Description |
1 online resource (53 minutes) |
Summary |
Timed to coincide with international media coverage, this film reveals the full story of the race to build the world's biggest bomb, and its astonishing conclusion. The United States led the way, but then left the field clear for the Soviet Union to break all records with the largest man-made blast the planet has ever known, an explosion 4,000 times that of Hiroshima. Incredibly, they filmed the whole thing. Using this remarkable colour footage, first-hand testimony and forensic investigation, the gripping documentary paints a vivid portrait of events spiralling out of control, and uncovers the true extent of their impact |
Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed March 19, 2021) |
Performer |
Narrator, Andy Webb |
Notes |
In English |
Subject |
Arms race -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Arms race -- Soviet Union -- History
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Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Nuclear weapons -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
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Hydrogen bomb -- History
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Cold War.
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Arms race.
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Hydrogen bomb.
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Nuclear weapons.
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Soviet Union.
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United States.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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History.
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Documentary television programs.
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Documentaires télévisés.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Webb, Andy, director, producer, narrator
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Agnew, Harold M., speaker
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Blink Films, production company.
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BBC Worldwide Ltd., film distributor.
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