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Ultimate weapon: the H-bomb dilemma video tape
2003C42
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Title: Ultimate weapon: the H-bomb dilemma video tape
Date (inclusive): 1987-2000
Collection Number: 2003C42
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 item (18 tape boxes and 14 oversize boxes containing 172 U-Matic tapes and 208 Betacam tapes)
(15.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Videotape raw footage, relating to the American decision to develop the hydrogen bomb. Used in preparation of the television
program produced by the History Channel. Includes interviews with scientists and government officials involved in the decision.
Creator:
History Channel (Television network)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2003.
[Identification of item], Ultimate weapon: the H-bomb dilemma video tape, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
Videotape raw footage, relating to the American decision to develop the hydrogen bomb. Used in preparation of the television
program produced by the History Channel. Includes interviews with scientists and government officials involved in the decision.
Videotapes include a variety of interviews with those involved in the Manhattan Project, or with knowledge regarding the "Superbomb"
and its subsequent use and purpose. Contributors include Edward Teller, Robert Krohn, George Cowan, Robert Johnson, Vasily
Ginzberg, Kenneth Pitzer, Emil Konopinski, Barton Bernstein, John Manely, Hans Bethe, Ted and Caro Taylor, Kenneth Ford, Françoise
Ulam, Paul Nitze, Gordon Arnison, Foster Evans, Carson Marks, Louis Rosen, Norris Bradbury, Professor John Wheeler, Nicholas
Metropolis, Robert Serber, Professor Rabbi, Richard Garwin, Herbet York, Frederick Reines, Victor Weisskopf, Peter Hoving,
Greg McCleary. Videotapes also include historic footage and versions of the television program produced.
Arranged chronologically. Dates, titles and notes were taken directly from the tape label; the content of the recording may
not exactly match the label.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Video tapes
Nuclear weapons
United States -- Armed Forces
Hydrogen bomb