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A Compassionate Spy

Ted and Savy worked up this whole elaborate system of using Walt Whitman'sLeaves of Grass,...

[mysterious music playing] Marcia:
Ted and Savy worked up this whole elaborate system of using Walt Whitman's
Leaves of Grass, certain pages,
and there were codes that they could tell
to each other. So he would send a letter
about page such and such, what a wonderful poem this is and somehow it translated into,
"Come and meet me."

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Marcia: Ted and Savy worked up
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this whole elaborate system
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of using Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass,
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certain pages, and there were codes
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that they could tell to each other.
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So he would send a letter about page such and such,
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what a wonderful poem this is
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and somehow it translated into, "Come and meet me."
Duration
23 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:05
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.
Ted sort of described it as almost a comedy. - A Compassionate Spy 00:49
Ted sort of described it as almost a comedy.
Ted had passed along the first information - A Compassionate Spy 00:11
Ted had passed along the first information
It corroborated the information given by Fuchs. - A Compassionate Spy 00:05
It corroborated the information given by Fuchs.
Joseph: Stalin would have been very dubious - A Compassionate Spy 00:26
Joseph: Stalin would have been very dubious
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