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  1. The Ultimate Deterrent

    Date released
    6 Jun 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1461A
    NoS ID
    021725
    Story no
    1 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Ultimate Deterrent. DESCRIPTION: Christmas Island, a small atoll in the Pacific, was the base of the operation. The explosion of Britain’s first Therme nuclear device was the...

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  2. Birth of the Bomb / Search for the Super (1995)

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 2 x 50 minutes), £16.99

    Two films by Peter Batty that piece together the story of the quest for an ultimate weapon, looking at how scientists and politicians in Germany, the UK, the USA and the Soviet Union battled to unleash a...

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  3. Experiment with Death

    Date released
    18 Jul 1946
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    46/57
    NoS ID
    101210
    Story no
    4 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    On July 1st the fourth atomic bomb was dropped on Bikini Atoll. Extensive camera coverage shows every phase of this appointment with the unknown, the shape of wars to come is moulded in the column of...

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  4. Megaton Threat

    Date released
    2 Nov 1961
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1691A
    NoS ID
    024345
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Megaton Threat. DESCRIPTION: This is one place in England where the effects of radio-activity from Russian nuclear tests are under constant examination. They’re testing milk for the...

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  5. America in the Fifties: The Fear and the Dream (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    After World War 2, Americans were gripped by new terrors: rising Soviet military power and the spectre of nuclear annihiliation. Sheltered in rapidly expanding suburbs, newly affluent couples...

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  6. Top Secret Atom Bursts Released

    Date released
    26 Mar 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1242A
    NoS ID
    018457
    Story no
    8 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atom Bomb. Nevada. DESCRIPTION: Large numbers took part as close-up witnesses of the recent atomic blast in Nevada. The atomic device, a relatively small affair compared with some...

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  7. John Hersey’s Hiroshima (1948)

    Subject
    Health & safety; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 20 minutes), £19.50

    Soon after the war, The New Yorker, bore a light-hearted cover of a summer picnic in a park. There was no hint to what was inside. Hersey’s article began where the magazine’s regular "Talk of the Town"...

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  8. Water World

    Date released
    3 Apr 1967
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1974
    NoS ID
    026833
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Water World. DESCRIPTION: France launches her first Nuclear Submarine. In Australia, a new light weight sailcloth contributes to the challenge for the America’s Cup. At Staines, on...

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  9. Advertising on TV (Vols 1-26) (2005)

    Subject
    Business studies; Media studies; Politics & government; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (NTSC, 55 mins each vol), $20.00 each vol

    A 26-part series covering in detail, with many examples, the theory and technology behind the development of television advertising in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s. Many of the films were...

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