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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781585659074
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 158565907X
Label: Goldhil Home Media
Manufacturer: Goldhil Home Media
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Goldhil Home Media
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 03, 2000
Sales Rank: 20178
Studio: Goldhil Home Media
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Editorial Review:
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Boasting material that was recently declassified, this documentary presents some startling material about how the United States detonated a number of atomic bombs in space during a top-secret cold war weapons program. The history of military rockets is detailed, beginning with the Nazi V2 rockets that attacked England late in World War II. The problems encountered in the America's cold war rocketry program is dramatically illustrated with a film montage of U.S. missiles spectacularly blowing up on their launch pads. After the Soviets launched Sputnik, America's resolve to be able to wage war in space stiffened, and test detonations of atomic weapons in space began. The effects of these little-known tests were bizarre and included electromagnetic disturbances that blew fuses in Hawaii while creating beautiful, if dangerous, artificial auroras that gave the tests the nickname of the "Rainbow Bombs." Of particular interest in this documentary are tapes of White House meetings at which President John F. Kennedy and his top science and military advisers discussed the atomic tests in space. The bomb detonations caused radiation problems in space, damaging fledgling communications satellites, and the government eventually called an end to the program. This is an entertaining and very informative look at a piece of cold war history that seems like vintage science fiction, yet it's all real. --Robert J. McNamara
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Rating:  -
I didn't think this video was very interesting at all. It was slow moving and showed too many rockets blowing up on their launching pads. The footage of the high altitude explosions was not entertaining at all. A waste of time in my opinion. DO NOT BUY this DVD!
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This movie is more about the Space Race than nuclear testing. Of course, the Space Race was driven primarily by the threat of nuclear weapons. It's a very well done and enjoyable documentary of ICBM (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile) development culminating in the high-altitude nuclear weapons affects tests of the Dominic/Fishbowl test series. There are not many thermonuclear explosions in this video--but there sure are a lot of rocket failure explosions. This movie also highlights the Cuban ... Read More
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As expected, this flim does cover the high-altitude explosions like Argus and Starfish. I thought the picture works well on a TV screen, and the footage is suitably presented. It puts the tests in their proper context, and gives credit to the people who did it. However, the movie was more of a history of ICBMs and (towards the end) ABM systems than a focus on high-altitude nuclear bursts. That is the right context to put the programs into, but I was surprised at what a nice documentary it is of ... Read More
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Nukes in Space is a serious documentary as well as eye candy. For those reading the history of the era, it provides the larger media-culture background to the Cuban Missile crisis. It goes far to explain why Kennedy and MacNamara went for the various arms control negotiations that lead to banning open air nuclear testing and eventually the ABM Treaty.
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I bought Trinity and Beyond mostly based on customer suggestion, and liked it so much that I purchased the follow-up, Atomic Journeys. Both of these movies are awesome; for full information, read my reviews. For some reason, Nukes in Space lagged a little bit.
Nukes in Space is certainly a (slightly) more serious film: there isn't as much footage of nuclear explosions, and there is more interview footage in this movie - Kuran presents the facts regarding America's detonation of nuclear ... Read More
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