KSPS Documentaries

Secret Mission: HANFORD

Special | 56m 48s

At a time when the future of the free world was at stake, the unsuspecting farming town of Hanford, Washington became the site of an urgent WWII mission. It was key to the Manhattan Project...code name for America's top-secret atomic weapons program. This is the story of the men and women whose unpredictable destiny marked the beginning of the atomic age.

Aired: 04/23/10 | Rating: TV-G

Production support provided by The Friends of KSPS

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