The Day After Trinity
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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
33 people
Paul Frees
Self - Narrator (voice)
Known for
The Fantastic Four
The Secret Squirrel Show
Jon Else
Self - Interviewer
Peter Baker
David Webb Peoples
Also in
Alien Galaxy
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Everyman
The Destroyer of Worlds
Martin Bresnick
Hans Bethe
Self
Courtney Flavin
Janet Peoples
Frank Oppenheimer
Self
Martha Olson
Ralph Wikke
Jon Else Director · Janet Peoples Writer David Webb Peoples Writer
United States release November 14, 1980 · Produced in United States
Production
KTEH
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 14, 1980
Theatrical · Los Angeles premiere
United States
January 20, 1981 · Limited theatrical · New York release date
April 29, 1981 · TV
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