- Trinity and Beyond
Infobox_Film
name=Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
caption=Cover of the 2006 DVD release
director=Peter Kuran
writer=Scott Narrie
Don Pugsley
narrator=William Shatner| music=John W. Morgan
William T. Stromberg
released=1995
runtime=93 min
language=English
imdb_id=0114728"Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie" is a
1995 Americandocumentary film directed by Peter Kuran. It is narrated byWilliam Shatner . Using restored archive footage, the film traces the development ofnuclear weapon s and their testing, from America'sTrinity test of1945 (hence the title) to the first Chinese atomic bomb test in1964 . Kuran's commentary on theDVD version claims that the DVD replaces some of the original footage with better-quality versions.Included is footage of nuclear tests starting with the May 1945 trial run to Trinity (the first atomic bomb), a 100 ton TNT blast used to scale and calibrate the Trinity device, and ending with the last U.S. atmospheric nuclear detonation (called Tightrope) of the Nike Hercules air defense missile in 1963. Also included are test series in the South Pacific, and excellent footage of the firing of the U.S. Army's
atomic cannon at theNevada Test Site in 1953, and stunning color images of multi-megaton high altitude air bursts overJohnston Island just before the limited test ban treaty went into effect (banning all except underground detonations) in 1963.The film's publicity claims that much of the American footage is newly declassified and previously unseen. Kuran's research brought him into contact with many of the cameramen who photographed the American tests, leading to the production of another documentary, "Atomic Filmmakers", which featured their reminiscences of working on the program.
The film's music (composed by William Stromberg) was performed by the
Moscow Symphony Orchestra , symbolizing the end of thecold war . The score was later used in some trailers for the X-Men movies.Technical details
US Theatrical Release Date:
September 29 ,1995
Production Company: Visual Concept Entertainment (VCE)External links
* [http://www.vce.com/trinity.html Official Site ]
*imdb title|id=0114728|title=Trinity and Beyond
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