Documentary, History, War
"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945-1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, this award-winning documentary reveals previously unreleased and classified government footage from several countries.
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SIMILAR MOVIES
Thirteen Days
Iron Eagle II
Mystery Man of the A-Bomb
Hiroshima
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Zero Point
Fail Safe
Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran
The Half-Life of Genius Physicist Raemer Schreiber
Nuclear Armageddon: How Close Are We?
Uncle Jack: Manhattan Project and Beyond
Fat Man and Little Boy
Tokyo Phoenix
NUMEC: How Israel Stole the Atomic Bomb
Millions of crosses
Vive la bombe !
Chernobyl, Fukushima: Living with the Legacy
Oppenheimer
Red Joan
Twice: The Extraordinary Life of Tsutomu Yamaguchi
SIMILAR MOVIES
Thirteen Days
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2000
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.Iron Eagle II
IMDB 4.5 | Nov , 1988
Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East. Chappy finds that getting the Soviet and U.S. Pilots to cooperate is only the most minor of his problems as he discovers someone in the Pentagon is actively sabotaging his mission.Mystery Man of the A-Bomb
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2023
Stories of the people who built the first atomic weapons are well known. But what about those who provided the uranium? We look at a mysterious man who derived huge profits from the business of war.Hiroshima
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 1953
Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially children, of that city.Hiroshima Mon Amour
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 1959
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.Zero Point
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2025
A president and his government are meeting in emergency after an enemy country launches a nuclear missile.Fail Safe
IMDB 7.8 | Oct , 1964
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran
IMDB 7.1 | May , 2018
A look at India's second confidential nuclear test series at Pokhran lead by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, during the time of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure.The Half-Life of Genius Physicist Raemer Schreiber
IMDB 7.3 | Jul , 2018
Our two-hour film highlights the life and career of Dr. Schreiber with respect and clarity. Raemer, his wife Marge, and young daughter Paula would move to the high-desert of New Mexico where he and other brilliant minds would change the world forever.Nuclear Armageddon: How Close Are We?
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2024
With the Doomsday Clock the closest it's ever been to midnight, Jane Corbin investigates the proliferation of nuclear weapons across the globe. She visits Los Alamos, home to the United States’ nuclear weapons development facility and the historic home of Oppenheimer’s Manhattan Project. In Scotland, she reveals the strategy behind Britain’s nuclear deterrent, and speaks to campaigners in Suffolk fighting against US weapons they fear will be based on UK soil. Jane also discovers how many of the global agreements and safeguards that have constrained the spread of nuclear weapons since the 1970s are breaking down. This is a story told by the scientists, investigators and diplomats who set the clock and have fought to ensure that the ultimate deterrent has not been used in over 70 years.Uncle Jack: Manhattan Project and Beyond
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2016
The Manhattan Project was an enormous undertaking that required the efforts of many of the world's most brilliant intellectuals. Hundreds of physicists, mathematicians, and engineers were needed to design, build, and test the world's first atomic weapon and the Unites States government did everything in its power to lure these individuals to the Manhattan Project. Documentary to include: Interviews with Scientists conducted by the World War II Foundation Interviews with World War II Historians Interviews with WWII veterans Interviews with those who worked with John Gray in the world of Atomic Energy Interviews with authors who have written extensively about the Manhattan Project Interviews with people from the world of academia. This film is personal: One of those assigned to the project was my uncle John Edmund Gray, a University of Rhode Island graduate with a brilliant mind. —Tim GrayFat Man and Little Boy
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 1989
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."Tokyo Phoenix
IMDB 7.5 | May , 2017
In 150 years, twice marked by total destruction —a terrible earthquake in 1923 and incendiary bombings in 1945— followed by a spectacular rebirth, Tokyo, the old city of Edo, has become the largest and most futuristic capital in the world in a transformation process fueled by the exceptional resilience of its inhabitants, and nourished by a unique phenomenon of cultural hybridization.NUMEC: How Israel Stole the Atomic Bomb
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2022
NUMEC: How Israel Stole the Atomic Bomb and Killed JFK. Terrorists took advantage of the massive weapons surplus following the end of WWII and created lucrative black-markets for illegal arms trafficking many of which went to ethno-fascist fanatics who created the state of Israel. The weapons theft would escalate to Highly Enriched Uranium for nuclear bombs and the assassination of a US president.Millions of crosses
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2025
A short documentary made from archival footage that explores the various dynamics of Japan and the U.S.A. during ww2Vive la bombe !
IMDB 1 | Mar , 2007
April 30, 1962. The Algerian War has been over for two months, but Charles de Gaulle negotiated with the FLN during the Évian Accords to continue nuclear testing in the Sahara Desert. Under the eyes of officials gathered in an observation post located 5 km from the blast site, the Taourirt fissures, releasing a radioactive cloud: this will be known as the Béryl accident.Chernobyl, Fukushima: Living with the Legacy
IMDB 7.5 | Apr , 2016
30 years after the Chernobyl catastrophe and 5 years after Fukushima it is time to see what has been happening in the “exclusion zones” where the radioactivity rate is far above normal.Oppenheimer
IMDB 8 | Jul , 2023
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.Red Joan
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2018
London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.Twice: The Extraordinary Life of Tsutomu Yamaguchi
IMDB 7.7 | Jan , 2010
Tsutomu Yamaguchi is a hibakusha. A survivor of both atomic bomb blasts in 1945. First at Hiroshima, then again at Nagasaki. Now nearing 90, Yamaguchi finally speaks out. Breaking taboos of shame and sorrow, he responds to a call to fight for a world without nuclear weapons by telling his story, so that no one else will ever have to tell one like it again. Twice reconstructs Yamaguchi’s experiences in 1945 Japan, interviews him on the after-effects of exposure and documents the last five years of the late-blooming activist’s life.