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A large group of physicists in the Manhattan Project
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A Compassionate Spy

A large group of physicistsin the Manhattan Project wrote a letter to Truman, who was the...

A large group of physicists
in the Manhattan Project wrote a letter to Truman, who was the president
at that time, that they didn't sign up for
working on this to bomb Japan

Full Transcript

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A large group of physicists in the Manhattan Project
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wrote a letter to Truman,
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who was the president at that time,
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that they didn't sign up for working on this to bomb Japan.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:20
Uploaded
May 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Participant,Kartemquin Films,Mitten Media

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Movie Summary

The incredible story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia.
So they proposed - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
So they proposed
Others said we should just drop the project - A Compassionate Spy 00:11
Others said we should just drop the project
If the Russians were about to invade Japan, - A Compassionate Spy 00:18
If the Russians were about to invade Japan,
Presenter: Every type of transportation - A Compassionate Spy 00:39
Presenter: Every type of transportation
Would you give us some of your reactions - A Compassionate Spy 00:05
Would you give us some of your reactions
Uh, my navigator had me - A Compassionate Spy 00:05
Uh, my navigator had me
When I touched down on my site, - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
When I touched down on my site,
After we felt the explosion hit the airplane, - A Compassionate Spy 00:09
After we felt the explosion hit the airplane,
The sight that greeted our eyes - A Compassionate Spy 00:14
The sight that greeted our eyes
The world will note that the first atomic bomb - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
The world will note that the first atomic bomb
That was because we wished in this first attack - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
That was because we wished in this first attack
Presenter: Hiroshima, seen from the air, - A Compassionate Spy 00:24
Presenter: Hiroshima, seen from the air,
Daniel: The U.S. said, we had to do the bombing - A Compassionate Spy 00:15
Daniel: The U.S. said, we had to do the bombing
Presenter: At the end of two weeks, - A Compassionate Spy 00:39
Presenter: At the end of two weeks,
Ted: Two hundred thousand people had been incinerated - A Compassionate Spy 00:12
Ted: Two hundred thousand people had been incinerated
I remember it was a jukebox and, uh, - A Compassionate Spy 00:15
I remember it was a jukebox and, uh,
Look what we did, we really smashed 'em." - A Compassionate Spy 00:38
Look what we did, we really smashed 'em."
We have spent more than two billion dollars - A Compassionate Spy 00:09
We have spent more than two billion dollars
♪ ...It was given By the mighty hand of God... ♪ - A Compassionate Spy 00:10
♪ ...It was given By the mighty hand of God... ♪
Might trigger very catastrophic events. - A Compassionate Spy 00:06
Might trigger very catastrophic events.