Movie

The Day After Trinity (1980)

• NR
• November 14, 1980
• 1h 29m

• Documentary
• History

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.

Director

Jon Else

Writers

Jon Else, David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples

Starring

Paul Frees, Jon Else, J. Robert Oppenheimer