Day After Trinity (1980)
Directed by Jon Else
Sub-Genres - Biography, Military & War, Politics & Government |
Release Date - Jan 20, 1981 (USA) |
Run Time - 90 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
"I have become death," declared nuclear scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer upon first witnessing the terrible power of the atomic bomb. The Oscar-nominated documentary The Day After Trinity uses newsreel footage and recently declassified government film to trace the growth of the Manhattan project under Oppenheimer's guidance. The New Mexico A-bomb tests are shown, as are the aftermaths of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. The final scenes detail Oppenheimer's transformation from the "father of the A-bomb" to one of the most tireless opponents of nuclear power. The Day After Trinity received its widest distribution when it was telecast over PBS on April 29, 1981.
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activism, anti-nuclear, declassified-information, newsreels, nuclear-testing, nuclear-weapon, post-nuclear-holocaust, scientist
