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Record information – Brief Hiroshima-Nagasaki, Part 2 : The Third Bomb
Series title:IdeasHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1985-08Item number (ISN):277896Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:BERTELL, RosalieAccession:1997-0198Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1985-08Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationProduction credit:host, Lister Sinclair; interviewer, Robert Del TrediciDescription:Radio program providing a retrospective look at the birth of America's hydrogen bomb by approaching those who were present at its first testing; by talking to those now responsible for its deployment, and by seeking the views of ordinary Americans at its official 40th anniversary celebration, and by exploring recent advances in the nuclear weapons arsenal, namely the neutron bomb. Other topics discussed are: Ellsworth Airforce Base (South Dakota); Los Alamos National Laboratory; the atomic bombing of Japan; J. Robert Oppenheimer, chief scientist, The Manhattan Project; and American militarism. Interviews are held with: Edward Teller, the "father" of the hydrogen bomb; [Dorothy McKibbon], photographer of the first test of the hydrogen bomb in New Mexico; [Berlin Brixner], cinematographer who filmed the first hydrogen bomb blast; and [Sam Cohen], "father" of the neutron bomb. <60mn>Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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