Explore how one man's relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed mass hysteria.
July 9, 2023
NBC News Studios
28 people
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Ellen Bradbury Reid
Self - Daughter of Los Alamos Scientist
Acting
Christopher Nolan
Self - Writer / Director, "Oppenheimer"
Directing
Jon Else
Self - Filmmaker, "The Day After Trinity"
Directing
Kai Bird
Self - Co-Author, "American Prometheus"
Writing
Bill Nye
Self - Science Educator
Acting
Richard Rhodes
Self - Author, "The Making of the Atomic Bomb"
Acting
Mareena Robinson Snowden
Self - Nuclear Security Expert
Acting
Alan B. Carr
Self - Senior Historian, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Acting
Gregg Herken
Self - Author, "Brotherhood of the Bomb"
Acting
Jennet Conant
Self - Author, "109 East Palace"
Acting
David Eisenbach
Self - History Professor, Columbia University
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