Secret History of the Atomic Bomb

I expected better from the National Geographic. It spent its opening on criticizing Israel to the point of being anti-semitic. The stock footage of nuclear blasts consisted of repeated renditions of the Trinity gadget on 16Jul45 and mislabeling the underwater detonation (Crossroads series, the second of two) of a bomb almost identical to the Trinity and Nagasaki bombs. The Crossroads event took place in '46, five years before thermonuclear testing began. The "documentary" cherry-picked information, most of which was questionable and misleading. Not recommended at all. The PBS movie entitled Hiroshima and Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie are infinitely better choices. The copy of the National Geographic offering is going into the S-can lest returning it would allow it to be sold to another unsuspecting soul. I will never buy anything emblazoned with the National Geographic logo again.

The best most-up-to-date documentary about nuclear weapons proliferation. Interviews with top experts like Rhodes. Story of spies, all of them. Men who sold out humanity for their nation and just to make money. Japanese bomb project. History of closest calls. Grim truth everyone should see.

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Hey.....it's National Geographic so it has to be good. And it is.

Excellent documentary. Better than any movie. A must have for history buffs.

everyone in America should watch this movie.

excellent

Well done documentary on the development of the A bomb including the race by Germany to try and be first.Great footage and narration.

Fascinating!! Exceeded my expectations!