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Leslie Groves

Also Known As: Leslie Richard Groves Jr., Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr., Lieutenant General Leslie Groves

Biography: Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Albany, New York, USA

Adult: No

Birthday: August 17, 1896

Age: 128 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: July 13, 1970

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Overview: This essential, Academy Award–nominated documentary offers an urgent warning from history about the dangers of nuclear warfare via the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic physicist and all-around Renaissance man who led the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb that America unleashed on Japan in the final days of World War II. Through extensive interviews and archival footage, THE DAY AFTER TRINITY traces Oppenheimer’s evolution, from architect of one of the most consequential endeavors of the twentieth century to an outspoken opponent of nuclear proliferation who came to deeply regret his role in ushering in the perils of the atomic age.

Genres: Documentary History

Original Language: en

Release Date: 1981-01-20

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To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

Overview: Explore how one man's relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed mass hysteria.

Genres: Documentary History

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2023-07-09

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Overview: J. Robert Oppenheimer and other key figures involved in the decision to drop the first atomic bomb discuss their motivations in this NBC News documentary. Originally produced and televised in 1965, two decades after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was re-released in 2023 with an epilogue by Michael Beschloss, NBC News Presidential Historian.

Genres: Documentary War

Original Language: en

Release Date: 1965-01-05

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Overview: Death in all it's faces and stages. From the horrors of Buchenwald to the devastation of Hiroshima. From the political assassinations of the second half of the 20th century to the bloody feeding frenzy of the pythons of Burma. Burned on to the screen like napalm victims of Vietnam. Followed by "Death in Focus" part 2.

Genres: Horror War Crime

Original Language: en

Release Date: 1989-01-02

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Overview: Physicist Ted Hall is recruited to join the Manhattan Project as a teenager and goes to Los Alamos with no idea what he'll be working on. When he learns the true nature of the weapon being designed, he fears the post-war risk of a nuclear holocaust and begins to pass significant information to the Soviet Union.

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2022-08-31

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Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

Overview: On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this surprised the world. What nobody knew was that it was the result of espionage. At the centre of the operation was a very unusual female spy, Elizabeth Zaroubin, in a story worthy of the best spy novels ever written.

Genres: Documentary History

Original Language: fr

Release Date: 2015-08-06

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