The Day After Trinity

Name: The Day After Trinity
Director: Jon Else
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1981-01-20
Duration: 1 h 29 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Paul Frees, Jon Else, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe, Frank Oppenheimer

Directed by Jon Else

Documentary

History

19811h 29m7.5

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.