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Secrets of the Dead: World's Biggest Bomb

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Catalogue Number:  041412
Producer:  PBS Video
Subject:  World History
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin:  United States
Copyright Year:  2011
Running Time:  60
Closed Captions:  Yes


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Beginning in the 1950s, American and Soviet scientists engaged in a dangerous race to see who could build and detonate the world's largest bomb. The results exceeded all expectations about how big a bomb could be built. This is an epic story where the United States led the way, but then left the field clear for the Soviet Union to break all records. The story of the race to build the World's Biggest Bomb has never been fully told.

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