Episode of Series “Visions of War”.
This is the fascinating background story to the making and testing of the first H-Bomb. It contains much fine colour archive film as well as contributions from many of the principal participants in the hydrogen-bomb saga. The story continues on from the first atomic bomb drops on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, through to the bomb test at Bikini Atoll in 1954.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
017500
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Archival resources
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Atomic bomb
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Atomic bomb - Blast effect
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Atomic bomb victims
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Bombing, Aerial
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Hiroshima (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Hydrogen bomb
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nagasaki-Shi (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nuclear warfare
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nuclear warfare - Social aspects
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nuclear weapons - Testing
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War and society
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Nuclear warfare - Social aspects
History → Hiroshima (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945
History → Nagasaki-Shi (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)