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The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
By Mitchell, Greg
- ISBN
- 9781620975732
- Publisher
- New Pr.
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Reviewed on April 1, 2020 | Arts & Humanities
In the aftermath of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, concerned scientists reached out to Hollywood in hopes a film could be made that would make plain the devastation caused by nuclear weapons. Mitchell (The Tunnels) chronicles in intricate detail how MGM, the military personnel responsible for the bombings, and a cadre of Oak Ridge scientists all worked together to create The Beginning or the End (1947). Unsurprisingly, the film was not a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
