GB 0099 KCLMA Nuclear Age - Nuclear Age television documentary series

19 boxes and 12 VHS (Vertical Helix Scan) videotapes (0.19 cubic metres)

GB 0099 KCLMA Nuclear Age 1948, 1961-1968, [1979], [1985]-1989 collection level 19 boxes and 12 VHS (Vertical Helix Scan) videotapes (0.19 cubic metres) Central Independent Television and WGBH Boston.

The Nuclear Age is a twelve part television documentary series on the history of nuclear strategy, from the discovery of nuclear fission in 1938 and the Allied development of the atomic bomb, 1942-1945, to the last years of the Cold War, 1987-1989, made jointly by Central Independent Television and WGBH Boston in 1989. The series was transmitted on Central Independent Television between Jan-Mar 1989.

Presented to the Centre by Central Independent Television in four accessions, Apr 1989-Mar 1991.

The Nuclear Age archive consists of typescript transmission scripts, interview transcripts and videotapes concerning the development of nuclear technology and strategy from 1938 to 1989. It includes twelve typescript transmission scripts and VHS (Vertical Helix Scan) videotapes for episodes 1-12, Jan-Mar 1989, and 267 typescript transcripts of interviews with 195 individuals, prominent in the political, diplomatic, scientific and military aspects of the development and deployment of nuclear technology, from the USA, USSR, UK, Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, Japan, India, Pakistan and the People's Republic of China, 1938-1989, notably including Professor Georgiy Arkadevich Arbatov, Soviet Academy of Sciences, 1974-[1989]; Professor Hans Albrecht Bethe, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, 1937-1975; Dr Norris Edwin Bradbury, Director, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, USA, 1945-1970; Dr Harold Brown, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California, USA, 1960-1961; Zbigniew (Kasimierz) Brzezinski, US National Security Advisor, 1977-1981; James Earl 'Jimmy' Carter, US President, 1977-1981; Rt Hon Denis Winston Healey, Secretary of State for Defence, 1964-1970; Rt Hon Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Secretary of State for Defence, 1983-1986; Dr Henry (Alfred) Kissinger, US Secretary of State, 1973-1977; Andrei Afanasevich Kokoshin, First Deputy Minister of Defence, Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic (RSFSR), 1992-1997; Robert Strange McNamara, US Secretary of Defense, 1961-1968; Professor Philip Morrison, Physicist, Metallurgy Laboratory, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1943-1944; Paul Henry Nitze, Head of the US INF (Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces) negotiations, 1981-1984; Rt Hon Sir John (William Frederic) Nott, Secretary of State for Defence, 1981-1983; Professor Sir Rudolf (Ernst) Peierls, Professor of Mathematics and Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland, 1937-1963; Professor Isidor Isaac Rabi, Professor of Physics, Columbia University, New York, USA, 1937-1967; Lt Gen Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister, 1974-1977; Professor Joseph Rotblat, Director of Research in Nuclear Physics, University of Liverpool, 1945-1949; (David) Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State, 1961-1969; James Rodney Schlesinger, US Secretary of Defense, 1973-1975; Helmut (Heinrich Waldemar) Schmidt, Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany, 1974-1982; Professor Edward Teller, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, USA, 1960-1975; Cyrus Roberts Vance, US Secretary of State, 1977-1980; Professor Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov, Soviet Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, 1961-1984, and Professor of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, 1973-1986; Caspar Willard Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense, 1981-1987; Professor Victor Frederick Weisskopf, Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1946-1960; Professor Freiherr Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Head of Department, Max Planck Institute for Physics, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 1946-1957; Rt Hon George Kenneth Hotson Younger, Secretary of State for Defence, 1986-1989; Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Chief Science Adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence, 1960-1966, and Chief Science Adviser to HM Government, 1964-1971.

The collection is arranged in sections as outlined above, with the interview transcripts arranged in alphabetical order by country of residence.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
Mostly English, but with some French, Russian and German.

