Too Near the Sun (1966)
1966 · 0h 49m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
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.
Writers: R.W. Reid
Editor: Jim Latham
Cast
Ronald Baddiley as NarratorRobert Beatty as NarratorJ. Robert Oppenheimer as self (archive footage)Edward Teller as self (archive footage)George Gamow as self (archive footage)Enrico Fermi as self (archive footage)Hans Bethe as self (archive footage)King Gustaf V as self (archive footage)George Thomson as self (archive footage)C. E. M. Joad as self (archive footage)Winston Churchill as self (archive footage)Harry S. Truman as self (archive footage)More like this
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