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Jun 09, 1966
49 min
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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.

Category

Documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

BBC

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)

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