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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

And to discover that this guy who had been core to manyof the technical discussions and...

And to discover that this guy who had been core to many
of the technical discussions and had even invented some of
the core parts of the bomb, he was one of the
co-holders of the patent on gaseous diffusion, which is how they enriched
uranium for the Hiroshima bomb, I mean, this is a guy
who's at the center of the Manhattan
Project in so many ways and it turned out
the entire time he was working very hard
for the United States, but he was also working very
hard for the Soviet Union

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And to discover that this guy
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who had been core to many of the technical discussions
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and had even invented some of the core parts of the bomb,
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he was one of the co-holders of the patent
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on gaseous diffusion,
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which is how they enriched uranium for the Hiroshima bomb,
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I mean, this is a guy who's at the center
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of the Manhattan Project in so many ways
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and it turned out the entire time
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he was working very hard for the United States,
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but he was also working very hard for the Soviet Union.
Duration
31 seconds
Views
60
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:00
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

The documentary covers Oppenheimer's contribution to nuclear physics as a professor and leader of the Los Alamos Laboratory.
- Suddenly, it was possible to imagine - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- Suddenly, it was possible to imagine
Now, hydrogen bomb, there's almost no limit - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
Now, hydrogen bomb, there's almost no limit
So it could be hundreds of times bigger than - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
So it could be hundreds of times bigger than
The question was, should the US government - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
The question was, should the US government
Oppenheimer argued against it - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:23
Oppenheimer argued against it
And so Oppenheimer argued against this program, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
And so Oppenheimer argued against this program,
He now became under suspicion by them. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
He now became under suspicion by them.
They began to think, "Well, why is Oppenheimer - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:24
They began to think, "Well, why is Oppenheimer
And this suspicion grew in the McCarthy period, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:19
And this suspicion grew in the McCarthy period,
[dramatic ominous music] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:15
[dramatic ominous music]
Strauss, however, was not only the chairman - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:23
Strauss, however, was not only the chairman
Oppenheimer wasn't giving it to him and wasn't being polite, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
Oppenheimer wasn't giving it to him and wasn't bei...
He pointed the gray panel members - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
He pointed the gray panel members
He brought in the prosecutor, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
He brought in the prosecutor,
Oppenheimer was stunned - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
Oppenheimer was stunned
Here, he'd been nine years earlier, a national celebrity. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
Here, he'd been nine years earlier, a national celebrit...
- And initially, they basically say to Oppenheimer, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
- And initially, they basically say to Oppenheimer,
We'll just take your security clearance - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
We'll just take your security clearance
He wants to contest these charges. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
He wants to contest these charges.
- In fact, actually, there was a moment - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:20
- In fact, actually, there was a moment