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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

He was very gracious, but he had a habitof just bracing up in the presence of authority...

He was very gracious, but he had a habit
of just bracing up in the presence of authority and people who clearly thought that they were smarter
than him [laughs] in positions of power

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He was very gracious,
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but he had a habit of just bracing up
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in the presence of authority
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and people who clearly thought
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that they were smarter than him [laughs]
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in positions of power.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:21
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.
And so here's the president of the United States - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:31
And so here's the president of the United States
You know, so he's making this argument to Harry Truman, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:29
You know, so he's making this argument to Harry Truman,
And Oppenheimer, like, understands in that moment - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
And Oppenheimer, like, understands in that moment
- Oppenheimer gets very frustrated with Truman, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- Oppenheimer gets very frustrated with Truman,
After all, I have blood on my hands." - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
After all, I have blood on my hands."
He may have built the bomb, but I'm the one who set it off." - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
He may have built the bomb, but I'm the one who set it ...
He's taking himself pretty seriously here. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
He's taking himself pretty seriously here.
I and I alone made that decision to use the weapons in war, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:16
I and I alone made that decision to use the weapons in war,
- [Interviewer] When he was offered - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
- [Interviewer] When he was offered
Well, he was like all the scientists are, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
Well, he was like all the scientists are,
- So Oppenheimer blew it with Harry Truman - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
- So Oppenheimer blew it with Harry Truman
- And then the Soviet Union set off an atomic bomb - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
- And then the Soviet Union set off an atomic bomb
Nobody really was expecting it - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
Nobody really was expecting it
This sets off a whole debate - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:28
This sets off a whole debate
And this is a weapon that can be a thousand times - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
And this is a weapon that can be a thousand times
A couple days afterwards, Scotland Yard announces - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:17
A couple days afterwards, Scotland Yard announces
And so this is a real shocking revelation - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
And so this is a real shocking revelation
You go from the Soviets have the atomic bomb, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
You go from the Soviets have the atomic bomb,
And the more that came out about Klaus Fuchs himself, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
And the more that came out about Klaus Fuchs himself,
He was an extremely quiet, reserved person at Los Alamos. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
He was an extremely quiet, reserved person at Los Alamos.