Atomic Journeys - Welcome to Ground Zero

Editorial Review:
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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 Lightner

Average customer rating: Film Review Relive "Duck & Cover" in living color. An Atomic Dud A RARE look at our Nuclear History !!! "Looking for a MUST SEE Movie" Help everyone

Atomic Journeys - Welcome to Ground Zero Starring: William Shatner Director: Peter Kuran Manufacturer: Goldhil Home Media ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General | Documentary | Genres | DVD | Video Shatner, William | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Used DVDs | Stores | DVD | Video | Action & Adventure | African American Cinema | Animation | Anime & Manga | Art House & International | Classics | Comedy | Cult Movies | Documentary | Drama | Educational | Fitness & Yoga | Gay & Lesbian | Horror | Kids & Family | Military & War | Music Video & Concerts | Musicals & Performing Arts | Mystery & Suspense | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Special Interests | Sports | Television | Westerns DVDs Under $9.99 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video ( A ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video Similar Items: Trinity & Beyond - The Atomic Bomb Movie Nukes in Space - Rainbow Bombs America's Atomic Bomb Tests - The Collection Nuclear Rescue 911 - Broken Arrows & Incidents The Day After Trinity ASIN: B000GB5MDS Release Date: 2006-10-24

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Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero

Visit and experience America's original nuclear weapons testing sites...

Through the use of spectacular, never-before-seen nuclear test footage, travels to ten former testing sites and explores the history, physical changes resulting from the tests and current condition of these amazing and important places. Visit the notorious Nevada Test Site, known as the most bombed place on earth. Over 900 nuclear explosions where detonated at this location - an area larger than the State of Rhode Island. Once upon a time these locations were kept top secret, but today, with this 60th Anniversary Diamond Edition of Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero, you will finally see these historic hot spots. Preserving the incredible legacy of America's nuclear testing program stands as a reminder of the fine line between the progress of mankind and the destruction of the earth. Once you understand what really happened at the Ground Zero nuclear testing sites, you will never be the same.

Bonus Segments: - Actual Newsreel Footage of Unarmed Nuke Dropped on South CarolinaTown - Footage of Atomic Tests from Around the World - Slide Show Tours of Nevada Test Site and Hiroshima, Japan - Toursof Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico Test Sites - Atomic Tour Guide: Your Personal Tour Guide to Atomic Locations of the West - Atomic Trailers - Original Score by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra - Exclusive Photo Slide Show

Customer Reviews:

Film Review.......2007-01-17

This was an okay film, but it was too long and too repetitive.

Relive "Duck & Cover" in living color........2005-09-03

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.

An Atomic Dud.......2003-12-12

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.

A RARE look at our Nuclear History !!!.......2003-11-21

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.

"Looking for a MUST SEE Movie" Help everyone.......2003-11-13

Either in the late 80's or early 1990's I saw a movie about an experimental bomb shelter where there were approximately 12 - 15 individuals that were selected to enter a governmental bomb shelter should the need arise. And of course the day came.
The people had to deal with not only each other and the impending doom, but also the external forces of others - the less fortunate, that somehow find out about the shelter - trying to get in. Pleading with their families in tow. I believe there were camera's that allowed the residents to see the people outside begging.
It turned out that this was all a sham and of course it changed everyone. I liked this movie and now, for the last 8 years or so I have been trying to find it and cannot. I have tried every web page possible, gone through the movies at the video rental places.
I know this is not my imagination, so I am trying here since this seems to be a sight that would know of such a film. I did in fact rent this film, I did not see it direclty on TV, nor have I since.
Any help would be appreciated

Average customer rating: Film Review Relive "Duck & Cover" in living color. An Atomic Dud A RARE look at our Nuclear History !!! "Looking for a MUST SEE Movie" Help everyone

Atomic Journeys - Welcome to Ground Zero Starring: William Shatner Director: Peter Kuran Manufacturer: Goldhil Home Media ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General | Documentary | Genres | DVD | Video Science & Technology | Documentary | Genres | DVD | Video General | Military & War | Documentary | Genres | DVD | Video Educational | Kids & Family | Genres | DVD | Video Shatner, William | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Used DVDs | Stores | DVD | Video | Action & Adventure | African American Cinema | Animation | Anime & Manga | Art House & International | Classics | Comedy | Cult Movies | Documentary | Drama | Educational | Fitness & Yoga | Gay & Lesbian | Horror | Kids & Family | Military & War | Music Video & Concerts | Musicals & Performing Arts | Mystery & Suspense | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Special Interests | Sports | Television | Westerns DVDs Under $7.49 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video ( A ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video Similar Items: Trinity & Beyond - The Atomic Bomb Movie Nukes in Space - Rainbow Bombs America's Atomic Bomb Tests - The Collection Nuclear Rescue 911 - Broken Arrows & Incidents The Day After Trinity ASIN: B00004XMTF Release Date: 2000-10-03

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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 Lightner

Customer Reviews:

Film Review.......2007-01-17

This was an okay film, but it was too long and too repetitive.

Relive "Duck & Cover" in living color........2005-09-03

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.

An Atomic Dud.......2003-12-12

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.

A RARE look at our Nuclear History !!!.......2003-11-21

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.

"Looking for a MUST SEE Movie" Help everyone.......2003-11-13

Either in the late 80's or early 1990's I saw a movie about an experimental bomb shelter where there were approximately 12 - 15 individuals that were selected to enter a governmental bomb shelter should the need arise. And of course the day came.
The people had to deal with not only each other and the impending doom, but also the external forces of others - the less fortunate, that somehow find out about the shelter - trying to get in. Pleading with their families in tow. I believe there were camera's that allowed the residents to see the people outside begging.
It turned out that this was all a sham and of course it changed everyone. I liked this movie and now, for the last 8 years or so I have been trying to find it and cannot. I have tried every web page possible, gone through the movies at the video rental places.
I know this is not my imagination, so I am trying here since this seems to be a sight that would know of such a film. I did in fact rent this film, I did not see it direclty on TV, nor have I since.
Any help would be appreciated

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