29th Oct 1980

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

3rd Nov 1980

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

12th Nov 1980

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

19th Nov 1980

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

27th Nov 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.

3rd Dec 1980

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

10th Dec 1980

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