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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Withina matter of weeks, the finest scientificminds in the country are ordered to...

NARRATOR: Within
a matter of weeks, the finest scientific
minds in the country are ordered to report
to the secret site
in the New Mexico Desert

Full Transcript

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NARRATOR: Within a matter of weeks,
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the finest scientific minds in the country
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are ordered to report to the secret site in the New Mexico Desert.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
451
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:26
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.
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.
Our particular job was to deliver one bomb. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
Our particular job was to deliver one bomb.
NARRATOR: But at Los Alamos, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
NARRATOR: But at Los Alamos,
Here it is, General Groves, plutonium. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
Here it is, General Groves, plutonium.
NARRATOR: The bomb's design is based on the scientists' experiments with uranium. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
NARRATOR: The bomb's design is based on the scientists&...
But the material Groves has spent - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
But the material Groves has spent
Well, that's the, uh, first I've ever seen, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:13
Well, that's the, uh, first I've ever seen,