Person

Leslie Groves

Acting · 1896–1970 · Albany, New York, USA

Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II.

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  Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

  Self - Brigadier General, U.S. Army (archive footage)

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  To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

  Self - Director, Manhattan Project (voice) (archive sound)

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  A Compassionate Spy

  Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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  The Day After Trinity

  Self (archive footage)

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  Bombshell

  Self (archival footage)

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  Death in Focus

  Lieutenant General/ Engineer

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  The Decision to Drop the Bomb

  Self

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  Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

  Self - Director of the Manhattan Project (archive footage)

• 2026BombshellSelf (archival footage)
• 2024Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold WarSelf - Brigadier General, U.S. Army (archive footage)
• 2023To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic BombSelf - Director, Manhattan Project (voice) (archive sound)
• 2022A Compassionate SpySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2015Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic BombSelf - Director of the Manhattan Project (archive footage)
• 1989Death in FocusLieutenant General/ Engineer
• 1980The Day After TrinitySelf (archive footage)
• 1965The Decision to Drop the BombSelf