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7.6Through 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.
Released: 1980-11-1489 minDir: Jon ElseDocumentary, History
Cast
- Paul Frees as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Jon Else as Self - Interviewer
- J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self (archive footage)
- Hans Bethe as Self
- Frank Oppenheimer as Self
- Haakon Chevalier as Self
Themes
- atomic bomb
- atomic bomb test
- 1940s
- manhattan project
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jon H. Else
- Screenwriter
- David Peoples
- Cast member
- Paul Frees
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- publication date
- 1980-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
- title
- The Day After Trinity
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