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Nukes in Space - Rainbow Bombs [DVD]

William Shatner (Actor), Peter Kuran (Director) Rated:

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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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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Peter Kuran
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, NTSC, DVD
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 58 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ October 3, 2000
Actors ‏ : ‎ William Shatner
Studio ‏ : ‎ Goldhill Home Media
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00004XMTE
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Roy Pettis

A History of Missile/Anti-missile Systems

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2002

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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 the Missile races of the 1950s/60s. That story has not been very well told, and is one of the great technical achievedments of history. Even if it now seems a little mad, it's impressive what people did in such a short time. I would recommend this for anyone interested in the history of the time, or in the development of ballistic missiles. I wish it could be required watching for new teams working on BMD.

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G. Matot

Original videos of atomic weapons development

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2011

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I have seen many of the post WWII era nuclear weapons development. By far most of that video is in poor condition. This is not the case with this DVD. I was very impressed with the pristine videos in this DVD of the development of not only the weapons but the work to miniaturize the weapons so they could be delivered by an ICBM. I think I've seen all the DVDs on this subject and this one has the best picture quality by far.

This DVD covers the more advanced part of nuclear weapons development, to make the bombs smaller, which lead to the creation of multiple warhead weapons, and rocket development, which lead to devices originally capable of delivering one warhead a couple hundred miles, but now out to thousands of miles. Also covered is the advances in propellants leading to solid rocket motors.

Narration by William Shatner. Lots of sound was re-dubbed during post production from the original sources. By far most of the B&W footage shot during WWII was probably silent and had sound created later on in the studio. This is especially obvious when bombing in London is shown and despite the blasts being miles away the blast and sound are always in sync, plus all the sounds of buildings on fire are always the same sound.

Summary: this is probably the best looking video of post WWII era nuclear weapons and delivery systems development. Well worth the time to watch, a real feast for the eyes, lots of really neat fireball explosions in color.

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GOOD BUT NOT GREAT

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2023

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This documentary is not in the same category as Trinity and Beyond. While much can be learned about the high altitude testing explosions, this film isn't what its purported to be, and is a bit disappointing.

The front cover of my dvd container shows a huge, thermonuclear, mushroom cloud above the earth's sphere, with "rainbow" coloring, hence the Rainbow Bombs. The picture is photo-shopped and there's no such film record of a mushroom cloud in space that looks this way in the film.

William Shatner's narration, while usually good, is spoken in a voice not audible enough to synch with the classical music running in the background story. The movie was made in 2000 and is credible. Facts still mattered then. Regretably now, however, Mr. Shatner is wasting his narrative talents on questionable shows on the current History Conspiracy Channel.

Audio clips of President Kennedy and his cabinet discussing the Cuban Missile Crisis are played, but, because of inferior recording technology in the 1960s aren't much interesting to hear. The documentary is only 57 minutes, which leaves more to be desired on such an intersting, and momentous epoch in american military history.

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Kevin Woodward

Great history. My only problem is that at the ...

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2017

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Great history. My only problem is that at the end Captain Kirk comments about the 60 billion dollars spent on Reagan's SDI and ABM technology, saying that, "Not one of the concepts has proven effective." What about Israel's Iron Dome?

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Jim Colyer

William Shatner again! Hitler bombing Londoners with V-2 missiles ...

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2018

William Shatner again! Hitler bombing Londoners with V-2 missiles! The war ends, and German scientists are brought to the United States. But the Russians are moving and put the Sputnik satellite in space in October, 1957, which I remember. ICBMs are the thing! H-Bombs! Eisenhower turns to Wernher von Braun, and the U.S. launches Explorer I. The power grid is of concern. We are in a nuclear weapons race. Kennedy and Khrushchev face off, and testing continues. I was 16 and naive when the Cuban missile crisis occurred. Production of nuclear-tipped missiles on both sides was out of control. Reagan and his SDI initiative is covered. Since then, North Korea has become a nuclear threat, and Kim Jong-Un has voiced his intention of attacking the the U.S. President Trump is adamant about updating our nuclear arsenal.

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Good documentary on warheads and rockets

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2012

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If you're looking for nonstop footage of bomb tests, you want to see Kuran's earlier film "Trinity and Beyond". "Nukes in Space" is a good documentary about the development of rocket delivery systems, with a lot of rare footage, beautifully restored of course (Kuran won an academy award for film restoration technology).

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DKLA

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017

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The entire series from Peter Kuran is great. This one is a must have.

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