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.
Cinematography
Declassified footage that shouldn't look this gorgeous.
Direction
Kuran turned government archives into apocalyptic poetry.
Sound
Shatner's voice rumbling over silent devastation.
Director
Peter Kuran
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Peter Kuran spent years filing Freedom of Information Act requests to access footage that was literally rotting in government vaults. Some film reels were decomposing before they could be digitized.
The 'Atomic Age' aesthetic sold nuclear testing as tourist entertainment—Las Vegas residents would watch mushroom clouds from hotel rooftops with 'atomic cocktails.' This film weaponizes that same spectacular imagery against itself.
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