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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later is told entirely from the first-person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors.

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James Erskine

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PAUL TIBBETS:
Our job was to deliver
one bomb to Hiroshima. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

PAUL TIBBETS: Our job was to deliver one bomb to Hiroshima.

TIBBETS: It was inconceivable as to what we were looking at. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

TIBBETS: It was inconceivable as to what we were looking at.

NARRATOR: In the decades
that followed the bombings
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: In the decades that followed the bombings of Hiros...

NARRATOR: They talked about
building and using
the ultimate weapon, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: They talked about building and using the ultimate ...

PHILIP MORRISON:
The radiologist, he said, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

PHILIP MORRISON: The radiologist, he said,

STAFFORD L. WARREN: The bodies, of course, of all the dead were in the rubble. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

STAFFORD L. WARREN: The bodies, of course, of all the dead...

NARRATOR: They were followed
by American film crews, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: They were followed by American film crews,

This is what the Americans saw and the Japanese lived through - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

This is what the Americans saw and the Japanese lived...

J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER:
We have made a thing, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER: We have made a thing,

REPORTER: It's war. Our enemies Japan, Germany and Italy are out in the open. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

REPORTER: It's war. Our enemies Japan, Germany and...

The nation prepares
to protect its traditions
and its way of life. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

The nation prepares to protect its traditions and its way of...

Our only cause now is victory. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Our only cause now is victory.

NARRATOR: As the United States enters World War II, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: As the United States enters World War II,

Many of the world's leading physicists are German. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Many of the world's leading physicists are German.

The Americans are terrified
that the Nazis will develop
a nuclear device first. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

The Americans are terrified that the Nazis will develop a nu...

Codenamed
the Manhattan Project
after its first offices, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Codenamed the Manhattan Project after its first offices,

LESLIE GROVES: I started
to review the laboratories. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

LESLIE GROVES: I started to review the laboratories.

Columbia, Chicago, Berkeley, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Columbia, Chicago, Berkeley,

Before that project,
none of them
had ever had to produce. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Before that project, none of them had ever had to produce.

They did research.
If it didn't turn out,
well, nobody cared. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

They did research. If it didn't turn out, well, nobody ...

If they didn't
feel like working, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

If they didn't feel like working,

There was none
of the feeling that - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

There was none of the feeling that

KENNETH NICHOLS:
General Groves, I would say, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

KENNETH NICHOLS: General Groves, I would say,

He had the biggest ego of any individual I'd ever met. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

He had the biggest ego of any individual I'd ever met.

You need that type of guy to get a thing like this done. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

You need that type of guy to get a thing like this done.

NARRATOR: One of the
program's scientists
is Samuel K. Allison. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: One of the program's scientists is Samuel K. ...

SAMUEL ALLISON:
There was a good deal
of irritation and antagonism. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

SAMUEL ALLISON: There was a good deal of irritation and anta...

Groves couldn't
understand the fact - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Groves couldn't understand the fact

NARRATOR: To break
the deadlock, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: To break the deadlock,

His attention is drawn
to a Professor at Berkeley, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

His attention is drawn to a Professor at Berkeley,

ROBERT BACHER: If one knew
Robert Oppenheimer
and knew Groves, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

ROBERT BACHER: If one knew Robert Oppenheimer and knew Grove...

You know, he spoke very well, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

You know, he spoke very well,

GROVES: Oppenheimer's great
mental capacity impressed me. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

GROVES: Oppenheimer's great mental capacity impressed m...

I was appalled
by his ignorance
of American history. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

I was appalled by his ignorance of American history.

He had no experience
in administration in any way. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

He had no experience in administration in any way.

NARRATOR: Nevertheless,
Groves saw something
in the professor - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: Nevertheless, Groves saw something in the professo...

GROVES: Oppenheimer
was selected by me, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

GROVES: Oppenheimer was selected by me,

BACHER: The fact was, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

BACHER: The fact was,

And when he was told things that were difficult for the project by Oppenheimer, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

And when he was told things that were difficult for the...

NARRATOR: Now the most powerful scientist in America, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: Now the most powerful scientist in America,

OPPENHEIMER: The doubts
which then existed - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

OPPENHEIMER: The doubts which then existed

And young physicists
like Philip Morrison - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

And young physicists like Philip Morrison

MORRISON: We could see
the war was coming
closer and closer - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

MORRISON: We could see the war was coming closer and closer

Germany was the leader
of modern physics, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Germany was the leader of modern physics,

We knew very well
that something was going on
in Chicago about fission. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

We knew very well that something was going on in Chicago abo...

