Oppenheimer (1980)
This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he develops the Atomic bomb.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 1980-10-291938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 1980-11-031942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 1980-11-121943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 1980-11-19Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 1980-11-27May 1945: The European war is over but the war with Japan continues. Oppenheimer discusses the use of the almost completed atomic bomb with the secretary of War. His colleagues have misgivings.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 1980-12-031949 - The Oppenheimer family becomes a target of the HUAC hearings.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 1980-12-10December 1953 - Oppenheimer falls foul of the Communist witch hunt.