Summary guide entry and detailed catalogue available on-line and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Sources: Who's Who, Who's Who in America, The International Who's Who, Who's Who in Russia since 1900 by Martin McCauley (Routledge, London, 1997), The Soviet Union: a biographical dictionary edited by Archie Brown (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1990). Compiled by Iain Mutch. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Sep 2000 Arbatov , Georgiy Arkadevich , fl 1974-1889 , Soviet Academy of Sciences Arms control Arms race Bethe , Hans Albrecht , fl 1937-1975 , Professor of Theoretical Physics, Cornell University Bradbury , Norris Edwin , fl 1945-1970 , Director, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Brown , Harold , fl 1960-1961 , Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Brzezinski , Zbigniew (Kasimierz) , b 1928 , US National Security Advisor Carter , James Earl , b 1924 , US President x Carter , Jimmy Central Independent Television China Collectivism Communism Defence Disarmament East Asia Eastern Europe East West relations Europe Germany FR Glasnost Government Government policy Healey , Denis Winston , b 1917 , Baron Healey of Riddlesden , politician x Healey of Riddlesden , Baron Heseltine , Michael Ray Dibdin , b 1933 , Baron Heseltine , politician India Internal politics International relations International security Israel Japan Kissinger , Henry Alfred , b 1923 , US Secretary of State Kokoshin , Andrei Afanasevich , fl 1992-2004 , First Deputy Minister of Defence, Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic McNamara , Robert Strange , b 1916 , US Secretary of Defense Middle East Morrison , Philip , fl 1943-1944 , physicist Nitze , Paul Henry , b 1907 , US defence official North America Nott , Sir , John William Frederick , b 1932 , politician Nuclear physics Pakistan Peace Peierls , Rudolph Ernst , 1907-1995 , physicist Physics Political conflicts Political crises Political doctrines Political leadership Political science Politicians Politics Rabi , Isidor , 1898-1988 , physicist Rabin , Yitzhak , 1922-1995 , Israeli statesman Rotblat , Joseph , b 1908 , physicist Rusk , David Dean , 1909-1994 , US Secretary of State Schlesinger , James Rodney , b 1929 , US Secretary of Defense Schmidt , Helmut Heinrich Waldemar , b 1918 , German statesman South Asia State security Teller , Edward , 1908-2003 , physicist UK USA USSR Vance , Cyrus Roberts , 1917-2002 , US Secretary of State Velikhov , Evgeny Pavlovich , fl 1961-1986 , physicist Weinberger , Caspar Willard , b 1917 , US Secretary of Defense Weisskopf , Victor Frederick , fl 1946-1960 , physicist Weizsäcker , Carl Friedrich von , b 1912 , physicist Western Europe WGBH Boston Younger , George Kenneth Hotson , 1931-2003 , 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie , politician x Younger of Leckie , 4th Viscount Zuckerman , Solly , 1904-1993 , Baron Zuckerman , scientist x Zuckerman of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk , Baron London England

Presented to the Centre by Central Independent Television in four accessions, Apr 1989-Mar 1991.

The Nuclear Age archive consists of typescript transmission scripts, interview transcripts and videotapes concerning the development of nuclear technology and strategy from 1938 to 1989. It includes twelve typescript transmission scripts and VHS (Vertical Helix Scan) videotapes for episodes 1-12, Jan-Mar 1989, and 267 typescript transcripts of interviews with 195 individuals, prominent in the political, diplomatic, scientific and military aspects of the development and deployment of nuclear technology, from the USA, USSR, UK, Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, Japan, India, Pakistan and the People's Republic of China, 1938-1989, notably including Professor Georgiy Arkadevich Arbatov, Soviet Academy of Sciences, 1974-[1989]; Professor Hans Albrecht Bethe, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, 1937-1975; Dr Norris Edwin Bradbury, Director, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, USA, 1945-1970; Dr Harold Brown, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California, USA, 1960-1961; Zbigniew (Kasimierz) Brzezinski, US National Security Advisor, 1977-1981; James Earl 'Jimmy' Carter, US President, 1977-1981; Rt Hon Denis Winston Healey, Secretary of State for Defence, 1964-1970; Rt Hon Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Secretary of State for Defence, 1983-1986; Dr Henry (Alfred) Kissinger, US Secretary of State, 1973-1977; Andrei Afanasevich Kokoshin, First Deputy Minister of Defence, Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic (RSFSR), 1992-1997; Robert Strange McNamara, US Secretary of Defense, 1961-1968; Professor Philip Morrison, Physicist, Metallurgy Laboratory, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1943-1944; Paul Henry Nitze, Head of the US INF (Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces) negotiations, 1981-1984; Rt Hon Sir John (William Frederic) Nott, Secretary of State for Defence, 1981-1983; Professor Sir Rudolf (Ernst) Peierls, Professor of Mathematics and Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland, 1937-1963; Professor Isidor Isaac Rabi, Professor of Physics, Columbia University, New York, USA, 1937-1967; Lt Gen Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister, 1974-1977; Professor Joseph Rotblat, Director of Research in Nuclear Physics, University of Liverpool, 1945-1949; (David) Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State, 1961-1969; James Rodney Schlesinger, US Secretary of Defense, 1973-1975; Helmut (Heinrich Waldemar) Schmidt, Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany, 1974-1982; Professor Edward Teller, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, USA, 1960-1975; Cyrus Roberts Vance, US Secretary of State, 1977-1980; Professor Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov, Soviet Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, 1961-1984, and Professor of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, 1973-1986; Caspar Willard Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense, 1981-1987; Professor Victor Frederick Weisskopf, Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1946-1960; Professor Freiherr Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Head of Department, Max Planck Institute for Physics, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 1946-1957; Rt Hon George Kenneth Hotson Younger, Secretary of State for Defence, 1986-1989; Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Chief Science Adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence, 1960-1966, and Chief Science Adviser to HM Government, 1964-1971.

The collection is arranged in sections as outlined above, with the interview transcripts arranged in alphabetical order by country of residence.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

• English

• Latin

Mostly English, but with some French, Russian and German.

Summary guide entry and detailed catalogue available on-line and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English