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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

There's no smoking gun, there's no clear evidencethat he ever joined the party, paid dues...

There's no smoking gun, there's no clear evidence
that he ever joined the party, paid dues or had
a membership card

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There's no smoking gun,
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there's no clear evidence that he ever joined the party,
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paid dues or had a membership card.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
62
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:57
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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The documentary covers Oppenheimer's contribution to nuclear physics as a professor and leader of the Los Alamos Laboratory.
Oppenheimer, he was too ethereal. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
Oppenheimer, he was too ethereal.
I can't imagine him submitting himself to party orders - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
I can't imagine him submitting himself to party orders
He had too big of a ego. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
He had too big of a ego.
And then by 1942, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:24
And then by 1942,
So given that ambition, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:20
So given that ambition,
- This was the time of the Great Depression, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- This was the time of the Great Depression,
And it was also the time when the Communist Party - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
And it was also the time when the Communist Party
So being involved with and sympathetic - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:19
So being involved with and sympathetic
He was both involved with the Communist Party - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
He was both involved with the Communist Party
I think, in some ways, that political involvement, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:23
I think, in some ways, that political involvement,
General Groves was a man of indomitable will. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
General Groves was a man of indomitable will.
It used to be said - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
It used to be said
Most uranium in the world is 238, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
Most uranium in the world is 238,
You can create 235 from 238, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
You can create 235 from 238,
He bought up enormous areas of land in Tennessee, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
He bought up enormous areas of land in Tennessee,
And when people give estimates - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
And when people give estimates
The most extraordinary thing, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
The most extraordinary thing,
They were trained to say, "Look, here's a machine," - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
They were trained to say, "Look, here's a machine,...
When it goes this way, turn that knob," - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
When it goes this way, turn that knob,"
- Here it is, General Groves, plutonium. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
- Here it is, General Groves, plutonium.