The Halifax Explosion 1917: The Biggest Blast Before The Atomic Bomb

On December 6, 1917, two ships collided in the harbor of Halifax, Canada. One of them, the SS Mont-Blanc, was packed with nearly 3,000 tons of wartime explosives. It caught fire, drifted toward the city, and detonated: the largest man-made explosion in history until the atomic bomb. Around 2,000 people died, and a tsunami swept across the shore. A cinematic reconstruction by Where No Light Goes. Visuals are AI-generated. Watch with sound on.