The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project

Published on 16 Jan 2008 
The Moment in Time documents the uncertain days of the beginning of World War II when it was feared the Nazis were developing the atomic bomb. The history of the bomb's development is traced through recollections of those who worked on what was known as "the gadget". [6/2000] [Science] [Show ID: 5090]

The Day After Trinity (1981) [Full Documentary]

Published on 28 Jul 2016
This 1981 documentary follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer: the head of the infamous Manhattan Project. Much of its attention focuses on his contributions before and after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It also looks at how the project affected him afterwards.

This version of the film is taken from the 1995 CD-ROM version of the film released by The Voyager Company. So please try not to mind the low quality as this video was compressed with a very early version of Quicktime.

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Operation Tumbler Snapper (1952)

Uploaded on 8 Jul 2009

Courtesy National Nuclear Security Administration / Nevada Site Office
0800011 - Operation Tumbler/Snapper - 1952 - 47:00 - Nevada, Color, Sanitized -
Operation Tumbler-Snapper consisted of eight nuclear shots in two phases. The Tumbler phase was of primary concern to the Department of Defense, which called for airdropped nuclear weapons tests. The Snapper second phase was a set of experiments conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission and the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory to help improve effects of nuclear weapons.

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