Cast & Crew

Directed by

Peter Kuran

Writing Credits

Scott Narrie
Don Pugsley

Cast

William Shatner
Self - Narrator
Edward Teller
Self - Nuclear Physicist
W.H.P. Blandy
Self - Commander Joint Task Force One
Frank H. Shelton
Self - Nuclear Weaponeer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self - U.S. President
Adlai Stevenson
Self - U.S Ambassador (1961-1965) to the United Nations
Randall William Cook
Newsreel Narrator
Nikolai Bulganin
Self
Winston Churchill
Self
Everett Dirksen
Self
Albert Einstein
Self
Enrico Fermi
Self
Benny Fox
Daredevil aerialist
Reed Hadley
Self
Averell Harriman
Self
Adolf Hitler
Self
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self
John F. Kennedy
Self
Nikita Khrushchev
Self
Zedong Mao
Self
Anastas Mikoyan
Self
Marilyn Monroe
Self
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self
Dean Rusk
Self
Woodrow P. Swancutt
Self
Leó Szilárd
Self
Mark Tapscott
Announcer
Paul Tibbets
Self
Wernher von Braun
Self
John von Neumann
Self
Roy Neal
Self

Produced by

Lyle Conway
associate producer
Peter Kuran
producer
Alan Munro
producer
Marilyn Nave
associate producer
Jacqueline Zietlow
co-producer

Music by

William T. Stromberg

Cinematography by

Barbu Marian

Editing by

Peter Kuran

Makeup Department

Wendy Jill York
hair stylist / make-up

Production Management

Clay Woods
production manager: Technicolor Creative Services

Sound Department

Robert E. Borge
stereo consultant
Bob Goold
project sound editor
Jo Martin
production sound
Michael Miller
voice recordist
Mark A. Rozett
re-recording mixer (as Mark Rozett)
Daniel W. Victor Jr.
stereo consultant
Dave Yamamoto
re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by

Michael Aguilar
digital animation
Erik Anderson
digital artist
Katsuyoshi Arita
photography assistant
Robert Capps
digital artist (as Bob Capps)
William S. Conner
visual effects photography
Joseph Conti
digital animation (as Joe Conti)
David Emerson
optical supervisor (as Dave Emerson)
Brian Griffin
digital supervisor
Todd Hall
optical printer photography
Littleton Brothers
digital animation
Lisa Mann
additional printer
Jo Martin
editorial supervisor
Dan Meadors
digital artist
Pam Vick
digital animation
Steve Weinman
digital artist
Enid Zentelis
digital artist
Gary Zietlow
additional photography

Camera and Electrical Department

Cynthia Pusheck
first assistant camera
Amanda Thompson
first assistant camera

Editorial Department

Gary Barron
colorist: Technicolor Creative Services

Music Department

Ellen Levine
music recordist / orchestra manager
Lennie Moore
composer: additional music / orchestrator
John W. Morgan
composer: additional music / orchestrator
Edward Shahnazarain
music recordist / orchestra manager
Edgardo Simone
orchestrator
William T. Stromberg
conductor / orchestrator
Christine H. Luethje
music editor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Chris Borges-Silva
dvd & bluray producer [gb]: BluRay Author/Compressionist
Avelino Deleon
production assistant (as Avelino DeLeon)
David Fox
legal consultant
Daniel J. Harary
publicist (as Dan Harary) / publicist
Diane Holland
primary archival film source: FCDNA-DASIAC
Roger Meade
primary archival film source: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kimberly Terhorst
production assistant
Steve Wofford
primary archival film source: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Thanks

Nick Anning
special thanks
Lisa Baratta
special thanks
Sondra Beirre
special thanks
Debbie Bingham
special thanks
Larry Bynak
special thanks (as Major Larry Bynak)
Anna Chi
special thanks
Patricia W. French
special thanks
Dave Harris
special thanks
Joni Hezlep
special thanks
Donald Hornig
special thanks
Brian Jochum
special thanks
George Lockwood
special thanks
Igor Morozov
special thanks
Lewis Motisher
special thanks
Kay Peterson
special thanks
Frank H. Shelton
special thanks (as Dr. Frank H. Shelton)
Frederick E.O. Toye
special thanks (as Fred E.O. Toye)
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