The Beginning: The Trinity Blast
July 16, 1945 05:29:45 Mountain War Time On July 16, 1945 the first atomic bomb exploded. The bomb known as “The Gadget” had been hoisted to the top of a tower the evening before. The explosion...
View ArticleMilitary Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961
Eisenhower giving speech on the "military-industrial complex" My fellow Americans: Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of...
View ArticlePresident Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” Speech
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER BEFORE THE UNITED NATIONS - 1953 Before the General Assembly of the United Nations on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy Madame President, Members of the General Assembly: When...
View ArticleArticle related to the footage filmed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
In My Lifetime uses footage from the documentary film The Effects of the Atomic Bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the only film shot immediately after the war, while the cities were still deserts of...
View ArticleSyracuse native’s documentary explores history, future of nuclear weapons
Not long after Bob Frye graduated from Fayetteville-Manlius High School in 1957, he entered the army where he worked on nuclear weapons. More than half a century later, he’s educating the public on the...
View ArticleSecond International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons
Delegations representing 146 States, the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement and civil society organizations, participated in the...
View ArticleRebecca Johnson
” The following commentary by Dr. Rebecca Johnson, Executive Director of The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy on the Second Conference of the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons ”...
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