Windscale Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Disaster

Today on Far Future Horizons we present a BBC documentary that reveals how political ambition fuelled the Windscale fire of 1957 and then dictated that the heroes of Windscale be made the scapegoats.

Hitler’s Atomic Bomb

Today on Far Future Horizons we take an in-depth look at the Nazi’s Atomic Bomb program.  

In 1939, as Europe prepared for war, the Nazis led the world in the race for the atomic bomb. Yet six years later it was the Americans who dropped the first nuclear bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima  and Nagasaki .

The Atomic Bomber

Today on Far Future Horizons we present an episode from the acclaimed documentary series Planes that Never Flew- The Atomic Bomber. This episode examines the WS-125, an attempt by the United States Air Force to develop a nuclear powered strategic bomber which could fly non-stop without refuelling. It was eventually cancelled in 1961 as unfeasible.

The Path to Nuclear Fission

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the acclaimed film documentary “The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn”, concerning the discovery of nuclear fission, the splitting of the atom and the life story of the two scientists who played a crucial role in this scientific breakthrough.

Walt Disney's Our Friend the Atom

Our Friend the Atom is a rare Walt Disney Science series from 1957 describing the advent of the Nuclear Age. Dr. Heinz Haber, a noted scientist in the field of atomic energy, hosts this look at the possibility of an exciting new power source. 

He starts by comparing atomic energy to a genie in a bottle, both of which capable of doing both good and evil, and it is up to humankind to develop safe controls over this largely unexplored science.

Remember to take this is in context of the times. Little was known of the problems that would ensue in the future , so it's a very optimistic look at nuclear energy, which was very much typical of Walt Disney himself.