And a lot was going on in
Boston about microwaves. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

And a lot was going on in Boston about microwaves.

And I imagined that
there was an atomic project, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

And I imagined that there was an atomic project,

NARRATOR: That uranium
project is focused
at the University of Chicago, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: That uranium project is focused at the University ...

MORRISON: In December '42, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

MORRISON: In December '42,

And said,
"Now, what do you think
we're doing here?" - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

And said, "Now, what do you think we're doing here...

My life changed absolutely. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

My life changed absolutely.

NARRATOR: It's late 1942, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: It's late 1942,

In America,
the Manhattan Project - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

In America, the Manhattan Project

But it needs
a radiation specialist - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

But it needs a radiation specialist

Working in Rochester,
New York State, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Working in Rochester, New York State,

WARREN: Late '42,
I was invited to lunch
at the country club, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

WARREN: Late '42, I was invited to lunch at the country...

Mr. Groves and Mr. Marshall. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Mr. Groves and Mr. Marshall.

And they said
"We'd like to talk
to you in private." - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

And they said "We'd like to talk to you in private...

They looked in the closet, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

They looked in the closet,

They said that
"We would like
to have you work - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

They said that "We would like to have you work

They asked, "Does Mrs. Warren play bridge? Is she a gossip?" - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

They asked, "Does Mrs. Warren play bridge? Is she a...

Once you're in a highly
classified program, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Once you're in a highly classified program,

NARRATOR: One of Warren's
first assignments - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: One of Warren's first assignments

At Oak Ridge,
factories will
be constructed - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

At Oak Ridge, factories will be constructed

WARREN: Oak Ridge
was a large area
of very low-grade farming. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

WARREN: Oak Ridge was a large area of very low-grade farming...

The topography
lent itself very well - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

The topography lent itself very well

The only transportation
was a few taxis in Knoxville. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

The only transportation was a few taxis in Knoxville.

NARRATOR: Oak Ridge
is so remote, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: Oak Ridge is so remote,

WARREN: "We've got
to build a hospital." - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

WARREN: "We've got to build a hospital."

"We'll have to have
all of the essential
elements here." - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

"We'll have to have all of the essential elements ...

NARRATOR:
Brigadier General
Kenneth Nichols - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: Brigadier General Kenneth Nichols

But the plumbers, electricians and carpenters he hires - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

But the plumbers, electricians and carpenters he hires

KENNETH NICHOLS: We had recruiting teams out all the time, all over the country - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

KENNETH NICHOLS: We had recruiting teams out all the time,...

NICHOLS: Generally,
you told a man no more - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NICHOLS: Generally, you told a man no more

He might be building
a dormitory here, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

He might be building a dormitory here,

I just learned a secret.
It's a honey. It's a pip. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

I just learned a secret. It's a honey. It's a pip.

But the enemy is listening,
so I'll never let it slip. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

But the enemy is listening, so I'll never let it slip.

'Cause when I learn a secret,
boy, I zipper up my lip. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

'Cause when I learn a secret, boy, I zipper up my lip.

NICHOLS: We would give them
a cover story, classified. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NICHOLS: We would give them a cover story, classified.

For example,
if we were making
a catalyst with gasoline - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

For example, if we were making a catalyst with gasoline

NARRATOR: 99% of
the people in Oak Ridge - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: 99% of the people in Oak Ridge

NICHOLS: We started
from scratch, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NICHOLS: We started from scratch,

NARRATOR: At its peak,
Oak Ridge will house
75,000 people, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: At its peak, Oak Ridge will house 75,000 people,

Built at a cost
of $1.2 billion, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Built at a cost of $1.2 billion,

As huge factories rise
out of the ground, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

As huge factories rise out of the ground,

They don't have
enough uranium 235, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

They don't have enough uranium 235,

And so their focus shifts - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

And so their focus shifts

This is the first shipment - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

This is the first shipment

NARRATOR: But to make
that plutonium - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: But to make that plutonium

GROVES: The whole design - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

GROVES: The whole design

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later is told entirely from the first-person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors.

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Director: James Erskine

Writer: N/A

Production: A+E Global Media,History,Hulu Japan,October Films

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2020

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ImdbRating: 7.4

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Released: 02 Aug 2020

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