Too Near the Sun (1966)
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.
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Cast
- Ronald Baddiley — Narrator
- Robert Beatty — Narrator
- J. Robert Oppenheimer — self (archive footage)
- Edward Teller — self (archive footage)
- George Gamow — self (archive footage)
- Enrico Fermi — self (archive footage)
- Hans Bethe — self (archive footage)
- King Gustaf V — self (archive footage)
- George Thomson — self (archive footage)
- C. E. M. Joad — self (archive footage)
- Winston Churchill — self (archive footage)
- Harry S. Truman — self (archive footage)
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