The Secret and the Sacred: Two Worlds at Los Alamos

The Secret and the Sacred: Two Worlds at Los Alamos

58 mins | Documentary | Dec. 10, 2001

Hidden in the mountains of Northern New Mexico lies the birthplace of the Atomic Age: Los Alamos, home of the „Manhattan Project“. Here Robert J. Oppenheimer and his staff created the first atomic bomb, „Trinity“, the scientific prototype to „Little Boy“ and „Fat Man,” the bombs which hastened the end of World War II by leveling Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Although the laboratory is today also a leading center of genetic research, it remains a place of secrecy, for its main mission is to maintain the existing nuclear arsenal – a task that hides behind the name, “Stockpile Stewardship”.

The Secret and the Sacred: Two Worlds at Los Alamos

58 mins | Documentary | Dec. 10, 2001

The Secret and the Sacred: Two Worlds at Los Alamos
Hidden in the mountains of Northern New Mexico lies the birthplace of the Atomic Age: Los Alamos, home of the „Manhattan Project“. Here Robert J. Oppenheimer and his staff created the first atomic bomb, „Trinity“, the scientific prototype to „Little Boy“ and „Fat Man,” the bombs which hastened the end of World War II by leveling Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Although the laboratory is today also a leading center of genetic research, it remains a place of secrecy, for its main mission is to maintain the existing nuclear arsenal – a task that hides behind the name, “Stockpile Stewardship”.
Producers
Original title Los Alamos und die Erben der Bombe
Directors Claus Biegert
Writers Claus Biegert

Cast

Ed Grothus

as Self