Oppenheimer w czasie II Wojny Światowej był dyrektorem programu rozwoju broni jądrowej "Manhattan". Poza działalnością związaną z bronią atomową Oppenheimer miał ogromne osiągnięcia w innych dziedzinach fizyki, między innymi w badaniach czarnych dziur oraz promieniowania kosmicznego. Resztę życia po opracowaniu bomby atomowej poświęcił na działalność na rzecz ograniczania rozprzestrzeniania się broni jądrowej. Był oskarżany przez amerykański rząd i służby o powiązania z ruchem komunistycznym oraz działalność szpiegowską. W latach 50. został pozbawiony dostępu do tajnych dokumentów. Dopiero prezydent Kennedy dokonał jego politycznej rehabilitacji. Oppenheimer jest dziś uznawany za jeden z symboli pacyfizmu i sprzeciwu wobec rozprzestrzeniania broni atomowej.

Na odległej pustyni Nowego Meksyku realizowany jest "Projekt Manhattan", program mający doprowadzić do skonstruowania bomby atomowej w latach II Wojny światowej. Zdobywca Oscara Paul Newman ("Hud", "Naiwniak") gra generała Leslie Grovesa, oficera odpowiedzialnego za zbudowanie dwóch bomb, zwanych "Fat Man" i "Little Boy". Dwight Schultz ("Drużyna A", "Star Trek: Pierwszy kontakt") gra J. Roberta Oppenheimera, błyskotliwego naukowca odpowiedzialnego za doprowadzenie misji do końca. W filmie tym występują również: Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern i Natasha Richardson. Odtwarzają oni jeden z najważniejszych rozdziałów dziejów ludzkości, chwilę, gdy atomowy grzyb odmienił świat wokół nas.

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.

A look behind the scenes of Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer" about an American scientist and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Physicist Ted Hall is recruited to join the Manhattan Project as a teenager and goes to Los Alamos with no idea what he'll be working on. When he learns the true nature of the weapon being designed, he fears the post-war risk of a nuclear holocaust and begins to pass significant information to the Soviet Union.

This essential, Academy Award–nominated documentary offers an urgent warning from history about the dangers of nuclear warfare via the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic physicist and all-around Renaissance man who led the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb that America unleashed on Japan in the final days of World War II. Through extensive interviews and archival footage, THE DAY AFTER TRINITY traces Oppenheimer’s evolution, from architect of one of the most consequential endeavors of the twentieth century to an outspoken opponent of nuclear proliferation who came to deeply regret his role in ushering in the perils of the atomic age.

This captivating documentary on J. Robert Oppenheimer, the architect of the atomic bomb, explores his journey before the historic test and reveals the burden he carried after. De-classified documents, rare film footage and exclusive interviews, including Oppenheimer's grandson, show an intimate exploration of the burden Oppenheimer carried and the profound global impact still being debated today.

With the Doomsday Clock the closest it's ever been to midnight, Jane Corbin investigates the proliferation of nuclear weapons across the globe. She visits Los Alamos, home to the United States’ nuclear weapons development facility and the historic home of Oppenheimer’s Manhattan Project. In Scotland, she reveals the strategy behind Britain’s nuclear deterrent, and speaks to campaigners in Suffolk fighting against US weapons they fear will be based on UK soil. Jane also discovers how many of the global agreements and safeguards that have constrained the spread of nuclear weapons since the 1970s are breaking down. This is a story told by the scientists, investigators and diplomats who set the clock and have fought to ensure that the ultimate deterrent has not been used in over 70 years.

The Manhattan Project was an enormous undertaking that required the efforts of many of the world's most brilliant intellectuals. Hundreds of physicists, mathematicians, and engineers were needed to design, build, and test the world's first atomic weapon and the Unites States government did everything in its power to lure these individuals to the Manhattan Project. Documentary to include: Interviews with Scientists conducted by the World War II Foundation Interviews with World War II Historians Interviews with WWII veterans Interviews with those who worked with John Gray in the world of Atomic Energy Interviews with authors who have written extensively about the Manhattan Project Interviews with people from the world of academia. This film is personal: One of those assigned to the project was my uncle John Edmund Gray, a University of Rhode Island graduate with a brilliant mind. —Tim Gray

The personalities behind the creation of the world's first atomic bomb were as extraordinary, and often as explosive, as the science they were working in. This is the inside-the-barbed-wire story of the men and women who worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. Through first-hand accounts and never-before-seen interviews, this documentary looks inside the atomic insiders' hearts and minds, their triumphs and failures, their bravery in the face of paralyzing fear and, ultimately, their war-winning and world-changing accomplishments.

The Moment in Time documents the uncertain days of the beginning of World War II when it was feared the Nazis were developing the atomic bomb. The history of the bomb's development is traced through recollections of those who worked on what was known as "the gadget."