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NARRATOR: But initial tests show this plutonium is so volatile
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

But initialtests show this plutoniumis so volatile, it can burn itself upbefore the...

NARRATOR: But initial
tests show this plutonium
is so volatile, it can burn itself up
before the weapon
leaves the lab, making it a dud

Full Transcript

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NARRATOR: But initial tests show this plutonium is so volatile,
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it can burn itself up before the weapon leaves the lab,
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making it a dud.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
164
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:24
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.
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
They tossed around Kyoto as a prime target - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
They tossed around Kyoto as a prime target
NARRATOR: The targets shortlisted are Yokohama, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
NARRATOR: The targets shortlisted are Yokohama,