Oppenheimer

October 29, 1980

1938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.

November 3, 1980

1942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.

November 12, 1980

1943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.

November 19, 1980

Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.

November 27, 1980

May 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.

December 3, 1980

1949 - The Oppenheimer family becomes a target of the HUAC hearings.

December 10, 1980

December 1953 - Oppenheimer falls foul of the Communist witch hunt.