The March of Time, Vol. 12, No. 13: Atomic Power
If this is not the greatest short ever produced from the standpoint of suspense, terror and an awe-inspiring climax, it will do for that classification until a better one comes along. Bursts with nearly the impact of the atom bomb...
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"Interesting short length documentary (with a running time less than 20 minutes) made in 1946 by the March of Time series about America's Manhattan Project with the nuclear scientists reenacting the scenes of their momentous work just a year after the Hiroshima bomb. We see Einstein, Oppenheimer, Fermi, Szilard, Lawrence, Compton, Urey, Rabi, Vannevar Bush, General Groves and others playing themselves. One memorable scene has some of the reputable scientists reenacting a scene where they duck to the ground for cover when the Trinity test bomb is about to explode. And also reenacted are som..."
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If this is not the greatest short ever produced from the standpoint of suspense, terror and an awe-inspiring climax, it will do for that classification until a better one comes along. Bursts with nearly the impact of the atom bomb...