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The Day After Trinity (1981)

The Day After Trinity (1981)

History Documentary
Release Date: 1981, January 20
Directors: Jon Else
Countries: United States of America
Production: KTEH
Cast: Paul Frees, Dave MacDonald, Jane Wilson, Harry S. Truman, Joseph McCarthy, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Freeman Dyson, Hans Bethe, Frank Oppenheimer, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Stanislaw Ulam, Robert R. Wilson

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.

Keywords:

1940s atomic bomb atomic bomb test manhattan project