Videos and photos from the Chernobyl accident
On this page are assembled the photos and videos about the accident of Chernobyl and its consequences. Videos can be downloaded or viewed directly on Dailymotion.
Photos and videos were collected from Elena Filatova (www.elenafilatova.com) who graciously allowed me to publish them here.
Photos Galleries
High resolution photo gallery #1
High resolution photo gallery #2
High resolution photo gallery #3
NEW: April 2016, Chernobyl (30 years later) (video blog, Chernobyl through kids eyes)
Videos produced by kids some days before the thirtieth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe. Thanks to them.
There are regularly updates and new publications.
"Part_00" is a new video showing the first steps of a young girl in Chernoby (2019, January).
Comments in English / Commentaires en anglais
| Kid (30 years later) | Kids (30 ans après) |
| English Subtitles | French Subtitles |
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TV Announcement / Annonce télévisée
First official TV announcement of the accident, made by the Soviet national television in evening news. It was made on April 28th and lasts near 14 seconds. (Comments in Russian, English and French subtitles).
| TV Announcement | Annonce télévisée |
| English Subtitles | French Subtitles |
| Download (.mpg - 3 Mo) | Download (.mpg - 4 Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion | View on Dailymotion |
Chronicle of Severe Days / Chronique des jours graves / Chronik Srenger Tage
| Chronicle of Severe Days | Chronique des jours graves | Chronik Srenger Tage |
| English Subtitles | French Subtitles | German Subtitles |
| Download (.mpg - 66 Mo) | Download (.mpg - 97 Mo) | Download (.mpg - 69 Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion | View on Dailymotion | View on Dailymotion |
Biorobots
After the accident, it was necessary to remove from the roof of the reactor No. 3 the debris of radioactive graphite projected during the explosion. Mechanical robots were tested at this task, but they were helpless, locked in the debris or inactivated by the intense radioactivity. So men were employed in this work. Radiation level was 10,000-12,000 Roentgens per hour. They could not stay more than two minutes on the roof and were called "biological robots" - "biorobots". (English comments)
| Biorobots |
| English Comments |
| Download (.wmv - 2 Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion |
Bombing the Reactor
To extinguish the fire of graphite in what was left of the reactor core, the Soviets sent helicopters to bomb the fire with radiation absorbing materials (sand, boron, dolomite). It was a difficult task to achieve this small target from helicopter. Directly above the reactor, a lot of these pilots breathed the radioactive particles and died as result of their exposure to radiations. (English Comments)
| Bombing the Reactor |
| English Comments |
| Download (.mpg - 5 Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion |
The Elephant Foot
This video shows what has been called the "The Elephant Foot" deep in the basement of reactor No. 4 at Chernobyl. This concretion was formed with sand mixed and melted with radioactive material. Heat of the fission after the accident vitrified the "Elephant Foot". Radioactivity is obviously enormous in this basement. (English Comments)
| The Elephant Foot |
| English Comments |
| Download (.wmv - 3 Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion |
Il reattore di Chernobyl
This video shows us, from a helicopter, the reactor No. 4 at Chernobyl a few days after the accident. It shows very well the reactor still glowing. (Italian Comments, English and French Subtitles)
| Il reattore di Chernobyl | Reactor of Chernobyl | Le réacteur de Tchernobyl |
| Italian Comments | English Subtitles | French Subtitles |
| Download (.mpg - 19 Mo) | Download (.mpg - 26Mo) | Download (.mpg - 26Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion | View on Dailymotion | View on Dailymotion |
Valery Lagasov flies over the reactor #4
Video of Valery Legasov inspecting glowing nuclear core of destroyed reactor from helicopter. (English subtitles)
| Over reactor #4 |
| English Subtitles |
| Download (.mpg - 10 Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion |
Ghost Town / La Ville fantôme (1)
The video "Ghost Town" (Ville Fantôme) made on the song "Ghost Town" by Huns & Dr Beeker. This video shows Pripyat at 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the power plant and the destroyed reactor, as well as the disastrous consequences of this drama. (In English, subtitles in English and French)
| Ghost Town | La Ville Fantôme |
| English Subtitles | French Subtitles |
| Download (.wmv - 53 Mo) | Download (.mpg - 92 Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion | View on Dailymotion |
Ghost Town / La Ville Fantôme (2)
