Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
Race for the Bomb (1987)
Season 1
A dramatization of the human, scientific and historical aspects leading to the development of the first atomic bomb.
Released Feb. 1, 1987
Episode 360 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, Drama, War
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.docudrama, imdb.science, imdb.niels-bohr, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.nazi, imdb.physics + 5 more, imdb.spy, imdb.communist-infiltrator, imdb.nuclear-war, imdb.nuclear-weapons, imdb.scientist
Production Companies: Ronald Cohen Productions, Philippe Dussart, KOE Studios
Network: CBC Television
S1E1 - Episode 1
Two Hungarian-Jewish scientist, Leo Szilard and Edward Teller, flee to America after the Nazis take control of Germany, and convice the US government to launch its own atomic project in an effort to prevail over the Germans.
Feb. 1, 1987, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
With Germany losing the war andrealizing the potential destructive capabilities of the atomic bomb, the scientists attempt to halt its development xhixh no longer seems vital. The US government opposes their views. Research continues and the first bomb is tested in the Nevada desert.
Feb. 2, 1987, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
When the bomb is dropped over Hiroshima, Leo Szilard continues his anti-nuclear campaign while Edward Telle resumes his research, believing he can end war forever. After learning that Russians have developed a transportable H-Bomb first, the FBI initiates an investigation of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Feb. 3, 1987, midnight
Network: CBC Television
Episode Runtime: 360 min.
Season Runtime: 360 min.
Released: Feb. 1, 1987
Last Air Date: Feb. 3, 1987, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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