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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

It's about 3,000 meters high, and it's 50 milesby a very rough and terrible trailfrom...

It's about 3,000 meters high, and it's 50 miles
by a very rough and terrible trail
from there to Los Alamos

Full Transcript

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It's about 3,000 meters high,
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and it's 50 miles by a very rough
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and terrible trail from there to Los Alamos.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
479
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:30
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.
GROVES: It was in an area isolated enough - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
GROVES: It was in an area isolated enough
NARRATOR: At Los Alamos, there is a boys' school that is struggling financially. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
NARRATOR: At Los Alamos, there is a boys' school that...
GROVES: It was a school for rich Easterners - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:10
GROVES: It was a school for rich Easterners
There were enough buildings there, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
There were enough buildings there,
Didn't take me long to say, "Well, this is it." - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
Didn't take me long to say, "Well, this is it.&quo...
NARRATOR: Within a matter of weeks, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
NARRATOR: Within a matter of weeks,
MORRISON: I came to Los Alamos when many people came to Los Alamos. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
MORRISON: I came to Los Alamos when many people came to Los...
Many of my old friends were there - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:04
Many of my old friends were there
Of course, we worked around the clock, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
Of course, we worked around the clock,
Because every day we read of the battles - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
Because every day we read of the battles
And we were the bottleneck - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
And we were the bottleneck
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.