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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

But the materialGroves has spent hundreds of millionsof dollars creating is the...

But the material
Groves has spent hundreds of millions
of dollars creating is the lesser
known plutonium

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But the material Groves has spent
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hundreds of millions of dollars creating
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is the lesser known plutonium.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
239
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:00
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.
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...
Groves, when I told him first, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
Groves, when I told him first,
NARRATOR: Uncertain now if plutonium will work, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:10
NARRATOR: Uncertain now if plutonium will work,
MORRISON: There were two bombs, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
MORRISON: There were two bombs,
NARRATOR: It will be a race against time - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
NARRATOR: It will be a race against time
REPORTER: (ON RADIO) The red army is advancing street by street - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
REPORTER: (ON RADIO) The red army is advancing street by str...
On the other side of the world in the Pacific, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
On the other side of the world in the Pacific,
The toll of United States dead and wounded on the beaches and the jungles is rising. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
The toll of United States dead and wounded on the beaches...
FURMAN: As it became apparent that the Germans would be defeated, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:10
FURMAN: As it became apparent that the Germans would be defe...
NARRATOR: As the idea of using the atomic bomb to end the war gains traction, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:12
NARRATOR: As the idea of using the atomic bomb to end the...
TIBBETS: I was called in to a meeting in February or March of '45, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:17
TIBBETS: I was called in to a meeting in February or March o...
And the reason was they wanted to be able to make bomb blast studies - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
And the reason was they wanted to be able to make bomb blast...
NARRATOR: As the war progressed, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:10
NARRATOR: As the war progressed,
In Tokyo, 100,00 perish in a single night. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
In Tokyo, 100,00 perish in a single night.
FURMAN: There was a great problem of trying to find targets - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
FURMAN: There was a great problem of trying to find targets