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FURMAN: When the bomb was ready
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

When thebomb was ready, General Groves sent meout to pick it up, and I rememberthe...

FURMAN: When the
bomb was ready, General Groves sent me
out to pick it up, and I remember
the authorities in Los
Alamos wanted a receipt, so I signed a receipt
for an atomic bomb

Full Transcript

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FURMAN: When the bomb was ready,
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General Groves sent me out to pick it up,
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and I remember the authorities in Los Alamos wanted a receipt,
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so I signed a receipt for an atomic bomb.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:42
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
A+E Global Media,History,Hulu Japan,October Films

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Movie Summary

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later is told entirely from the first-person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors.
Then they decided it was too secret for me to keep the receipt. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
Then they decided it was too secret for me to keep the recei...
And they actually developed a receipt for the receipt that I had just given them. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
And they actually developed a receipt for the receipt that I...
Then I took the bomb in a convoy down the mountain. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
Then I took the bomb in a convoy down the mountain.
Very secret, very important project - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
Very secret, very important project
(LAUGHS) - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
(LAUGHS)
There was a plane ahead of me and one behind me, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:14
There was a plane ahead of me and one behind me,
Because if I had the whole bomb the thing would blow up at any time. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:04
Because if I had the whole bomb the thing would blow up at a...
NARRATOR: The warship USS Indianapolis - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:10
NARRATOR: The warship USS Indianapolis
But only three days after depositing its precious cargo... - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:04
But only three days after depositing its precious cargo...
The Indianapolis is sunk by Japanese torpedoes - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
The Indianapolis is sunk by Japanese torpedoes
Of the nearly 1,200 men onboard, only 316 survive. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
Of the nearly 1,200 men onboard, only 316 survive.
At the same time at Los Alamos, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
At the same time at Los Alamos,
MORRISON: Once it became clear the Germans were beaten, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
MORRISON: Once it became clear the Germans were beaten,
At Los Alamos, there was certainly concern - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
At Los Alamos, there was certainly concern
NARRATOR: Young physicists like Robert Wilson - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
NARRATOR: Young physicists like Robert Wilson
The title was "The Impact of The Gadget on Civilization". - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
The title was "The Impact of The Gadget on Civilization...
We did discuss whether perhaps what we were doing was morally wrong. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
We did discuss whether perhaps what we were doing was...
MORRISON: There was a great deal of feeling of hesitancy, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
MORRISON: There was a great deal of feeling of hesitancy,
NARRATOR: With trademark charm, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
NARRATOR: With trademark charm,
MORRISON: Oppenheimer's view was that unless we found out - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:09
MORRISON: Oppenheimer's view was that unless we found o...