Another video buil on the song "Ghost Town" of Huns & Dr Beeker. Author of these unique videos of evacuation of Pripyat is Michail Nazarenko, died in first years after the accident. (In English with French subtitles and original version without subtitles)
| Ghost Town | La Ville Fantôme |
| Without Subtitles | French Subtitles |
| Download (.mpg - 57 Mo) | Download (.mpg - 75 Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion | View on Dailymotion |
Ghost Town Song
The "Ghost Town" song, used in the two previous videos, written and performed by Huns & Dr Beeker in memory of the victims of Chernobyl.(In English)
Link to the Website of Huns & Dr Beeker: http://www.hunsanddrbeeker.com/bio/
Last Day of Pripyat / Le dernier jour de Pripyat / Der Letzte Tag von Pripyat
The video "The Last Day of Pripyat" shows us life in the city, this week end, after the accident happened during the night of Friday to Saturday. These are beautiful days of spring, everything seems normal, no one has been informed yet about the accident and the flow of radiation spraying the city. (Subtitles in English, French and German)
| Last Day of Pripyat | Le dernier jour de Pripyat | Der Letzte von Pripyat |
| English Subtitles | French Subtitles | German Subtitles |
| Download (.mpg - 13 Mo) | Download (.mpg - 19 Mo) | Download (.mpg - 13 Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion | View on sur Dailymotion | View on sur Dailymotion |
Radioactive Technics / Les dépôts radioactifs / Radioaktiv Technik
This video shows the depot of vehicles used after the accident at the Chernobyl power plant. All these vehicles are highly contaminated. My video and comments, motorcycle trip, spring 2002. (Elena's Comments in English and subtitles in French and German)
| Radioactive Technics | Les dépôts radioactifs | Radioaktiv Technik |
| English Comments | French Subtitles | German Subtitles |
| Download (.mpg - 18 Mo) | Download (.mpg - 25 Mo) | Download (.mpg - 17 Mo) |
| View on sur Dailymotion | View on Dailymotion | View on sur Dailymotion |
Mesmerism
If someone want to see how Chernie looks from the backsit of motorcycle, download or view this 50 MB .mpeg video file. This is not my motorbike, if it was mine, pictures would be moving much faster. It goes with song named "Mesmerism".
| Mesmerism |
| Video Song |
| Download (.mpg - 50 Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion |
Ballade - Solomon's Song
This is the film called "Ballade". The other name of this video is "Solomon's Song", August 2006.
| Ballade | Ballade |
| English Song | French Subtitles |
| Download (.mpg - 92 Mo) | Download (.mpg - 129 Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion | View on Dailymotion |
Nuclear Flower
The film "Nuclear Flower", 45 MB .mpeg file. Video composed in April 2007.
| Nuclear Flower |
| Video Song |
| Download (.mpg - 45 Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion |
Consumed Land
"Consumed Land", a 64 MB .mpeg file, it is from a car trip in March 2006.
| Consumed Land |
| Video Song |
| Download (.mpg - 64 Mo) |
| View on Dailymotion |
The Mystery of Valery Leagasov Death / Le mystère de la mort de Valery Legasov
Valery Legasov came in Chernobyl just after the accident in April 1986 in order to reduce the consequences. He died of that. This video in 9 parts describes the work of Valery Legasov until he committed suicide, the day of the second anniversary of the accident of Chernobyl. The nine parts are downloadable below or directly viewable on Dailymotion. (Russian dialogues and comments, subtitles in English and French)
| English Subtitles | French Subtitles |
| Download part 1 (.mpg - 53 Mo) | Download part 1 (.mpg - 73 Mo) |
| View part 1 on Dailymotion | View part 1 on Dailymotion |
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| Download part 2 (.mpg - 55 Mo) | |
| View part 2 on Dailymotion |
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| Download part 4 (.mpg - 53 Mo) | Download part 4 (.mpg - 74 Mo) |
| View part 4 on Dailymotion | View part 4 on Dailymotion |
| English Subtitles | French Subtitles |
| Download part 5 (.mpg - 45 Mo) | Download part 5 (.mpg - 62 Mo) |
| Viaw part 5 on Dailymotion | View part 5 on Dailymotion |
| English Subtitles | French Subtitles |
| Download part 6 (.mpg - 49 Mo) | Download part 6 (.mpg - 68 Mo) |
| View part 6 on Dailymotion | View part 6 on Dailymotion |
| English Subtitles | French Subtitles |
| Download part 7 (.mpg - 38 Mo) | Download part 7 (.mpg - 52 Mo) |
| View part 7 on Dailymotion | View part 7 on Dailymotion |
| English Subtitles | French Subtitles |
| Download part 8 (.mpg - 36 Mo) | Download part 8 (.mpg - 50 Mo) |
| View part 8 on Dailymotion | View part 8 on Dailymotion |
| English Subtitles | French Subtitles |
| Download part 9 (.mpg - 48 Mo) | Download part 9 (.mpg - 66 Mo) |
| View part 9 on Dailymotion | View part 9 on Dailymotion |