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The Day After Trinity (1981)

1981-01-20 · 1h 28m · EN
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The Day After Trinity (a.k.a. The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb) is a 1980 documentary film directed and produced by Jon H. Else in association with KTEH public television in San Jose, California. The film tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967), the theoretical physicist who led the effort to build the first atomic bomb, tested in July 1945 at Trinity site in New Mexico. Featuring candid interviews with several Manhattan Project scientists, as well as newly declassified archival footage, The Day After Trinity was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature of 1980, and received a Peabody Award in 1981.

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David Webb PeoplesWriterJanet PeoplesWriterJon ElseDirectorJon ElseWriter

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Paul FreesPaul FreesNarrator (voice)J. Robert OppenheimerJ. Robert OppenheimerSelf (archive footage)Hans BetheHans BetheHaakon ChevalierHaakon ChevalierIsidor Isaac RabiIsidor Isaac RabiRobert SerberRobert SerberLeslie GrovesLeslie GrovesFrank OppenheimerFrank OppenheimerFreeman DysonFreeman DysonSelfJoseph McCarthyJoseph McCarthySelf (archive footage)

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1940sAtomic bombAtomic bomb testManhattan project

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Genre affinityDocumentaryTheme affinity1940s · Atomic Bomb · Atomic Bomb TestPacingShortDirector preference296378Actor preference1187137 · 1187138 · 1187139Country preferenceUs

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The Day After Trinity (a.k.a. The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb) is a 1980 documentary film directed and produced by Jon H. Else in association with KTEH public television in San Jose, California. The film tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967), the theoretical physicist who led the effort to build the first atomic bomb, tested in July 1945 at Trinity site in New Mexico. Featuring candid interviews with several Manhattan Project scientists, as well as newly declassified archival footage, The Day After Trinity was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature of 1980, and received a Peabody Award in 1981.

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The Day After Trinity has a runtime of 88 minutes.

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