The Day After Trinity
Brief Synopsis
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A profile of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in producing the first atomic bomb. The film includes rare interviews with Manhattan Project scientists, and formerly classified footage of the first atomic detonation in the desert and of the atomic research facilities at Los Alamos, New Mex
Cast & Crew
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Jon Else
Director
Frank Oppenheimer
I I Rabi
Robert Wilson
Jane Wilson
Dorothy Mckibbin
Film Details
Also Known As
Day After Trinity
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1980
Production Company
Corporation For Public Broadcasting; National Endowment For The Arts
Distribution Company
Blue Dolphin Film Distributors; Pbs
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 29m
Synopsis
A profile of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in producing the first atomic bomb. The film includes rare interviews with Manhattan Project scientists, and formerly classified footage of the first atomic detonation in the desert and of the atomic research facilities at Los Alamos, New Mexico. Also included is color footage of Oppenheimer and his team assembling the first bomb in 1945, as well as Japanese footage from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
Director
Jon Else
Director
Cast
Frank Oppenheimer
I I Rabi
Robert Wilson
Jane Wilson
Dorothy Mckibbin
Stirling Colgate
Robert Serber
General Leslie Groves
Harry S Truman
Holm Bursom
Elizabeth Ingram
Hans Bethe
Freeman Dyson
Robert Krohn
Robert Porton
Francis Fergusson
Haakon Chevalier
Joseph R Mccarthy
J Robert Oppenheimer
Paul Frees
Narration
Evan Ziporyn
Performer
Crew
Peter Baker
Executive Producer
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music
Barton Bernstein
Consultant
Teresa Book
Assistant Editor
Martin Bresnick
Music
Michael Chin
Camera Assistant
Jon Else
Producer
Jon Else
Screenwriter
David Espar
Photography
Courtney Flavin
Associate Producer
Edwin Good
Consultant
Randall Hagadorn
Stills
Phillipe Halsman
Stills
Samantha Heilweil
Sound
Stephen Lighthill
Photography
Steve Longstreth
Sound
Paul Marbury
Camera Assistant
Tom Mcdonough
Photography
Martha Olson
Associate Producer
Morning Pastorok
Sound
David Peoples
Screenwriter
David Peoples
Editor
Janet Peoples
Screenwriter
Alan W Richards
Stills
Peter Schnall
Camera Assistant
Robert Schumann
Music
Martin Sherman
Consultant
Ulli Steltzer
Stills
Tom Stern
Location Manager
Ralph Wikke
Editor
Kathryn Witte
Associate Producer
Robert Yano
Assistant Editor
Film Details
Also Known As
Day After Trinity
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1980
Production Company
Corporation For Public Broadcasting; National Endowment For The Arts
Distribution Company
Blue Dolphin Film Distributors; Pbs
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 29m
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1980
Broadcast in USA over PBS April 29, 1995.
Re-broadcast in USA over PBS August 9, 1995.
Released in United States 1980
