiation Sign

Symbol, Radioactive Warning Symbol, Nuclear Power Station

An informational pamphlet titled "You Can Survive The Atomic Bomb - What To Do In An Attack" shows a black and white photo of a giant mushroom cloud,...

Build A Family Fallout Shelter Now

Bomb Shelter, Cold War, Nuclear Fallout

An illustration shows a man with a headset operating machinery while a mushroom cloud explosion is seen in the distance, circa 1953.

Cold War, Atomic Bomb, 1950-1959

Nevada - Frenchman's Flat - members of 11th AB Div. Kneel on ground as they watch mushroom cloud of atomic bomb test 1951.

Nevada - atomic bomb test.

Radioactive Contamination, Nuclear Weapon, Nevada

Cutaway display of a concrete masonry basement fallout shelter with an exercise bike, television and library, 1950s.

Basement Bomb Fallout Shelter Display

Bomb Shelter, Nuclear Weapon, Cold War

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Radioactive Contamination, Nuclear Power Station, Danger

Selection of US newspaper headlines on President Truman's announcement that Soviet Union had conducted its first nuclear weapon test, 24th September...

Fall-Out From Joe 1

Former Soviet Union, Nuclear Weapon, Cold War

American General HP Storke and other military personnel, having emerged from their foxholes to observe the atomic bomb explosion at the Nevada...

Nevada Proving Grounds, 1952

An informational brochure by the New York State Civil Defense Commission titled, You and the Atomic Bomb: What To Do In Case of An Attack" shows a...

You And The Atomic Bomb

Nuclear Weapon, Cold War, Atomic Bomb

Cross-section illustration depicting a family in their underground lead fallout shelter, equipped with a geiger counter, periscope, air filter, etc.,...

Illustration Of Family Fallout Shelter

Bomb Shelter, Cold War, Nuclear Weapon

The Civil Defense School in Easingwold, Yorkshire, is giving the press a demonstration of the latest equipment and practice drills taught in the...

Two Atomic Rescue Workers Wear Protective Masks, Suits, And Gloves

Double page spread from a Picture Post magazine article by Derek Wragge Morley, entitled 'Can Man Survive The Hydrogen Bomb?', February 1950. The...

H-Bomb On London

Cold War, 1950-1959, Black And White

Label shows an illustration of a mushroom cloud with the headline "Atoms For Peace," circa 1955.

Atoms For Peace

Atomic Bomb, Nuclear Weapon, Exploding

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Military radar dishes

Cold War, Spy, Radar

Control room at nuclear missile base, outside of Moscow.

Nuclear Missile Base Control Room

Nuclear Weapon, Russia, Cold War

British "Operation Grapple" atomic bomb test, Christmas Island, Pacific Ocean, June 3rd 1957.

British Atomic Bomb Testing, 1957

Archival, Men, Rear View

Destroyer stops a soviet cargo coming from Cubain order to check the freight, on November 12 during the Cuban missiles crisis. - The Cuban missile...

CUBA-USA-USSR-MISSILE CRISIS

Destroyer, Nuclear Weapon

Book called The Atom Bomb shows an illustration of an explosion with people running away and a woman screaming, circa 1945.

Atomic Bomb, Pamphlet, Emergency Planning

Instructor Lt. Richard C. Reynolds programmes a malfunction into the launch control trainer used in the Titan missile supervisors' and planners'...

Cold War, USA, Nuclear Weapon

Students at a Brooklyn middle school have a 'duck and cover' practice drill in preparation for a nuclear attack; silver print, 1962. From the New...

Duck And Cover Class Drill

Nuclear Weapon, Air Raid, School Building

1940s 1950s ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION MUSHROOM CLOUD

1940s 1950s ATOMIC BOMB...

Cold War, Hydrogen Bomb, Radioactive Contamination

Picture Post magazine article by Liddell Hart, entitled 'Is Our Atom Strategy Suicidal?', in which Hart warns of the dangers of using tactical atomic...

Is Our Atom Strategy Suicidal?

Nuclear Weapon, NATO, Diagram

An informational brochure titled "Atomic Energy and You" shows an illustration of a mushroom cloud explosion from a bird's eye view, circa 1951.

