The Day After Trinity (1980)
88 min
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.
- Release date
- January 20, 1981
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Hans Bethe as Self
- Holm Bursom as Self
- Haakon Chevalier as Self
- Stirling Colgate as Self
- Freeman Dyson as Self
- Jon Else as Interviewer
- Susan Evans as Self
- Francis Fergusson as Self
- Paul Frees as Narrator
Crew
- Leslie Groves · Archive footage
- Jon Else · Director
- Jon Else · Writer
- David Webb Peoples · Writer
- Janet Peoples · Writer
- Jon Else · Producer
- Martin Bresnick · Composer
- David Webb Peoples · Editor
- Ralph Wikke · Editor