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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

It's a sad anddepressing stretch of vast unforgivingdesert in New Mexico, but in colonial...

It's a sad and
depressing stretch of vast unforgiving
desert in New Mexico, but in colonial times, it was the sorry end of
many travelers' dreams

Full Transcript

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It's a sad and depressing stretch
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of vast unforgiving desert in New Mexico,
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but in colonial times,
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it was the sorry end of many travelers' dreams.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
52
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:23
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.
He was an ivory tower academic, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
He was an ivory tower academic,
Now he had built an isolated secret city in the sky - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:17
Now he had built an isolated secret city in the sky
He had done in months - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
He had done in months
Just days before, he had taken delivery of the plutonium, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
Just days before, he had taken delivery of the plutonium,
He'd signed a receipt for hundreds of millions of dollars. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
He'd signed a receipt for hundreds of millions of dolla...
It was the fruits of the labors - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
It was the fruits of the labors
In this rundown old ranch house, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
In this rundown old ranch house,
As the lightning crackled in the sky and the wind howled, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
As the lightning crackled in the sky and the wind howled,
[thunder rumbles] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
[thunder rumbles]
From somewhere, a few words formed in his mind. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
From somewhere, a few words formed in his mind.
- "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
- "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."...
- Robert Oppenheimer grew up - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
- Robert Oppenheimer grew up
[cheerful piano music] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
[cheerful piano music]
His parents had made by that time quite a bit of money. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
His parents had made by that time quite a bit of money.
He had a limousine with a chauffeur. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
He had a limousine with a chauffeur.
They had a house in Long Island. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
They had a house in Long Island.
They had a small sailing yacht, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
They had a small sailing yacht,
- When Oppenheimer was growing up, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- When Oppenheimer was growing up,
He was brought up in isolation until he went to school, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
He was brought up in isolation until he went to school,
And anything Oppenheimer showed an interest in, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
And anything Oppenheimer showed an interest in,