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When was Oppenheimer's “Now, I am become Death ” recorded?

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This is the video showing Oppenheimer quoting the famous line "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds..." taken from the Bhagavad-Gita: http://www.trinityremembered.com/video/quote.html

Any hint when was the video recorded? On which event?

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causi
The interview is from The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965).
JoeDaDude
I don't have a definitive answer, but for a clue, my fuzzy memory seems to recall that it was recorded in an interview in the 50's, sometime after Oppenheimer lost his clearance. The clip appears in the film The Day After Trinity, so there may be some indication in the credits about the source or when that clip was filmed.