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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

But, you know, thisis the first time anyone had attempted this thing, so there was a lot...

But, you know, this
is the first time anyone had attempted this thing, so there was a lot of tension and particularly on the
night before the explosion

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But, you know, this is the first time
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anyone had attempted this thing,
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so there was a lot of tension
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and particularly on the night before the explosion.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:50
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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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.
[upbeat dramatic music] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
[upbeat dramatic music]
There's this very spooky photo of Oppenheimer - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:15
There's this very spooky photo of Oppenheimer
And he's leaning in and you see his sharp, angular nose. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
And he's leaning in and you see his sharp, angular nose...
He was up there on the top of the tower, inspecting, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
He was up there on the top of the tower, inspecting,
They witnessed it from a long distance away, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
They witnessed it from a long distance away,
- [Kai] And, you know, early that morning, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
- [Kai] And, you know, early that morning,
And, you know, they witnessed this massive explosion - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
And, you know, they witnessed this massive explosion
[atomic bomb booming] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
[atomic bomb booming]
- But couple of things, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
- But couple of things,
I mean, you hate to talk about it that way, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:15
I mean, you hate to talk about it that way,
And so it wasn't a single event, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
And so it wasn't a single event,
- Oppenheimer returned to Frank and simply said, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:23
- Oppenheimer returned to Frank and simply said,
- Few people laughed, few people cried, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
- Few people laughed, few people cried,
- [Kai] And he, I think, playfully, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:16
- [Kai] And he, I think, playfully,
- I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:17
- I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture,
- [Kai] [laughs] You know, a nice line, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
- [Kai] [laughs] You know, a nice line,
But that's become part of the lore. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
But that's become part of the lore.
- Then in August 1945, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
- Then in August 1945,
The Hiroshima bomb turned out to be more deadly. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
The Hiroshima bomb turned out to be more deadly.
Now, when they tested the bomb in Trinity, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
Now, when they tested the bomb in Trinity,