Movie Description
Too Near the Sun
(1966)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Producer : R.W. Reid
- Writer : R.W. Reid
- Editor : Jim Latham
- 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
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Facts
Original TitleToo Near the Sun
Status Released
Release Information
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1966-06-09
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 49m
Homepagehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002x8ln/too-near-the-sun
Production CompaniesBBC
Genres
- Documentary