Atomic Energy and You

Atomic Bomb, Nuclear Power Station, Mushroom Cloud

Poster 'razem przeciw wojnie', , anti-war, disarmament campaign in Poland 1982 during the Cold war.

poster 'razem przeciw wojnie', (together against the war), anti-war campaign in Poland

Poster, Atomic Bomb, Cold War

23rd September 1949, American representative Warren Austin, the US Ambassador to the United Nations reading a newspaper headline with President...

Politics, USA, pic: 23rd September 1949, American representative Warren Austin, the US Ambassador to the United Nations reading a newspaper headline with President Truman having stated that Russia had exploded an Atom bomb

Atomic Bomb, Atom, Nuclear Weapon

Control room at nuclear missile base outside of Moscow.

Nuclear Missile Base Control Room

Nuclear Weapon, Russia, Former Soviet Union

This picture shows an access ramp in the Pankstrasse nuclear fallout shelter in Berlin on May 10, 2022. - Built in 1977 during the Cold War, this...

GERMANY-HISTORY-ARCHITECTURE-NUCLEAR-BUNKER

Nuclear Fallout, Germany

MUSHROOM CLOUD FROM ATOMIC BOMB SET OFF IN SOUTH PACIFIC DURING OPERATION IVY

MUSHROOM CLOUD FROM ATOMIC...

Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Hydrogen Bomb

An informational brochure for civil defense shows an illustration of a family walking hand-in-hand beneath a giant helmet, circa 1952.

Alert Today - Alive Tomorrow

Cold War, USA, Nuclear Weapon

The 'Licorne' French nuclear test explosion at Fangataufa Atoll in French Polynesia, 3rd July 1970.

Licorne French Nuclear Test

Exploding, Nuclear Weapon, Atomic Bomb

1950s ATOMIC TEST SHOWING THE BLAST AND MUSHROOM CLOUD AT THE NEVADA PROVING GROUNDS

1950s ATOMICEST SHOWING...

Hydrogen Bomb, Nuclear Weapon, USA

Trident I clears the water after launch from a US Navy submarine in 1984. The UGM-96 Trident I, or Trident C4, was an American submarine-launched...

A UGM-96 Trident I clears the water after launch from a US Navy submarine

missile system on the background of statue of liberty - cold war nuclear stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Missile system on the background of Statue of Liberty

Patriotism, USA, Nuclear Weapon

Housewife model smiles while posing with a display of bomb shelter supplies during the Cold War, 1950s.

Housewife Posing With Bomb Shelter Supplies

Nuclear Weapon, Bomb Shelter, Cold War

Cold War museum. Nuclear rocket missile warhead model figure at garden.

Cold War museum. Nuclear rocket missile warhead model figure

Missile, Nuclear Weapon

French anti-nuclear weapons peace poster 1981, produced during the Cold War.

French anti-nuclear weapons peace poster 1981, produced during the Cold War

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United States Navy Poseidon C-3 and Polaris A-3 Ballistic Missiles

Missile, Nuclear Weapon, USA

The United States Navy USS Nautilus , the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine during sea trials in the Atlantic off the Eastern...

USN USS Nautilus (SSN-571) Nuclear-Powered Submarine

Neptune U.S. Patrol plane flies over a Soviet freighter during the Cuban missile crisis in this 1962 photograph. Former Russian and U.S. Officials...

FILE PHOTO 40th Anniversary Of Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuba, Missile, Crisis

The nuclear ballistic missile submarine HMS Resolution leaving Gareloch, Scotland, 1977.

Nuclear Submarine HMS Resolution

German gunner checks a Pershing missile before the launching on South Uist. 2nd September 1965.

Pershing missile

Missile, Nuclear Weapon, South Uist

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North Korea nuclear crisis concept

USA, Nuclear Weapon, South Korea

Walt Bilicke and Eugene Spencer checking radioactivity levels on freeway over Beaudry street, where count was 66 per second of gamma radiation .

Atomic Energy (Radioactivity Check), 1951

USA, Geiger Counter

An informational brochure titled "Your Guide for Defense Against Natural Disaster and the H-Bomb" shows an illustrated map of the Bay Area in...

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