Movies and TvShows featuring "atomic-age" theme.
In 'The Fly,' a scientist in Montreal, Canada conducts an experiment that accidentally fuses his DNA with that of a housefly, turning him into a monstrous fly-human hybrid. The scientist's inner struggle and tragic consequences unfold as he tries to keep his transformation a secret.
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a sci-fi horror film released in 1953. It tells the story of a prehistoric dinosaur, called Rhedosaurus, that is awakened from its frozen slumber by an atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle. The creature then makes its way to New York City, terrorizing the population and causing destruction along the way. It is up to a paleontologist and a sharpshooter to stop the creature before it destroys the city.
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us(2005)
Directors Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott and James Cameron discuss the science fiction movies of the 1950s that influenced them.
In this low-budget sci-fi movie, an alien princess from outer space abducts women and creates a synthetic man to wreak havoc on Earth. A jet fighter pilot tries to save the women and stop the rampage.
An American Agent from 1938 travels through time to hamstring Hitler! Transported to the year 2018, he hoodwinks hoodlums, infuriates the Fuhrer, and goes gaga for a gal 80 years his junior!
In Frankenstein 1970, a mad scientist named Victor Frankenstein creates a creature in the year 1970. The story revolves around the monster's disfigurement, jealousy, and the havoc caused by science gone wrong. Set in a hidden castle, the film explores themes of hypnosis, secret rooms, and the consequences of meddling with life and death. Frankenstein 1970 also touches upon the horrors of Nazi experimentation and features a unique blend of horror and science fiction elements.
How the deadliest bomb in the world almost came to be
The birth of the atomic bomb changed the world forever. In the years before the Manhattan project, a weapon of such power was not even remotely imaginable to most people on earth. And yet, with war comes new inventions. New ways of destroying the enemy. New machines to wipe out human life. The advent of nuclear weapons not only brought an end to the largest conflict in history, but also ushered in an atomic age and a defining era of "big science". However, with the world now gripped by nuclear weapons, we exist constantly on the edge of mankind's total destruction.
The 1950s were a time marked by an idealistic feeling. The atomic age, with its promise to save humanity, revolutionized the world, technologically, socially and politically. All these factors gave birth to one of the most prolific film genres in the history of cinema: science fiction, which delighted the audience. Only a few years later, these same spectators saw on their television screens how the Russians launched the Sputnik into space.
Project X was one of a cycle of anti-Red films produced in the late 1940s. Keith Andes plays an ex-Communist who is strongarmed into cooperating with the Feds. Pretending to become a "comrade" again, Andes rejoins the local Communist cell. Moving about freely, he is able to track down a gang of spies who are smuggling atomic secrets. Filmed on location in New York, Project X has the surface "feel" of a documentary, though the dialogue is strictly from the funny papers. Keep an eye out for a very young Jack Lord.
A man, alone in his apartment, is a witness to his own physical and psychic undoing due to a new, extremely powerful and lethal, low-cost drug.
La noche del fin del mundo (2008) is a documentary film that delves into the harrowing events of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. It examines the devastating consequences of the nuclear explosion, the aftermath, and the impact on the surrounding towns and villages. The film highlights the scientific research, the radiation contamination, and the human stories of those affected by the catastrophe.
A lawyer takes the case of a Navy clerk who sues after he's fired for suspected Communist beliefs.
Our two-hour film highlights the life and career of Dr. Schreiber with respect and clarity. Raemer, his wife Marge, and young daughter Paula would move to the high-desert of New Mexico where he and other brilliant minds would change the world forever.
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