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A Compassionate Spy

Stalin would havebeen very dubious about just getting the versionfrom one spy, Klaus...

Joseph: Stalin would have
been very dubious about just getting the version
from one spy, Klaus Fuchs, who was, after all, a German. The fact that they had
identical versions from two spies
in two different divisions was very persuasive. And so, they were able
to devote billions of rubles at a time when the economy
could not have allowed them to work on
a speculative project

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Joseph: Stalin would have been very dubious
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about just getting the version from one spy, Klaus Fuchs,
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who was, after all, a German.
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The fact that they had identical versions
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from two spies in two different divisions
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was very persuasive.
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And so, they were able to devote billions of rubles
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at a time when the economy could not have allowed them
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to work on a speculative project.
Duration
26 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:40
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.
We feel this probably speeded up the Soviet - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
We feel this probably speeded up the Soviet
Ted: I was there. - A Compassionate Spy 00:26
Ted: I was there.
[chuckles] - A Compassionate Spy 00:15
[chuckles]
So that's the subject that we worked on - A Compassionate Spy 00:06
So that's the subject that we worked on
[dramatic music playing] - A Compassionate Spy 00:05
[dramatic music playing]
And certainly made people think, - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
And certainly made people think,
Ted: The mood was generally one of celebration. - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
Ted: The mood was generally one of celebration.
♪ ["As Time Goes By" by Rudy Vallée Plays] ♪ - A Compassionate Spy 00:30
♪ ["As Time Goes By" by Rudy Vallée Plays] ♪
I didn't think that this was quite the way - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
I didn't think that this was quite the way
[cheering in distance] - A Compassionate Spy 00:14
[cheering in distance]
Ted: I mean, it's as if I was in a little isolation facility, - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
Ted: I mean, it's as if I was in a little isolation fac...
A large group of physicists in the Manhattan Project - A Compassionate Spy 00:16
A large group of physicists in the Manhattan Project
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,