Trinity and Beyond
- September 29, 1995 (1995-09-29)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie is a 1995 American documentary film directed by Peter Kuran and narrated by William Shatner.[3]
Using restored archive footage, the film traces the development of nuclear weapons and their testing, from America's Trinity test of 1945 (hence the title) to the first Chinese atomic bomb test in 1964. Kuran's commentary on the DVD version claims that the DVD replaces some of the original footage with better-quality versions. There are some short special effects sequences too. The film has also since been released on Blu-ray.[4]
Synopsis
Included is footage of nuclear tests starting with the May 1945 trial run to Trinity (the first atomic bomb), a 100-ton TNT blast used to scale and calibrate the Trinity device, and ending with the last U.S. atmospheric nuclear detonation (called Tightrope) of the Nike Hercules air defense missile in 1963. Also included are test series in the South Pacific, footage of the firing of the U.S. Army's atomic cannon at the Nevada Test Site in 1953, and color images of multi-megaton high altitude air bursts over Johnston Island just before the limited test ban treaty went into effect (banning all except underground detonations) in 1963.[5]
Production
The film's publicity claims that much of the American footage is newly declassified and previously unseen. Kuran's research brought him into contact with many of the cameramen who photographed the American tests, leading to the production of another documentary, Atomic Filmmakers which featured their reminiscences of working on the program. A new patented image restoration process was used for the first time to improve considerably the image quality of old and fading film stock.[6]
The film's music (composed by William T. Stromberg) was performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.
Footage from a Soviet documentary about the Tsar Bomba is featured in Trinity and Beyond, where it is referred to as the Russian monster bomb.[7]
See also
References
- Chuang, Angie (13 April 1997). "Here's a Project Started at Ground Zero". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- Broad, William J. (13 September 2010). "The Bomb Chroniclers". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
External links
- Official website
- Trinity and Beyond on Facebook
- Trinity and Beyond at IMDb
- Official soundtrack playlist on YouTube
- Official trailer
- Official YouTube channel
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topics
- National Atomic Testing Museum
- Fallout: An American Nuclear Tragedy
- Alvin C. Graves
- Reed Hadley
- Chuck Hansen
- Corbin Harney
- Desert Rock exercises
- Unethical human experimentation in the United States
- International Day against Nuclear Tests
- Nevada Desert Experience
- Nuclear weapons testing
- Project Plowshare
- Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
- The Atomic Cafe
- Radio Bikini
- Reactor-grade plutonium nuclear test
- Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
- Vela Uniform
- Louis Vitale
- Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll