Building the First Atomic Bomb | New Mexico PBS

The fascinating, untold story of the engineers and scientists who had the hands-on job of turning atomic theory into reality. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first atomic detonation, this is not a dry historical overview about the well worn story of Oppenheimer and fellow physicists. Rather, this documentary is about the men who had to get the job done. In their own words, this is a candid, sometimes humorous, oftentimes frightening story of creating the first atomic bomb. Profiled are individuals that played an essential role in the development of the first atomic bomb and follows their ground breaking, top secret work at Los Alamos New Mexico, in southern New Mexico at the Trinity site, Oak Ridge Tennessee, Wendover Utah, and Tinian Island in the South Pacific.

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