The Beginning or the End (1947)

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Country: USA
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Release: 1947-02-19
Director: Norman Taurog
Writers: Frank Wead , Bob Considine
Language: English
Stars: Brian Donlevy , Robert Walker , Tom Drake , Beverly Tyler , Audrey Totter , Hume Cronyn , Hurd Hatfield , Joseph Calleia , Godfrey Tearle , Victor Francen
Runtime: 112 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: 初めか終りか (Japan) , Alku vai loppu (Finland) , I arhi tou telous (Greece) , Au carrefour du siècle (France, French Republic) , The Beginning or the End (United Kingdom) , La morte è discesa a Hiroshima (Italy) , Le commencement ou la fin (Belgium) , Principio o fin (Spain) , Het begin of het einde (Belgium) , The Beginning or the End , Början eller slutet? (Sweden) , O Fim ou o Princípio (Brazil) , El principio o el fin (Mexico) , O Princípio ou o Fim (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Beginning or the End (United States of America) , The Beginning or the End (Australia) , Începutul sau sfârşitul (Romania)
Plot: Docudrama on the development of the first atomic bomb. Told from the perspective of a film recovered from a time capsule several hundred years into the future, the story is narrated by Robert Oppenheimer (Hume Cronyn) and Major General Leslie Groves (Brian Donlevy) beginning with the Nazis stated goal of developing an atomic bomb. Along with Britain and Canada, the U.S. reacts by beginning its own atomic program. The major developments are all presented: Fermi's successful atomic chain reaction; building the huge complex at Oak Ridge, Tenn.; the production of the first supply of plutonium; the testing in the Nevada desert; and finally the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
IMDB:tt0039178