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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

And when the FBI learned that Oppenheimerwould often be seen at the houses of these...

And when the FBI learned that Oppenheimer
would often be seen at the houses of these leading
Communist Party members, they put people on Oppenheimer to follow him wherever he went

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And when the FBI learned
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that Oppenheimer would often be seen
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at the houses of these leading Communist Party members,
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they put people on Oppenheimer
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to follow him wherever he went.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
51
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:18
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
- And, you know, the FBI files, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
- And, you know, the FBI files,
Anyway, in all those 10,000 FBI pages, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
Anyway, in all those 10,000 FBI pages,
There's no smoking gun, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
There's no smoking gun,
Oppenheimer, he was too ethereal. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
Oppenheimer, he was too ethereal.
I can't imagine him submitting himself to party orders - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
I can't imagine him submitting himself to party orders
He had too big of a ego. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
He had too big of a ego.
And then by 1942, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:24
And then by 1942,
So given that ambition, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:20
So given that ambition,
- This was the time of the Great Depression, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- This was the time of the Great Depression,
And it was also the time when the Communist Party - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
And it was also the time when the Communist Party
So being involved with and sympathetic - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:19
So being involved with and sympathetic
He was both involved with the Communist Party - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
He was both involved with the Communist Party
I think, in some ways, that political involvement, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:23
I think, in some ways, that political involvement,
General Groves was a man of indomitable will. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
General Groves was a man of indomitable will.
It used to be said - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
It used to be said
Most uranium in the world is 238, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
Most uranium in the world is 238,
You can create 235 from 238, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
You can create 235 from 238,
He bought up enormous areas of land in Tennessee, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
He bought up enormous areas of land in Tennessee,
And when people give estimates - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
And when people give estimates
The most extraordinary thing, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
The most extraordinary thing,