This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he develops the Atomic bomb.
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Air Date: 1980-10-29
1938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.
Air Date: 1980-11-03
1942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.
Air Date: 1980-11-12
1943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.
Air Date: 1980-11-19
Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.
Air Date: 1980-11-27
May 1945: The European war is over but the war with Japan continues. Oppenheimer discusses the use of the almost comp...
Air Date: 1980-12-03
1949 - The Oppenheimer family becomes a target of the HUAC hearings.
Air Date: 1980-12-10
December 1953 - Oppenheimer falls foul of the Communist witch hunt.