Introduction

The bombing of Hiroshima showed the appalling destructive power of the atomic bomb.

Outline

Mark Cousins’s bold documentary looks at death in the atomic age, but life too. Using only archive film and a new musical score by the band Mogwai, the film shows us an impressionistic kaleidoscope of our nuclear times – protest marches, Cold War sabre-rattling, Chernobyl and Fukishima – but also the sublime beauty of the atomic world, and how x-rays and MRI scans have improved human lives. The nuclear age has been a nightmare, but dreamlike too.

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

A collection of programmes exploring the Cold War and fall of the Berlin Wall.

• Palace for the People.
• The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall.
• Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise.
• London Calling: Cold War Letters.
• A British Guide to the End of the World.
• Know Your Enemy: The Silent War.
• Britain’s Nuclear Bomb: The Inside Story.
• The Fall of the Berlin Wall with John Simpson.
• Rich Hall’s Red Menace.

Production & Filming Details

• Director: Mark Cousins.
• Producers: John Archer, Mark Atkin, and Heather Croall.
• Editor: Nick Fraser.
• Distributor: BBC Four.
• Release Date: 09 August 2015 (UK).
• Running Time: 69 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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