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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

Suddenly, it waspossible to imagine a hydrogen bomb being built

Suddenly, it was
possible to imagine a hydrogen bomb being built

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- Suddenly, it was possible to imagine
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a hydrogen bomb being built.
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9 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:02:31
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
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documentary
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The documentary covers Oppenheimer's contribution to nuclear physics as a professor and leader of the Los Alamos Laboratory.
Now, hydrogen bomb, there's almost no limit - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
Now, hydrogen bomb, there's almost no limit
So it could be hundreds of times bigger than - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
So it could be hundreds of times bigger than
The question was, should the US government - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
The question was, should the US government
Oppenheimer argued against it - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:23
Oppenheimer argued against it
And so Oppenheimer argued against this program, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
And so Oppenheimer argued against this program,
He now became under suspicion by them. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
He now became under suspicion by them.
They began to think, "Well, why is Oppenheimer - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:24
They began to think, "Well, why is Oppenheimer
And this suspicion grew in the McCarthy period, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:19
And this suspicion grew in the McCarthy period,
[dramatic ominous music] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:15
[dramatic ominous music]
Strauss, however, was not only the chairman - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:23
Strauss, however, was not only the chairman
Oppenheimer wasn't giving it to him and wasn't being polite, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
Oppenheimer wasn't giving it to him and wasn't bei...
He pointed the gray panel members - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
He pointed the gray panel members
He brought in the prosecutor, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
He brought in the prosecutor,
Oppenheimer was stunned - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
Oppenheimer was stunned
Here, he'd been nine years earlier, a national celebrity. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
Here, he'd been nine years earlier, a national celebrit...
- And initially, they basically say to Oppenheimer, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
- And initially, they basically say to Oppenheimer,
We'll just take your security clearance - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
We'll just take your security clearance
He wants to contest these charges. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
He wants to contest these charges.
- In fact, actually, there was a moment - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:20
- In fact, actually, there was a moment
He was gonna be down in Washington for a few weeks - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
He was gonna be down in Washington for a few weeks