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| Jonathan Adams | ... |
Narrator
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Alan B. Carr | ... |
Self - Historien / Self - Historiker / Self - Historien, Laboratoire américain de Los Alamos / Self - Historiker, Los Alamos National Laboratory
(as Alan Carr)
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Robert Norris | ... |
Self - Historien / Self - Historiker
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| Richard Rhodes | ... |
Self - Historien / Self - Historiker
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Charles Loeber | ... |
Self - Ingénieur nucléaire à la retraite / Self - Nuklearingenieur
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John Hopkins | ... |
Self - Ancien directeur du programme américain d'armement nucléaire / Self - Früherer Leiter des Nuklearwaffen-Programms
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Lester Tenney | ... |
Self - Ancien combattant de la guerre du Pacifique / Self - Veteran des Pazifikkriegs
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Hal Behl | ... |
Self - Ingénieur sur le 'projet Manhattan' / Self - Ingenieur beim Manhattan-Projekt
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Lilli Hornig | ... |
Self - Chimiste sur le 'Projet Manhattan' / Self - Chemikerin beim Manhattan-Projekt
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Roger Rasmussen | ... |
Self - Ingénieur sur le 'projet Manhattan' / Self - Ingenieur beim Manhattan-Projekt
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Jack Aeby | ... |
Self - Physicien sur le 'projet Manhattan' / Self - Physiker beim Manhattan-Projekt
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| Martin Sherwin | ... |
Self - Historien / Self - Historiker
(as Martin J. Sherwin)
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Glen McDuff | ... |
Self - Ingénieur nucléaire à la retraite / Self - Nuklearingenieur
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Svetlana Savranskaya | ... |
Self - Historikerin / Self - Historienne
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| Tim Naftali | ... |
Self - Historien / Self - Historiker
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Lynn Eden | ... |
Self - Historienne / Self - Historikerin
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Elaine Tyler May | ... |
Self - Historienne / Self - Historikerin
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Amy Knight | ... |
Self - Historienne / Self - Historikerin
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Jonathan Weisgall | ... |
Self - Auteur d'un ouvrage sur les essais nucléaires / Self - Autor, Operation Crossroads
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| Sergei Khrushchev | ... |
Self - Historien, fils de Nikita Khrouchtchev / Self - Professor, Sohn Nikita Chruschtschows
(as Sergei Chruschtschow)
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John Hopkins | ... |
Self - Ancien directeur du programme américain d'armement nucléaire / Self - Früherer Leiter des Nuklearwaffen-Programms (archiveFootage)
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Laura McEnaney | ... |
Self - Historienne / Self - Historikerin
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Walter Boyne | ... |
Self - Ancien pilote du Strategic Air Command / Self - Pilot, Strategic Air Command
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John Andersen | ... |
Self - Ingénieur nucléaire à la retraite / Self - Nuklearingenieur
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| William J. Perry | ... |
Self - Ancien Secrétaire américain à la Défense / Self - US-Vertreidigungsminister 1994-1997
(as William Perry)
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| George Shultz | ... |
Self
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W.H.P. Blandy | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Leonid Brezhnev | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Jimmy Carter | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Fidel Castro | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Winston Churchill | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Arthur H. Compton | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Karl Dönitz | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Albert Einstein | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Dwight D. Eisenhower | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Mikhail Gorbachev | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Leslie Groves | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Hermann Göring | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Otto Hahn | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Hirohito | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Adolf Hitler | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Lyndon B. Johnson | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| John F. Kennedy | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Nikita Khrushchev | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Curtis LeMay | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Richard Nixon | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| J. Robert Oppenheimer | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Ronald Reagan | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Joseph Stalin | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Fritz Strassmann | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Lewis Strauss | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Leó Szilárd | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Harry S. Truman | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Directed by
| Rushmore DeNooyer | ||
Written by
| Rushmore DeNooyer | ... | () |
Produced by
| Rushmore DeNooyer | ... | producer |
| Lisa Goodfellow | ... | associate producer (as Lisa Goodfellow Bowe) |
| Scott Tiffany | ... | development producer |
| Kirk Wolfinger | ... | executive producer |
Editing by
| Doug Quade | ||
| Ryan Shepheard | ||
Editorial Department
| Anthony Dighello | ... | assistant editor |
| Scott Ellerbrook | ... | additional editor |
| Matthew Fletcher | ... | on-line editor |
| Eric Gulliver | ... | assistant editor |
| Franklin Kendrick | ... | assistant editor |
| Brandon Kraemer | ... | colorist |
Production Management
| Britt Knowlton | ... | production manager |
| Mary Antinozzi Soule | ... | post-production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Tony Bacon | ... | director of recreations |
Sound Department
| James Becker | ... | sound recordist |
| Darryl Czuchra | ... | sound recordist |
| Matthew Fletcher | ... | additional audio |
| Scott Kinzey | ... | sound recordist |
| Charlie Macarone | ... | sound recordist |
| Michael Piotrowski | ... | sound recordist |
| Ted Roth | ... | sound recordist |
| Jimmy Williams | ... | sound recordist |
| Tim Wright | ... | sound recordist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Mark Carroll | ... | camera operator |
| Doug Crawford | ... | camera operator |
| Joseph Friedman | ... | camera operator |
| Jerry Hattan | ... | camera operator |
| Robert Humphreys | ... | camera operator |
| Tom Kaufman | ... | camera operator |
| Guy Livneh | ... | camera operator |
| Jayson Lobozzo | ... | gaffer |
| Rob Massey | ... | camera operator |
| Trevor Rogers | ... | first assistant camera |
| Zak Seidman | ... | digital imaging technician |
| David Wright | ... | camera operator |
Animation Department
| Doug Quade | ... | animator |
| Jed Rauscher | ... | animator |
| Ryan Shepheard | ... | animator |
Music Department
| Malcolm Brooks | ... | musician |
| Kris Day | ... | musician |
| Rushmore DeNooyer | ... | musician |
| Per Hanson | ... | musician |
| Duncan Hardy | ... | musician |
| Todd Hutchisen | ... | music editor |
| Hayes Porterfield | ... | musician |
| Martin Rowberry | ... | composer: additional music |
| Ron Sarja | ... | composer: additional music |
| Nate Soule | ... | musician |
| Cartwright Thompson | ... | musician |
| Tom Whitehead | ... | musician |
Additional Crew
| Rachel Behrmann | ... | production assistant |
| Ashley Benedict | ... | production assistant |
| Carolyn Berner | ... | transcriber |
| Cathy Carapella | ... | additional archival research |
| Cory Landroche | ... | production assistant (as Cory Landrock) |
| Owen Miller | ... | production assistant |
| Rich Remsberg | ... | archival research |
| Trevor Rogers | ... | production assistant |
| Parks Stephenson | ... | researcher |
| Casey Turner | ... | production assistant |
| Ezra Wolfinger | ... | production assistant |
| Belinda Woolfson | ... | production assistant |
Thanks
| Linda Dahl | ... | special thanks |
| Ken Hackman | ... | special thanks |
| Clay Perkins | ... | special thanks |
| Nathalie Weisgall | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2015) (United States) (tv)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2015) (World-wide)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Absolutely Archives (additional archival research)
- South Portland American Legion (special thanks)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
See how America developed the most destructive invention in human history - the nuclear bomb - how it changed the world and how it continues to loom large in our lives. Hear from historians and those who experienced the dawn of the atomic age. Written by PBS |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The film's "experts" claim over and over that the "red scare" was a manufactured propaganda campaign. It was real, and the Venona papers released in 1996 after the failure of the Soviet union proved that Soviet spies had infiltrated the American government. See more » |