Videos on Science and the Environment

A Bigger bang for the buck 1989, c1988

For the first time in the nuclear age, Americans were forced to accept that their nuclear advantage was not perpetually assured. The successful Soviet launch of Sputnik led to U.S. fears of a "bomber gap" and later a "missile gap.". 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Dawn 1989, c1988

Development of the bomb is traced against the backdrop of World War II. The program concludes with the failure of the first attempts to control atomic weapons after the war. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Into eternity en film til fremtiden 2011

"Into Eternity is the first feature documentary to explore the mind-boggling scientific and philosophical questions long-term nuclear waste storage poses. Structured as a message to future generations, the film focuses on the Onkalo underground waste repository now being built in Finland, one of the first nuclear waste storage facilities. Once the repository is full in about 100 years, it will be closed and sealed 'forever'."--Container . 1 videodisc (78 min.)

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The sum of all fears 2002

Mace Neufeld, Paul Attanasio, Daniel Pyne, Phil Alden Robinson, Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Liev Schreiber, Bridget Moynahan, Alan Bates, Ciaran Hinds, Philip Baker Hall, and Ron Rifkin 

CIA agent Jack Ryan finds himself in a race against time to stop terrorists who plan to ignite a war between the U.S. and Russia by detonating a nuclear bomb at the Super Bowl game. 1 videodisc (123 min.)

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The trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer 2009

David Grubin, David Grubin Productions, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), British Broadcasting Corporation, and Television Service

J. Robert Oppenheimer's life and legacy are inextricably linked to America's most famous top-secret initiative - the Manhattan Project. This biography presents a complex and revealing portrait of one of America's most influential scientists. 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.)

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