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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

And we were the bottleneck in the manufacture of a weapon which if we didn't make first,...

And we were the bottleneck in the manufacture of a weapon which if we didn't make first, would lead to
the loss of the war

Full Transcript

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And we were the bottleneck
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in the manufacture of a weapon which if we didn't make first,
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would lead to the loss of the war.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
351
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:04
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
A+E Global Media,History,Hulu Japan,October Films

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later is told entirely from the first-person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors.
NARRATOR: In the fall of 1944, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
NARRATOR: In the fall of 1944,
TIBBETS: I was called to the office - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
TIBBETS: I was called to the office
He told me that I had been selected - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:10
He told me that I had been selected
Needless to say that I didn't comprehend everything that was going on. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
Needless to say that I didn't comprehend everything tha...
He said, "You've got to work with General Groves, you've got to satisfy him." - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:04
He said, "You've got to work with General Groves, ...
NARRATOR: The design of the bomb had not been finalized, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
NARRATOR: The design of the bomb had not been finalized,
Meaning we were only allowed to make a release under visual condition. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
Meaning we were only allowed to make a release under visual ...
So they gave us some practice units. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
So they gave us some practice units.
The shape was the actual shape of the bomb. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:04
The shape was the actual shape of the bomb.
Our particular job was to deliver one bomb. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
Our particular job was to deliver one bomb.
NARRATOR: But at Los Alamos, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
NARRATOR: But at Los Alamos,
Here it is, General Groves, plutonium. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
Here it is, General Groves, plutonium.
NARRATOR: The bomb's design is based on the scientists' experiments with uranium. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
NARRATOR: The bomb's design is based on the scientists&...
But the material Groves has spent - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
But the material Groves has spent
Well, that's the, uh, first I've ever seen, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:13
Well, that's the, uh, first I've ever seen,
NARRATOR: But initial tests show this plutonium is so volatile, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:10
NARRATOR: But initial tests show this plutonium is so volati...
MORRISON: The kind of plutonium material they were making - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:10
MORRISON: The kind of plutonium material they were making
NARRATOR: Physicist Robert Bacher witnesses the repercussions. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
NARRATOR: Physicist Robert Bacher witnesses the repercussion...
BACHER: That then caused the whole project to have an enormous crisis. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
BACHER: That then caused the whole project to have an enormo...
The nature of the explosive charge just needed complete re-design. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
The nature of the explosive charge just needed complete re-d...