The Day After Trinity (1981)
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
 |
Paul Frees as Self - Narrator (voice) |
 |
Jon Else as Self - Interviewer |
 |
J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self (archive footage) |
 |
Hans Bethe as Self |
 |
Frank Oppenheimer as Self |
 |
Haakon Chevalier as Self |
 |
Robert Serber as Self |
 |
Holm Bursom as Self |
|
Stirling Colgate as Self |
 |
Freeman Dyson as Self |
|
Susan Evans as Self |
|
Francis Fergusson as Self |
 |
Leslie Groves as Self (archive footage) |
|
Elizabeth Ingram as Self |
|
Robert Krohn as Self |
|
Dave MacDonald as Self |
 |
Joseph McCarthy as Self (archive footage) |
|
Dorothy McKibben as Self |
|
Robert Porton as Self |
 |
Isidor Isaac Rabi as Self |
 |
Harry S. Truman as Self (archive footage) |
|
Francoise Ulam as Self |
|
Stanislaw Ulam as Self |
|
Jane Wilson as Self |
|
Robert R. Wilson as Self |
| Sound | Martin Bresnick | Music |
| Writing | Jon Else | Writer |
| Directing | Jon Else | Director |
| Writing | David Webb Peoples | Writer |
| Writing | Janet Peoples | Writer |
| Sound | Will Harvey | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | David Espar | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Stephen Lighthill | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Morning Slayter | Sound |
| Sound | Samantha Heilwell | Sound |
| Production | Peter R. Baker | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Luther Greene | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Steve Longstreth | Sound |
| Camera | Tom McDonough | Camera Operator |
| Production | Tom Stern | Location Manager |
| Camera | Michael Chin | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Paul Marbury | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Peter Schnall | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Martha Olson | Associate Producer |
| Production | Kathryn Witte | Associate Producer |
| Production | Courtney Flavin | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Ralph Wikke | Editor |
| Editing | David Webb Peoples | Editor |
| Production | Jon Else | Producer |
