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Trinity and Beyond
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<h2 id="synopsis">Synopsis</h2> <p>Included is footage of nuclear tests starting with the May 1945 trial run to Trinity (the first atomic bomb), a 100-ton <a href="/facts/Trinitrotoluene/sADUt6nC">TNT</a> blast used to scale and calibrate the Trinity device, and ending with the last U.S. atmospheric nuclear detonation (called <a href="/facts/Operation_Dominic/RlBM2UIp">Tightrope</a>) of the <a href="/facts/Project_Nike/hmaWJ7Jb">Nike Hercules</a> air defense missile in 1963. Also included are test series in the South Pacific, footage of the firing of the U.S. Army's <a href="/facts/Upshot-Knothole_Grable/NuLlwymI">atomic cannon</a> at the <a href="/facts/Nevada_Test_Site/eWg04MIr">Nevada Test Site</a> in 1953, and color images of multi-megaton high altitude air bursts over <a href="/facts/Johnston_Island/xAdQlUQR">Johnston Island</a> just before the limited test ban treaty went into effect (banning all except underground detonations) in 1963.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="production">Production</h2> <p>The film's publicity claims that much of the American footage is newly declassified and previously unseen. Kuran's research brought him into contact with many of the cameramen who photographed the American tests, leading to the production of another documentary, <i>Atomic Filmmakers</i> which featured their reminiscences of working on the program. A new patented image restoration process was used for the first time to improve considerably the image quality of old and fading film stock.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>The film's <a href="/facts/Film_score/2l9qJgnT">music</a> (composed by William T. Stromberg) was performed by the <a href="/facts/Moscow_Symphony_Orchestra/3Rm0Vl0b">Moscow Symphony Orchestra</a>, symbolizing the end of the <a href="/facts/Cold_War/spJdJQ3q">Cold War</a>. </p><p>Footage from a Soviet documentary about the <a href="/facts/Tsar_Bomba/qbjpPwN2">Tsar Bomba</a> is featured in <i>Trinity and Beyond</i>, where it is referred to as the <i>Russian monster bomb</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Atomic_Cafe/M5dAfnE4">The Atomic Cafe</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/How_to_Photograph_an_Atomic_Bomb/8PSpocy3">How to Photograph an Atomic Bomb</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_films_about_nuclear_issues/de4fgUHo">List of films about nuclear issues</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Chuang, Angie (13 April 1997). <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-13-ca-48159-story.html">"Here's a Project Started at Ground Zero"</a>. <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. Retrieved 6 July 2012.</li> <li>Broad, William J. (13 September 2010). <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/science/14atom.html?pagewanted=all">"The Bomb Chroniclers"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. Retrieved 6 July 2012.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.atomcentral.com/">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Trinity-and-Beyond/92543867021">Trinity and Beyond</a> on <a href="/facts/Facebook/0IhXFR6u">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114728/"><i>Trinity and Beyond</i></a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lZi0HfXj8BhSg0GLUyOqFOTYcZQ8anru0">Official soundtrack playlist on YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQMnC7AM7jc">Official trailer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/atomcentral/featured">Official YouTube channel</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>MUBI <a href="https://mubi.com/films/trinity-and-beyond-the-atomic-bomb-movie" target="_blank">https://mubi.com/films/trinity-and-beyond-the-atomic-bomb-movie</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>DVD Savant Review Blu-ray Review <a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s3098trin.html" target="_blank">https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s3098trin.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Blu-ray.com <a href="https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Trinity-and-Beyond-The-Atomic-Bomb-Movie-Blu-ray/8889/#Review" target="_blank">https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Trinity-and-Beyond-The-Atomic-Bomb-Movie-Blu-ray/8889/#Review</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Film Preservation / Color Restoration - VCEinc, AtomCentral.com. Accessed December 30, 2009. <a href="http://www.atomcentral.com/rci.html" target="_blank">http://www.atomcentral.com/rci.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie." Nuclear Weapon Archive, 15 August 1999. <a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/News/VCE.html" target="_blank">http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/News/VCE.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>