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The Day After Trinity
7.6(22)19801h 29m
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
- Created by
- Peter R. Baker
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Cast

Paul Frees
Self - Narrator (voice)

Jon Else
Self - Interviewer

J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)

Hans Bethe
Self

Frank Oppenheimer
Self

Haakon Chevalier
Self

Robert Serber
Self
Holm Bursom
Self
Stirling Colgate
Self

Freeman Dyson
Self
Susan Evans
Self
Francis Fergusson
Self

Leslie Groves
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Ingram
Self
Robert Krohn
Self
Dave MacDonald
Self

Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
Dorothy McKibben
Self
Robert Porton
Self

Isidor Isaac Rabi
Self

Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Francoise Ulam
Self
Stanislaw Ulam
Self
Jane Wilson
Self
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Crew
Directing
- Jon ElseDirector
Writing
- Jon ElseWriter
- David Webb PeoplesWriter
- Janet PeoplesWriter
Production
- Peter R. BakerExecutive Producer
- Tom SternLocation Manager
- Martha OlsonAssociate Producer
- Kathryn WitteAssociate Producer
- Courtney FlavinAssociate Producer
- Jon ElseProducer
Camera
- David EsparCamera Operator
- Stephen LighthillCamera Operator
- Tom McDonoughCamera Operator
- Michael ChinAssistant Camera
- Paul MarburyFirst Assistant Camera
- Peter SchnallAssistant Camera
Editing
- Ralph WikkeEditor
- David Webb PeoplesEditor
Sound
- Martin BresnickMusic
- Will HarveySound Re-Recording Mixer
- Morning SlayterSound
- Samantha HeilwellSound
- Luther GreeneSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Steve LongstrethSound