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The Secret and the Sacred: Two Worlds at Los Alamos

2001-12-10 de 58m
Documentary
Hidden in the mountains of Northern New Mexico lies the birthplace of the Atomic Age: Los Alamos, home of the „Manhattan Project“. Here Robert J. Oppenheimer and his staff created the first atomic bomb, „Trinity“, the scientific prototype to „Little Boy“ and „Fat Man,” the bombs which hastened the end of World War II by leveling Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Although the laboratory is today also a leading center of genetic research, it remains a place of secrecy, for its main mission is to maintain the existing nuclear arsenal – a task that hides behind the name, “Stockpile Stewardship”.

Director

Claus Biegert

Writer

Claus Biegert

Music

Peter Gordon

Producer

Bertram Verhaag

Director of Photography

Christoph Wirsing

Editor

Gabriele Kröber

Status

Released

Countries

  • Germany

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