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In <b240f6b4-eb78-41eb-86af-3c3a62e6ea01@googlegroups.com> hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com writes:
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>>> Side note: the actor who played Perry White also was on
>>> the Maltese Falcon as an official, giving Bogart a hard
>>> time. Only time I ever saw him on anything else.
>>
>> He was one of the industrialists who were at that Big Meeting
>> where the Feds called all the Captains of Industry together
>> during The Great Patriotic War and ask them for help
>> in building an atomic bomb. Documented in the movie
>> "The Beginning or the End".
>>
>> Aside from some obligatory Hollywood love stories and
>> jingoism, it's a pretty good representation of what
>> went on.

> That particular movie had an awful lot of Hollywood jingoism,
> too much, IMHO.

> Indeed, in my opinion, most representations of the Manhattan
> Project were lousy. In reality, it was a lot of prodding
> tedious hard work and tremendous personal sacrifice. Given
> the oppressive atmosphere imposed on everyone, I'm surprised
> they actually succeeded.

> Gen. Groves managed to piss off so many people that his military
> career was ruined after the war. He was lucky Remington
> Rand picked him up. As best as I can tell, it was a
> make-work ceremonial job with a nice salary and a house
> in Connecticut.

> As an aside, I saw a new book on the history of espionage.
> It listed several Russian spies that previously were kept secret.

> There was a recent TV show on this, but I thought it was lousy.

Are you referring to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_(TV_series) ?

Hey, it had Rachel Brosnahan and (clickety click) Katja Herbers!

> * I also still wonder if the hundreds of thousands of
> scientists and production workers of the Project suffered
> ill effects from radiation exposure, likewise their descendants.
> I know a few key scientists, like Fermi, died relatively young
> from unusual cancers. But back then and for years after,
> industrial America was full of dangerous stuff on the job
> and in the air and water, and no one knew.

Something you'd appreciate (seriously), and that I wish
could be documented:

Back in 1965 I took a tour of Kodak Park, Rochester, and they
showed us the photographic film manufacturing area.

(Remember Back In The Day when.. companies would show
off their production lines?)

So we're in a very dim hallway, overlooking a large
factory floor, that has just barely visible marker lighting
for minimal safety 'cuz film, of course, is light sensitive.

The guide explains that part, of course, and also describes
the super clean environment they need. He added that they
had Geiger Counters on the air vents, and that if they
detected any radiation from the Nevada tests (remember
back then these were often open air) they'd route the
air through extra filters to keep the fallout away from
the film.

Eyup. Worried about the film. Not about the people...

Kind of like Flint. GM noticed that the bad water
was corroding their engine parts, so they ran a new
pipeline to bring in Detroit water.

But no one cared about the people.

(Until Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, of course).



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