Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

For the last week we have been watching Trinity and Beyond in our Science class as a intention to expand our knowledge of the Nuclear Age bomb advancements after World War II's devastating end after the bombing at Nagasaki and Hiroshima and the events that led up to us being able to use the bombs through air, ocean, and land. A couple of history facts are that in May 1945 the first large devastating bomb was ever dropped. On August 23, 1933 the American/European program called the "Manhattan Project" was started. Los Alumos was the drop site of these bombs made from the Manhattan Project. On May 8th, 1945 Nazi Germany surrenders to the powerful allies now that their leader has succumb to pressure which led to his suicide. But, the war on the Pacific is only halfway through. Tinion Island far from Japan, but still close enough was the base of where the A-bombs that were dropped on Japan were stored. Enola Gay set off from the island to its two drop points, Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Later in the years of testing after the devastation at Operation Crossroads had prevented this. The U.S. now opens Operation Woodwall the first ever deep underwater bombing test. It's power is unimaginable. Before World War II the U.S. looked to the air after land and ocean had shown its power, which led to the development of Cherokee the first air delivered bomb. Lastly, Operation Plumbob was the largest atmospheric test of a Nuclear Bomb ever in the history of man. It caused a world-wide EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) blast. Some scientific facts from the movie are that Plutonium and Uranium were needed for the first Atomic bombs. When the plutonium in the A-bomb implodes that is what causes the Atomic blast. A-bomb can cause temperature spikes, incinerates all nearby life, and can cause temporary blindness when looked at. The bombs that were dropped in Japan were the Little Boy which was a 15 kiloton Uranium bomb that was dropped in Hiroshima and the Fat Man which was a 20 kiloton Plutonium bomb that was dropped in Nagasaki. The Item Bomb was the 1st Speed dropped bomb. The George bomb was the 1st ever Thermonuclear Bomb. The Mike Bomb was the 1st ever "Wet Bomb" which used liquid nitrogen. The Ivy Mike bomb was the 1st ever Hydrogen Bomb which was 5 megatons. Castle Bravo was the largest Thermonuclear bomb and was 15 megatons. Strontium was released from the atmospheric tested bombs and can radiate human bones to cause Leukemia. When a nuclear bomb is fired under ground it can vaporize all near rock into a molten bubble of lava. Some of the first "space" nuclear bombs carrier rockets ran on liquid oxygen. These rockets were called "Redstone Rockets" The movie ended depicting the aggressive tensions of the Korean people and how they have developed Nuclear technology and could possibly use it in any case of war.