Too Near the Sun

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.

Cast

Ronald Baddiley

Robert Beatty

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Edward Teller

George Gamow

Enrico Fermi