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The cult classic documentary "Trinity and Beyond" made its debut in 1995, chronicling the development of the atomic bomb and the emergence of the Atomic Age. This breakthrough documentary revealed previously classified films that have been restored. Over the years, "Trinity and Beyond" has become a Living Document as filmmaker Peter Kuran has continued to advance footage preservation and restoration relating to the remarkably notorious atomic era.
 
July 16, 2015 marks the 70th Anniversary detonation of the first atomic bomb, code name Trinity, in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ensued shortly after. In observance of this monumental event in history, Peter Kuran and the crew at AtomCentral are working to continue the tradition of improving this Living Document through the restoration of existing, new and rare footage as well as lengthening sequences for this Special 70th Anniversary edition of "Trinity and Beyond."


 

Although "Trinity and Beyond" has been previously released, there are costs involved for updating this living document with additional footage acquisitions, including digitization and restoration. Some sequences will be lengthened and additional post-production sound work will be required.

  

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In the dark days at the turn of the year, all but a few bits of U.S.-Russian cooperation to strengthen nuclear security in Russia came to a halt.  No longer, for now at least, will U.S. experts work with counterparts at major Russian nuclear facilities to implement better means to prevent insiders from stealing fissile material, or to improve accounting, so a theft would be quickly detected.
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2015 is the 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb

At 5:30 AM on the morning of July 16, 1945, the pre-dawn stillness of the New Mexico desert was shattered by the most momentous, man-made explosion of all time. At a site called Trinity, a plutonium bomb was assembled and atop a 100 foot steel tower.

 

The bomb was detonated, producing an intense flash and a fireball that expanded to 600 meters in two seconds. The explosive power was nearly 20 kilotons of TNT. It grew to a height of more than 12 kilometers, boiling up in the shape of a mushroom. Forty seconds later, the blast of air from the bomb reached the observation bunkers, along with a long and deafening roar of sound. And so began the ATOMIC AGE...

 

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