The Bomb Documentary on Free Online Video

This PBS documentary swiftly covers the terrifying history of the nuclear bomb from its creation during the height of World War II through the most dangerous days of the Cold War and up to the looming shadow it casts over our contemporary World. YouвЂ™ll learn about the Manhattan Project headed up by physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and their eventual detonation of the first nuclear bomb at the Trinity test site. This lead to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and youвЂ™ll hear varying opinions about the role that these bombings played in ending World War II. The documentary also covers the initiation of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and shows remastered footage of dozens of atomic bomb tests conducted including the detonation of the first hydrogen bombs. The Cuban Missile crisis is examined and youвЂ™ll learn how close the World came to nuclear war. The documentary concludes with examining the state of nuclear weapons in the 21st century and the dangers they still pose to civilization. Complete with interviews from those involved and historians covering the history of the bomb, this documentary is an informative, and often horrifying, look at the Atomic Age.

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