Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (full video 1:33:40)

Snag Films ^ | 10/22/2014 | Snag Films

[Dallas59]

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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie is a 1995 American documentary film directed by Peter Kuran and narrated by William Shatner. Using restored archive footage, the film traces the development of nuclear weapons and their testing, from America's Trinity test of 1945 (hence the title) to the first Chinese atomic bomb test in 1964. Kuran's commentary on the DVD version claims that the DVD replaces some of the original footage with better-quality versions. There are some short special effects sequences too.

[ken5050]

And let's not forget the great Tom Lehrer: "Who's Next?"

[discostu]

Good movie. I picked the whole series a couple months ago, at the Titan Missile Museum.

[Dallas59]

[OldNewYork]

Thanks. Sounds like it’s worth a look later.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The movie is great as a double feature with The Atomic Cafe (1982), which is a collection of the movies and other information put out by the government at the time, without commentary.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083590/

[The Great RJ]

The video is I think still available on Netflix and the sound track was on I- tunes. Most impressive footage was a nuclear tipped Thor missile blowing up on the launch pad at the Pacific test range. The bomb did fortunately not detonate, but I bet there was a collective need to change underwear.

[Dallas59]

I believe one test, the bomb strength was underestimated or it detonated too soon. Gave everybody a good dose.

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[Pox]

I bought this DVD back when it first came out and I roll it out for viewing every time there is a significant terrorist attack, so it seems I already have my viewing schedule settled for this evening.

[C19fan]

That was the Castle Bravo test in 1954. The physicist miscalculated the yield by at least half; the actual yield was 15 Mt (largest nuke in US history) instead of the estimated 4 to 8 Mt. They screwed up on how an isotope of lithium would react. A Japanese fishing got irradiated.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I have this film on VHS and have loved it for years. Quite the film....quite.
Now I can DL it and have a nice digital copy. Thanks for posting.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

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