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

Brigadier GeneralKenneth Nichols is in chargeof the day-to-dayconstruction

NARRATOR:
Brigadier General
Kenneth Nichols is in charge
of the day-to-day
construction

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NARRATOR: Brigadier General Kenneth Nichols
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is in charge of the day-to-day construction.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
571
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:20
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.
But the plumbers, electricians and carpenters he hires - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:09
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 00:07
KENNETH NICHOLS: We had recruiting teams out all the time,...
NICHOLS: Generally, you told a man no more - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
NICHOLS: Generally, you told a man no more
He might be building a dormitory here, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
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 00:04
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 00:05
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 00:04
'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 00:04
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 00:06
For example, if we were making a catalyst with gasoline
NARRATOR: 99% of the people in Oak Ridge - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
NARRATOR: 99% of the people in Oak Ridge
NICHOLS: We started from scratch, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
NICHOLS: We started from scratch,
NARRATOR: At its peak, Oak Ridge will house 75,000 people, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
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 00:10
Built at a cost of $1.2 billion,
As huge factories rise out of the ground, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
As huge factories rise out of the ground,
They don't have enough uranium 235, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
They don't have enough uranium 235,
And so their focus shifts - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
And so their focus shifts
This is the first shipment - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
This is the first shipment
NARRATOR: But to make that plutonium - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
NARRATOR: But to make that plutonium
GROVES: The whole design - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:13
GROVES: The whole design
It was based on a millionth of a pound of plutonium. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:04
It was based on a millionth of a pound of plutonium.