Rent Birth of the Bomb / Search for the Super (1975)
1h 40min
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- Synopsis:
A definitive history of the creation of the nuclear age, with gripping archive footage of the most powerful explosions ever witnessed and fascinating testimonies. From the ashes of the Second World War and in a Cold War climate of suspicion and fear, the quest for the ultimate weapon began. These two thrilling and highly acclaimed accounts of this extraordinary story include previously classified military film and extensive interviews with the men involved in the unleashing of a terrifying power with horrific implications:
Birth of the Bomb (1970)The making and testing of the first atomic bombs, tracing the earliest experiments in Nazi Germany to the establishment of the Manhattan Project in the USA. A compulsive film which details the making and testing of the first atomic bombs. It contains rare, previously classified archive footage obtained from the US military.
Search for the Super (1975)
The fascinating background story to the making and testing of the first H-Bomb. The story is traced from Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 to the eventual successful detonation of the thermonuclear device in the Pacific in 1952 and the first full scale hydrogen-bomb test at Bikini in March 1954.
The unleashing of Nuclear Power was the most signifnificent event of the 20th Century'. It's terrifying implications remain.- Actors:
- Bernard Archard, Edward Teller
- Directors:
- Peter Batty
- Producers:
- Peter Batty
- Narrated By:
- Bernard Archard
- Writers:
- Peter Batty
- Aka:
- The Atomic Bomb: The Dawn of the Nuclear Age! / The Hydrogen Bomb: The Ultimate Weapon of Destruction!
- Studio:
- Beckmann Visual Publishing
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
