The Day After Trinity
1980•NR•1h 29m•7.6•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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
Writer
Jon Else, David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples
Languages
English
Studio
KTEH
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
Production
Company
KTEH
Producer
Jon Else
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