The Forgotten Bomb (2010)

Director:

Stuart Overbey

Genre:

Documentary | History | War

Plot:

When the Cold War ended, worry about nuclear weapons receded. But has the nuclear threat really diminished...

Plot Keywords:

Nuclear Weapons | Atomic Bomb | Atomic Waste | Nuclear Energy | World War Two

Directed by
Stuart Overbey

Produced by
David Garcia	....	associate producer
Stuart Overbey	....	producer
Christopher Padilla	....	associate producer
Bud Ryan	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Timothy Andrew Eyster
Joel Sanchez

Cinematography by
David Garcia

Film Editing by
Stuart Overbey

Sound Department
Kathleen Edwards	....	sound designer
Kathleen Edwards	....	sound editor
Tor McAfee Kingdon	....	re-recording mixer
Tor McAfee Kingdon	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Coby Dax	....	camera operator
Noel Evans	....	camera operator
Bret Latter	....	camera operator
Alisher Mizoev	....	camera operator
Don Starnes	....	camera operator
Don Starnes	....	grip

Animation Department
Luis Arvizu	....	animator
Coby Dax	....	animator
Jeff Drew	....	animator

Other crew
Chad Mathis	....	production legal counsel

Distributors

• Cinema Libre Studio (2012) (USA) (all media)
• Cinema Libre Studio (2012) (worldwide) (all media) (International Sales Agent)

Other Companies

• Hear Kitty  audio post supervision
• Motion Picture Clearance Lab  film clearances
• Prometheus Legal  production legal counsel

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Informative, passionate, thoughtful

Having been raised in the "birthplace" of the atomic bomb, Los Alamos, there have always been debates about the right or wrong of the first use of the atomic bomb and of how many American lives were saved by its use. Few have addressed the horror it inflicted upon the civilian population and I believe, once again, brings up the question of the use WMD's and how they could ever have a place in our world then or ever again. Ryan and Overbey give us a good look at the history of the use of the bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki and subsequent development of the worlds arsenal in the decades to come at the cost of many lives and cultures throughout the world not to mention the trillions of dollars that have been spent (and are still being spent) in their development, storage, and dismantlement. In the world we live in today, I for one, think we could find much better uses for all those dollars spent on weapons that would bring an end to the world in a matter of days and focus on a world that works on resolving conflicts and cultural differences. The Forgotten Bomb is not only a good history lesson of the atomic era but a good insight into the possibilities of life without it.