RN Documentary : Building the Bomb
Series: RN Documentaries
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Length: 00:29:30
The detonation of the first atomic bomb on August 6th 1945 marked the start of a deadly new race for military supremacy. The blast in Hiroshima, Japan was the largest the world had ever seen and was trumpeted as a victory of ingenuity – indeed some of the world’s greatest scientists worked on it. One of them was Joseph Rotblat - a man who has spent the last 50 years trying to prevent the use of the weapon he helped create.
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The detonation of the first atomic bomb on August 6th 1945 marked the start of a deadly new race for military supremacy. The blast in Hiroshima, Japan was the largest the world had ever seen and was trumpeted as a victory of ingenuity – indeed some of the world’s greatest scientists worked on it. One of them was Joseph Rotblat - a man who has spent the last 50 years trying to prevent the use of the weapon he helped create.
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Transcript
Radio Netherlands, the Dutch International Service presents Building the Bomb. I’m Michele Ernsting and you’re listening to Vox Humana.
Explosion…
50 years ago scientists built a weapon unlike anything the world had ever known. It was so powerful, a single bomb could decimate an entire city, its inhabitants and poison the atmosphere. The detonation of the first atomic bomb on August 6th 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan, signaled a shift in global power and marked the start of a deadly new race for military supremacy.
The first atomic bomb was nicknamed “The Gadget” by those who built it. But what kind of person would choose to work on such a monstrous project. It’s easy to think they were men without conscience prepared to release the power of a split atom in exchange for money and fame. But in reality many joined the project convinced they could help keep this destructive genie...
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