The Red Bomb
Brief Synopsis
A three-part documentary revealing how the Soviet Union was able to build its first nuclear bomb in 1949, years before the West thought it capable of doing so. Utilizes uncovered Soviet documents, as well as interviews with former Soviet spies and scientists.
Cast & Crew
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Jamie Doran
Director
Yakov Terletsky
Michael Carroll
Narrator
Yuli Khariton
Anatoly Yakovlev
Peter Almquist
Consultant
Film Details
Also Known As
Discovery Journal Special (09/12/94), Red Bomb
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
1994
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
A three-part documentary revealing how the Soviet Union was able to build its first nuclear bomb in 1949, years before the West thought it capable of doing so. Utilizes uncovered Soviet documents, as well as interviews with former Soviet spies and scientists.
Director
Jamie Doran
Director
Crew
Peter Almquist
Consultant
Lev Altschuler
Archival Footage
Nick Anning
Researcher
Sergei Astakhov
Photography
Tomi Bednar Landis
Executive Producer
Julia Beer
Production Manager
Philip Bonham-carter
Photography
George Carey
Executive Producer
Robert Case
Production Accountant
Valentin Chernovol
Photography
Vladimir Chikov
Consultant
Jamie Doran
Producer
Alexander Feklisov
Archival Footage
David Ferguson
Music
Stephen Foster
Photography
Leonid Gavrichenko
Sound
Stanley Goldberg
Consultant
David Hankins
Editor
Fred Karns
Music
Sergei Karpenko
Sound
Yuly Borisovich Khariton
Consultant
Sergei Kozyrev
Researcher
Robert Lamphere
Archival Footage
Nancy Lebrun
Executive Producer
Louise Mcelvogue
Film Research
Julie Mcgowan
Production Manager
Mickey Mckenzie
Production Manager
Zbynek Mikulik
Sound
Igor Morozov
Researcher
Greg Moyer
Editor
Masha Oleneva
Film Research
Andreas Orth
Archival Footage
Josh Ounsted
Researcher
Stephen Robert Phillips
Sound
Ervin Saunders
Photography
Libor Sedlacek
Sound
Martyn Swain
Music
Penny Trams
Editor
Alexander Vovnenko
Archival Footage
Steve Whitford
Sound
Milos Zidek
Sound
Barbora Zidkova
Researcher
Miriam A Zimmerman
Writer
Kelly Zito
Researcher
Film Details
Also Known As
Discovery Journal Special (09/12/94), Red Bomb
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
1994
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
