Sat, July 23, at 4 p.m. ET

Trinity and Beyond is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing from 1945 to 1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, this award-winning documentary reveals previously unreleased and classified government footage depicting in graphic detail these powerful and awesome weapons. Many scenes were restored with an Academy Award-winning process created to restore the color.

How the Film Was Made
Director/producer Peter Kuran, traveled throughout the U.S. to locate footage that includes bombs being suspended by balloon, exploding under the ocean, being shot from a cannon and detonated in outer space. The original film was transferred to HD using a unique state-of-the-art process described below by Kuran: "The transfer was made from a 35 mm Interpositive at Technicolor Creative services in Hollywood using a Thomson/Spirit Datacine (telecine machine). Transferred at 1920x2980/23.98 (24p) progressively scanned and color corrected by Senior colorist Gary Barron at Technicolor. Recorded to a D5 with 4:4:4 color space (highest color quality currently available). Including Interior Gallery digital still store (for maintaining color integrity an balance throughout film). The film was then converted into a large 10-bit uncompressed Quicktime movie (about 880 GB) and further clean up and enhancements were done."