Through interviews with Manhattan Project scientists and newly declassified archival footage, this documentary examines the life of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his leadership of the Manhattan… Read more
67% ★★★☆☆ (6,820)
The Day After Trinity
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Movie · Documentary · History · NR
1981 · 1h 29m · ★ 67% (6.8K)
Director: Jon Else
Starring: Paul Frees, Jon Else, J. Robert Oppenheimer
Overview
Through interviews with Manhattan Project scientists and newly declassified archival footage, this documentary examines the life of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his leadership of the Manhattan Project. The film traces the development and testing of the first atomic bomb and follows Oppenheimer’s later opposition to nuclear proliferation during the early years of the Cold War.
Director
Jon Else
Production
KTEH
Cast
Paul Frees, Jon Else, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe, Frank Oppenheimer, Haakon Chevalier, Robert Serber, Holm Bursom, Stirling Colgate, Freeman Dyson, Susan Evans, Francis Fergusson, Leslie Groves, Elizabeth Ingram, Robert Krohn, Dave MacDonald, Joseph McCarthy, Dorothy McKibben, Robert Porton, Isidor Isaac Rabi