The Day After Trinity

IMDb link: 0080594
IMDb rating: 7.7 (1,345 votes)
Genres: Biography, History, Documentary
Director: Jon Else, Paul Frees
Cast: Hans Bethe, Holm Bursom, Haakon Chevalier and others

Release date: 20 Jan 1981
Release year: 1981
Runtime: 88 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: theoretical physicist, scientist, nuclear physicist, year 1945, faustian bargain, cold war, arms race, atomic energy commission, u.s. military, big science

Plot:

Scientists and witnesses involved in the creation and testing of the first ever atomic bomb reflect on the Manhattan project and its fascinating leader, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who upon completion of his wonderful and horrible invention became a powerful spokesperson against the nuclear arms race.

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