Explosion and smoke cloud of the Atomic bomb rise at Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Explosion and smoke cloud of the Atomic bomb rise at Alamogordo, New Mexico.

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How is this any less relevant today than it was in 1945? We have thousands of nuclear war heads now, rather than an individual test of a tiny atomic bomb. We have militants the world over with a keen distaste for capitalism and the USA.

I know the threat of global warming is important. I know we should recycle. I know that terrorists abound and that we need to have a cavity search every time we cross a state line--but all these things seem to pale in comparison to the "brilliant, multi-colored fireball of the atomic bomb, many times brighter than the sun."

The newsreel closes with a forewarning that while the bomb might bring a swift end to the war, it puts a tremendous responsibility on those who possess the power of it.

I still am not convinced anyone, any nation, is that responsible.

Boom.