With the highly successful release of Nolan's "Oppenheimer", this authentic government documentary about the development and testing of the Hydrogen bomb in 1952 is worth a look. It unintentionally throws light on the underlying problems with this part of American history.
The docu, with host Reed Hadley puffing away on his pipe and introducing a series of military men working on Joint Task Force 132 testing bombs out at the US possession Marshall Islands. We see both officers and soldiers working efficiently toward the goal of moving from mere kiloton atomic bombs to the megaton Hydrogen bomb. Of course, the nation was competing with the Soviets in an arms race, and 70 years later caches of nuclear weapons (aging and being replaced by fresh ones) are held by many nations around the world, with Iran on the brink of joining the Nuclear Club while North Korea adds to its more recent arsenal. It's important to remember that this threat continues to hang over the world, and could easily cause WW III, whether started by Putin in the Ukraine War with his threat of using "tactical" nuclear weapons, or even in escalation of current Middle East conflicts.
This is a poor excuse for a documentary, not meant for public consumption but a government document. But that truism of the "banality of evil" is on display, as ill-advised policies are carried out mechanically and even in well-meaning fashion, leading to a highly unstable world we're living in today.