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You know, so he's making this argument to Harry Truman
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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

You know, so he's making thisargument to Harry Truman, and Truman interrupts and says,...

You know, so he's making this
argument to Harry Truman, and Truman interrupts and says, "Well, Dr. Oppenheimer, when
do you think the Russians are going to get the bomb?" And Oppenheimer is kind
of stunned and says, "Well, I'm not sure,
Sir, but eventually." And Harry responds,
"Well, I know. Never."

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You know, so he's making this argument to Harry Truman,
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and Truman interrupts and says,
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"Well, Dr. Oppenheimer, when do you think the Russians
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are going to get the bomb?"
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And Oppenheimer is kind of stunned and says,
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"Well, I'm not sure, Sir, but eventually."
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And Harry responds, "Well, I know. Never."
Duration
29 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:11
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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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 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.
He was so well respected that he was used as a babysitter - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
He was so well respected that he was used as a babysitter
And to discover that this guy - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:31
And to discover that this guy