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The Day After Trinity

7.6Nov 14, 19801h 29mDocumentaryHistory

Directed by Jon Else

Written by Jon Else, David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples

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

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Holm Bursom

Self

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Stirling Colgate

Self

Freeman Dyson

Freeman Dyson

Self

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Susan Evans

Self

?

Francis Fergusson

Self

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