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Too Near the Sun

1966·Documentary

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Released
June 9, 1966
Runtime
49m

About Too Near the Sun

  • Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Writer
  • RRR.W. Reid

Principal cast

In billing order
  • Ronald BaddileyNarrator
  • Robert BeattyNarrator
  • J. Robert Oppenheimerself (archive footage)
  • Edward Tellerself (archive footage)
  • George Gamowself (archive footage)
  • Enrico Fermiself (archive footage)
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