Beginning or the End

Duration: 32

Year Published: 1947

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Adapted from the feature film of the same title. Reviews the early concern of scientists involved in atomic energy research, the realization of the political implications of the A-bomb, the construction and work of Oak Ridge and other research plants, and the part played by Roosevelt, Churchill, Bush, Groves, and Truman in the development and use of the first bombs. Pictures the testing of the bomb, dropping it, and the resulting devastation as witnessed by airmen over Hiroshima.

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