The Day After Trinity (1981)

This essential, Academy Award–nominated documentary offers an urgent warning from history about the dangers of nuclear warfare via the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic physicist and all-around Renaissance man who led the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb that America unleashed on Japan in the final days of World War II. Through extensive interviews and archival footage, THE DAY AFTER TRINITY traces Oppenheimer’s evolution, from architect of one of the most consequential endeavors of the twentieth century to an outspoken opponent of nuclear proliferation who came to deeply regret his role in ushering in the perils of the atomic age.

Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)
Paul Frees
Interviewer
Jon Else
Self
S Susan Evans
Self
F Francis Fergusson
Self (archive footage)
Leslie Groves
Self
E Elizabeth Ingram
Self
R Robert Krohn
Self
D Dave MacDonald
Self (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthy
Self
D Dorothy McKibben
Self
R Robert Porton
Self
I Isidor Isaac Rabi
Self (archive footage)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self
F Francoise Ulam
Self
S Stanislaw Ulam
Self
J Jane Wilson
Self
R Robert R. Wilson
Self
H Hans Bethe
Self
F Frank Oppenheimer
Self
H Haakon Chevalier
Self
R Robert Serber
Self
H Holm Bursom
Self
S Stirling Colgate
Self
F Freeman Dyson

Crew

Director
Jon Else
Writer
Jon Else
Writer
David Webb Peoples
Writer
J Janet Peoples
Music
M Martin Bresnick
Editor
David Webb Peoples
Editor
R Ralph Wikke
Producer
Jon Else
Associate Producer
C Courtney Flavin
Associate Producer
M Martha Olson
Associate Producer
K Kathryn Witte
Executive Producer
P Peter R. Baker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
L Luther Greene
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
W Will Harvey
Sound
S Samantha Heilwell
Sound
S Steve Longstreth
Sound
M Morning Slayter
Assistant Camera
M Michael Chin
Camera Operator
D David Espar
Camera Operator
Stephen Lighthill
First Assistant Camera
P Paul Marbury
Camera Operator
T Tom McDonough
Assistant Camera
P Peter Schnall
Location Manager
T Tom Stern