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NARRATOR: Uncertain now if plutonium will work
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Uncertain nowif plutonium will work, Groves orders the labsto develop a uranium bomb and...

NARRATOR: Uncertain now
if plutonium will work, Groves orders the labs
to develop a uranium bomb and a plutonium bomb
at the same time

Full Transcript

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NARRATOR: Uncertain now if plutonium will work,
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Groves orders the labs to develop a uranium bomb
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and a plutonium bomb at the same time.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
107
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:11
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: 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,
But suddenly the project is faced with an unexpected twist. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
But suddenly the project is faced with an unexpected twist.
REPORTER: The grief stricken nation mourns the death - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
REPORTER: The grief stricken nation mourns the death
Vice-President Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office as 32nd President. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
Vice-President Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office as...
NARRATOR: Groves is called in to brief his new boss. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:04
NARRATOR: Groves is called in to brief his new boss.
GROVES: As far as I know and I've never heard anything to the contrary, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:12
GROVES: As far as I know and I've never heard anything ...
NARRATOR: Groves quickly receives the backing of the new president, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
NARRATOR: Groves quickly receives the backing of the new pre...