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Bit by bit, he got drawn into politics
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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

Bit by bit, he gotdrawn into politics, and actuallythroughout the '30s, he became more and...

Bit by bit, he got
drawn into politics, and actually
throughout the '30s, he became more and more active

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- Bit by bit, he got drawn into politics,
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and actually throughout the '30s,
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he became more and more active.
Duration
11 seconds
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77
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:34
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
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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.
- Specifically, that meant contributing - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
- Specifically, that meant contributing
So he gave money to buy an ambulance - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
So he gave money to buy an ambulance
He probably, in the end, by 1938, '39, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
He probably, in the end, by 1938, '39,
- Although it didn't have the stigma - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- Although it didn't have the stigma
And when the FBI learned - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
And when the FBI learned
- 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