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The Day After Trinity
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.
Directed by Jon Else, Peter R. Baker
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Status
Released
Released
November 14, 1980
Runtime
1h 29m
Language
English
Top cast
Paul Frees
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jon Else
Self - Interviewer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)
Hans Bethe
Self
Frank Oppenheimer
Self
Haakon Chevalier
Self
Robert Serber
Self
Holm Bursom
Self
Stirling Colgate
Self
Freeman Dyson
Self
Susan Evans
Self
Francis Fergusson
Self
Leslie Groves
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Ingram
Self
Robert Krohn
Self
Dave MacDonald
Self
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
Dorothy McKibben
Self
Robert Porton
Self
Isidor Isaac Rabi
Self
