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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

Well, that's thefirst time I've seen it, but if you don't mind, Iwish you'd hold that...

Well, that's the
first time I've seen it, but if you don't mind, I
wish you'd hold that under it because after all, there's about $50 million
in that test tube

Full Transcript

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- Well, that's the first time I've seen it,
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but if you don't mind, I wish you'd hold that under it
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because after all,
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there's about $50 million in that test tube.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:50
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.
- Groves also realized that he needed to get the scientists - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
- Groves also realized that he needed to get the scientists
And so, you know, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
And so, you know,
And Groves went around the USA, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
And Groves went around the USA,
Until he went to California - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:27
Until he went to California
Suddenly, Groves understood it, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:19
Suddenly, Groves understood it,
You know, he'd never managed - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
You know, he'd never managed
He had no experience, administratively speaking. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
He had no experience, administratively speaking.
All these other scientists were Nobel Prize winners, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
All these other scientists were Nobel Prize winners,
Secondly, he was a disaster in the laboratory, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
Secondly, he was a disaster in the laboratory,
And then thirdly, J. Edgar Hoover had identified him - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
And then thirdly, J. Edgar Hoover had identified him
- Somehow the chemistry between, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
- Somehow the chemistry between,
And I think, in part, this was because - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:33
And I think, in part, this was because
- Groves wrote to J. Edgar Hoover saying, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- Groves wrote to J. Edgar Hoover saying,
He's going to be head of this project," - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
He's going to be head of this project,"
And as it turned out, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
And as it turned out,
- Oppe made the brilliant pitch that he says: - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:43
- Oppe made the brilliant pitch that he says:
Well, Groves loved that idea. [laughs] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
Well, Groves loved that idea. [laughs]
And so he actually, soon thereafter, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
And so he actually, soon thereafter,
Robert wanted the secret city to be built there - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:24
Robert wanted the secret city to be built there
[light music] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
[light music]