Birth Of The Bomb / Search For The Super (DVD)

A definitive history of the creation of the nuclear age, with gripping archive footage of the most powerful explosions ever witnessed and fascinating testimonies from the men who shaped our future. From the ashes of the Second World War and in a Cold War climate of suspicion and fear, the global quest for the ultimate weapon began. Peter Batty's two thrilling and highly acclaimed accounts of this extraordinary story include previously classified military footage and extensive interviews with the men involved in changing the course of history. The unleashing of a terrifying power with horrific implications... Birth Of The Bomb: The making and testing of the first atomic bombs, tracing the earliest experiments in Nazi Germany to the establishment of the Manhattan Project in the USA. Search For The Super: The making and testing of the first H-Bomb, from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the first full scale test at Bikini in the Pacific.

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