The Day After Trinity (1980)

7.6 November 14, 1980 1h 29m Released
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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.

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Cast

  • Paul Frees

    Paul Frees

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Jon Else

    Jon Else

    Self - Interviewer

  • J. Robert Oppenheimer

    J. Robert Oppenheimer

    Self (archive footage)

  • Hans Bethe

    Hans Bethe

    Self

  • Frank Oppenheimer

    Frank Oppenheimer

    Self

  • Haakon Chevalier

    Haakon Chevalier

    Self

  • Robert Serber

    Robert Serber

    Self

  • Holm Bursom

    Holm Bursom

    Self

  • Stirling Colgate

    Stirling Colgate

    Self

  • Freeman Dyson

    Freeman Dyson

    Self

  • Susan Evans

    Susan Evans

    Self

  • Francis Fergusson

    Francis Fergusson

    Self

  • Leslie Groves

    Leslie Groves

    Self (archive footage)

  • Elizabeth Ingram

    Elizabeth Ingram

    Self

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