Recherche dans la collection - Hiroshima-Nagasaki, Part 2 : The Third Bomb

BERTELL, Rosalie

1997-0198

Enregistrement sonore

1 of 1

1985-08

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

host, Lister Sinclair; interviewer, Robert Del Tredici

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>

English

Libre

MSS 29036

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur