Too Near the Sun
1966-06-09| 49 min
Documentary, first broadcast in 1966, that tells the history of the superbomb, exploring the race by scientists to imitate the nuclear reactions of the sun and build the first thermonuclear weapon. The film reveals how the careers and reputations of some of the scientists involved were seared in the process.
Genres
Documentary
Cast
Ronald Baddiley
Robert Beatty
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Edward Teller
George Gamow
Enrico Fermi
Hans Bethe
King Gustaf V
George Thomson
C. E. M. Joad
Winston Churchill
Harry S. Truman
Joseph Stalin
Leslie Groves
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Brien McMahon
Dean Acheson
Wendell Willkie
David Lilienthal
Bernard Baruch
Shūmei Ōkawa
Klaus Fuchs
Robert Becker
Lewis Strauss
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
Haakon Chevalier
