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Time Bomb Y2K

If those computersstopped, this whole country would come to a screeching halt

If those computers
stopped, this whole country would come to a screeching halt

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If those computers stopped, this whole country
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would come to a screeching halt.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:01
Uploaded
Apr 21, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Spinning Nancy

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Movie Summary

An immersive, all-archival retelling of the "Y2K" millennium bug and the mass hysteria that changed the fabric of modern society.
There were people who thought gas light was safe, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
There were people who thought gas light was safe,
♪ (MYSTERIOUS SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
♪ (MYSTERIOUS SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Fulfilling absolute decree in casual simplicity. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
Fulfilling absolute decree in casual simplicity.
MAN: All of this is designed to free men and women - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
MAN: All of this is designed to free men and women
Uh, it's just gonna be very gradual - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
Uh, it's just gonna be very gradual
NARRATOR 1: In just two decades, the speed of computers - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
NARRATOR 1: In just two decades, the speed of computers
NARRATOR 2: At the core of our society, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
NARRATOR 2: At the core of our society,
NARRATOR 3: For just as the Industrial Revolution - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
NARRATOR 3: For just as the Industrial Revolution
NARRATOR 4: By the year 2000, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:13
NARRATOR 4: By the year 2000,
Everybody knows what's happening in every part of the world - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
Everybody knows what's happening in every part of the w...
And it's affecting every part of our lives. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
And it's affecting every part of our lives.
TV HOST: It is, ironically, that we're too well-informed, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
TV HOST: It is, ironically, that we're too well-informe...
We've lost forever, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
We've lost forever,
TV HOST: Is it gonna bring us closer together - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
TV HOST: Is it gonna bring us closer together
It can bring the world closer together, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
It can bring the world closer together,
MAN: We have become very, very dependent - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
MAN: We have become very, very dependent
We are going to be stress tested - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
We are going to be stress tested
♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
NIMOY: How could the omission of two simple digits - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
NIMOY: How could the omission of two simple digits
♪ (DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
♪ (DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