A docudrama detailing the research, development and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima.A docudrama detailing the research, development and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima.A docudrama detailing the research, development and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima.
Ludwig Stössel
- Dr. Albert Einstein
- (as Ludwig Stossel)
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- TriviaAt the time of this production, there was a legal requirement that permission had to be obtained from well-known living public figures to be depicted on film. Several prominent scientists refused permission, including Niels Bohr, Sir James Chadwick and Lise Meitner. This unfortunately gave the film the appearance the Manhattan Project was more all-American than it really was.
- GoofsIn the movie the character Matt Cochran (played by Tom Drake) has an accident in the laboratory on Tinian that eventually kills him from radiation poison, but he is credited with saving 40,000 lives because of his self-sacrifice of bare-handedly separating the radioactive materials. This incident did not happen on Tinian. Rather, it reflects a similar accident that killed Canadian scientist Louis Slotin at Los Alamos NM in May 1946.
- Quotes
End Title Card: To the people of the 25th Century: The was THE BEGINNING. Only you, and those who have lived between us and you, can know THE END.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits, in light of a print of the film being locked in a time capsule to be opened in 2446, include the following: "You are about to see the motion picture sealed in the time capsule for the people of the 25TH Century." Subsequently, the end credits include the following in light of the opening statement: "To the people of the 25TH Century, This was THE BEGINNING. Only you, and those who have lived between us and you, can know THE END"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped (1995)
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I saw this movie years ago and hope that it still exists somewhere. I am not optimistic about this as it has never appeared on the History Channel or some other likely place.
This was the first of several films about the Manhattan Project and was perhaps the best one. It is the only one that shows the full scope of the project. The others are either about Los Alamos or the 509th Composite Group that dropped it.
This was also the only one that had some of the real people as advisers. General Groves was a technical adviser and Leo Szilard may also have been one (althought I'm not sure about Leo).
This is an important historical film and deserves preservation and re-publication.
This was the first of several films about the Manhattan Project and was perhaps the best one. It is the only one that shows the full scope of the project. The others are either about Los Alamos or the 509th Composite Group that dropped it.
This was also the only one that had some of the real people as advisers. General Groves was a technical adviser and Leo Szilard may also have been one (althought I'm not sure about Leo).
This is an important historical film and deserves preservation and re-publication.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,661,780
- Gross worldwide
- $5,737,760
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Beginning or the End (1947) officially released in India in English?
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