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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

But in the Depression,his students were finding that they couldn'tget academic jobs, and...

But in the Depression,
his students were finding that they couldn't
get academic jobs, and they got jobs
cleaning toilets, and they got jobs
waiting tables and so on

Full Transcript

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But in the Depression, his students were finding
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that they couldn't get academic jobs,
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and they got jobs cleaning toilets,
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and they got jobs waiting tables and so on.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
151
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:40
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 they got to find out what it was like - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
And they got to find out what it was like
And as they were still in touch with Oppenheimer, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
And as they were still in touch with Oppenheimer,
And in the 1930s, with the rise of fascism in Europe, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
And in the 1930s, with the rise of fascism in Europe,
- And almost all of his ex-students - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
- And almost all of his ex-students
Now, this is in the 1930s, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
Now, this is in the 1930s,
The Communist Party was not something you kept quiet about. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
The Communist Party was not something you kept quiet about.
And Oppenheimer, it's debatable whether he ever joined - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
And Oppenheimer, it's debatable whether he ever joined
His brother Frank did, and his brother Frank had a card. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
His brother Frank did, and his brother Frank had a card.
He was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
He was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party.
Nobody's ever produced a Communist Party card - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
Nobody's ever produced a Communist Party card
- And then of course, there were some women involved - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
- And then of course, there were some women involved
So he met Jean Tatlock in Berkeley, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:20
So he met Jean Tatlock in Berkeley,
- Bit by bit, he got drawn into politics, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
- Bit by bit, he got drawn into politics,
- 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,