Atomic Journeys-Welcome to Ground Zero
by Peter Kuran
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Actor: William ShatnerDirector: Peter Kuran
Cinematographer: Billy Louviere
Cinematographer: Jeff Roe
Editor: Jeff Roe
Producer: Peter Kuran
Writer: Peter Kuran
Producer: Jacqueline Zietlow
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 52 minutes
Release Date: 2000-01-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Goldhil Home Media
Studio: Goldhil Home Media
VHS Movie Reviews of Atomic Journeys-Welcome to Ground Zero
Movie Review: Some yesterday docos
Summary: 3 Stars
Just a set of docos about a very dawn of a nuclear weaponry, it is interesting for depicting the areas nuke tests had initially been conducted at.
Perhaps, DVD extras are even more educative than 53 min run of a movie itself but the Soviet exercising in deploying the blasts for the water channel erecting is hardly understandable in a context of this work.
Nothing of Chinese, Israeli and Indo-Pakistani endeavours might hardy be explained with secrecy surrounding these programs until realise of this documentary in 2006.
Not speaking of North Korean, Iraqi and Iranian developments in a nuclear field till 2006.
Movie Review: Film Review
Summary: 3 Stars
This was an okay film, but it was too long and too repetitive.Movie Review: Relive "Duck & Cover" in living color.
Summary: 4 Stars
A documentary that uses previously classified B&W and color footage and powerful symphonic music to fully express the forbidding destructive power of nuclear weapons, Welcome To Ground Zero is the second of four DVD's (that I'm aware of) dedicated to exposing the visual truth behind the testing of nuclear weapons from the mid-1940's through their banishment in the 1970's. Ground Zero concentrates on below ground nuclear tests, and the sight of entire islands rising 25 feet or more into the air and falling back to their foundations in a godlike thud can be quite sobering. This is not an anti-nuclear diatribe, nor is it pro nuclear power. Rather, it simply observes and describes what took place in the infancy of our nuclear life, leaving you to determine which end of the scale this branch of science rests: outrageously dangerous or benignly beneficial. Well worth the price of admission - and one way to prove to your friends how useless "Duck & Cover" would have been in a real nuclear blast.Movie Review: An Atomic Dud
Summary: 2 Stars
Greatly disappointed by this purchase, and certainly would never call this a documentary. Instead, it is a collection of footage with no timeline, context, nor reason. The producer seems content to move from test to test, providing absolutely no understanding of the public, US political, or international forces leading to these amazing tests; there is no attempt to understand how these tests shaped any US or international policies. Instead, it appears the US atomic testing program was conducted by a bunch of curious, "Gee, let's try this, Verne" nuclear hackers with no accountability to anyone but themselves.Sorry - maybe I've been spoiled by BBC and PBS quality documentaries. But "Atomic Journeys" is no journey at all. More like a childish merry-go-round.
Movie Review: A RARE look at our Nuclear History !!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Being someone who has worked with the Dept. of Energy ( D.O.E ), toured some of the rarest nuclear weapons sites, been a broadcast engineer/hobbist for 10 Years, and am creating my own special documentary about all things nuclear after 9 years of research; I have found Peter Kuran's work ABSOUTELY PERFECT in every detail, ESPECIALLY in his Film transfers to DVD. He has had access to some of the most recently declassified original films from the DOE archives. Most documentary's simply re-hash some of the same footage I've seen over and over again, but not Peter's. If you're interested in our nuclear history, I've seen all and would recommend ALL of the documentary's by www.vce.com.In a side note, for the person looking for the expermental bunker.......It's called the GREENBRIER HOTEL. You can see some of it's history at: Http://www.greenbrier.com/docs/history.html
I hope that's what your looking for.
Summary of Atomic Journeys-Welcome to Ground Zero
Our atomic heritage resides in sites all over the country--from the Trinity test area to natural-gas wells in Colorado--and many of them are open to the public. Plan your vacation with Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero, a blast through memory lane narrated by the perfectly suited William Shatner. Never-before-seen footage of test explosions and top-secret and work labs explores the history of America's nuclear programs, and interviews with current and former atomic scientists and engineers give depth to sights such as "the most bombed place on Earth" in Nevada. Learn about nonmilitary uses of nuclear weapons, the rationales behind the different programs, and where you can find these strange places. The musical score is a special bonus, performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra in a goodwill gesture of post-cold-war cooperation. --Rob LightnerGeneral Video
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