The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End is 1947 film directed byNorman Taurog and starring Brian Donlevy and Hume Cronyn. It dramatizes the creation of the atomic bomb in the Manhatten Project, and the bombing of Japan. The technical details of atomic processes and the bomb's design are wildly inaccurate, by design; these details were highly classified and the true nature of the weapon could not even be hinted at. A number of experts from Oak Ridge and Los Alamos acted as technical advisors: DR. H.T. Wensel, DR. Edward R. Tompkins — Oak Ridge, Tennessee, DR. David Hawkins — Los Alamos, New Mexico, W. Bradford Shank— Los Alamos, New Mexico. Military Technical Advisors included: William A. Consodine, COL. — Manhattan Project, Charles W. Sweeny, Lt. Col. A.C. (piloted 2nd atomic attack on Japan)

The film was remarkably free of pro-nuclear propaganda, but was rooted in the idea that building and using the bomb was necessary.

References

http://imdb.com/title/tt0039178/ http://www.atomicbombcinema.com/english/image_gallery/beginning/begin_end_18.htm