Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero
A visually striking documentary tour of America’s atomic testing grounds and the unsettling legacy embedded in their landscapes.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- serious
- investigative
- sobering
- history viewing
- educational viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film explicitly tours U.S. atomic test sites across Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Mississippi, and Alaska.
Its subject is atomic testing, whose documentary record is defined by striking blast imagery and test documentation.
The tour of American test grounds invites attention to the implications of nuclear testing beyond technical achievement.
The narrative connects widely separated U.S. locations through their roles in the national atomic testing program.
Films like Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero, and why
The Atomic Cafe
historical documentary examination of nuclear testing and its scientific, military, and human consequences
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
archival documentary treatment of nuclear weapons, Cold War anxiety, and American military history
Nuclear Tipping Point
documentary exploration of nuclear technology, test sites, and the lasting legacy of atomic warfare
Movie Details
- Director
- Peter Kuran
- Release Date
- 2000-10-03
- Runtime
- 52 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (7)
Cast
- William Shatner
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero about?
- A visually striking documentary tour of America’s atomic testing grounds and the unsettling legacy embedded in their landscapes.
- What is Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero as mild.
- Which films are like Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero?
- Films with a similar feel include The Atomic Cafe, Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie, and Nuclear Tipping Point.
- How long is Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero?
- Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero runs 52 minutes.
- Where can I watch Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero?
- In United States, Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video.
