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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
It's really a very calm and soothing movie. I know that sounds weird, but there is this really peaceful classical music (performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra) overlayed over the footage of all the nuclear bombs going off.
In between those shots, you have pictures of healthy young suntanned soldiers and scientists scurrying around intensely to prepare for the experiment. I always think of my dad when I see those shots, because he was stationed on Johnson Island in the Pacific during that time, and used to go for long swims in the ocean.
Only downside: it's narrated by William Shatner. I guess those Geico commercials weren't paying enough of the bills. And they have an interview with Edward Teller (*gross*). A mercifully short one. For those of you that don't know....Edward Teller was one of the leading scientists on the Manhattan Project and it was in part due to Teller's testimony concerning the top secret security clearance of Robert Oppenheimer that caused the govt to revoke Oppenheimer's security clearance and strip him of all his powers.
It's really a very calm and soothing movie. I know that sounds weird, but there is this really peaceful classical music (performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra) overlayed over the footage of all the nuclear bombs going off.
In between those shots, you have pictures of healthy young suntanned soldiers and scientists scurrying around intensely to prepare for the experiment. I always think of my dad when I see those shots, because he was stationed on Johnson Island in the Pacific during that time, and used to go for long swims in the ocean.
Only downside: it's narrated by William Shatner. I guess those Geico commercials weren't paying enough of the bills. And they have an interview with Edward Teller (*gross*). A mercifully short one. For those of you that don't know....Edward Teller was one of the leading scientists on the Manhattan Project and it was in part due to Teller's testimony concerning the top secret security clearance of Robert Oppenheimer that caused the govt to revoke Oppenheimer's security clearance and strip him of all his powers.
