Birth of the Bomb / Search for the Super

Synopsis: 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 terrifying power they did not understand.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1995
Subjects: History; Technology
Keywords: Hiroshima; Nagasaki; nuclear warfare; nuclear weapons

Title: Birth of the Bomb
Synopsis: BIRTH OF THE BOMB looks at the making and testing of the first atomic bombs. Traces the early experiments in Nazi Germany to the establishment of the ‘Manhattan Project’ in the USA. Includes rare colour archive material and some that was previously classified as top secret by the United States authorities.
Duration: 50 mins
Title: Search for the Super
Synopsis: SEARCH FOR THE SUPER covers the background to the making and testing of the first hydrogen bomb. Using original archive film, traces the story 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 on Bikini atoll in March 1954.
Duration: 50 mins

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