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Time Bomb Y2K

It's not so much thecomputers failing, it's that I'm worried aboutwhat the people are...

It's not so much the
computers failing, it's that I'm worried about
what the people are gonna panic before the year

Full Transcript

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It's not so much the computers failing,
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it's that I'm worried about what the people are gonna panic
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before the year.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:10
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.
(DART WHOOSHING) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:10
(DART WHOOSHING)
This is the sheet that you need to go by very carefully - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
This is the sheet that you need to go by very carefully
- ♪ (DREAMY SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ - (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
- ♪ (DREAMY SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
REPORTER: Trochmann is appearing at what is called - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
REPORTER: Trochmann is appearing at what is called
REPORTER: Distrust of the government - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
REPORTER: Distrust of the government
For the next three months after that, we doubled in size. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
For the next three months after that, we doubled in size.
♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(TELEPHONE LINE RINGING) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
(TELEPHONE LINE RINGING)
REPORTER: From this tiny office, John Trochmann - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
REPORTER: From this tiny office, John Trochmann
They're now arming themselves against the federal government. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
They're now arming themselves against the federal gover...
MAN: Promoting that kind of paranoia, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
MAN: Promoting that kind of paranoia,
While the leaders of it might be very sincere - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
While the leaders of it might be very sincere
They nonetheless fuel the fires and create a climate - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
They nonetheless fuel the fires and create a climate
- (GUN COCKS) - (GUNSHOTS) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:13
- (GUN COCKS) - (GUNSHOTS)
♪ (TENSE MUSIC FADES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
♪ (TENSE MUSIC FADES) ♪
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:15
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
We were aware of Y2K, but at the time, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
We were aware of Y2K, but at the time,
Not until we did our own investigation - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
Not until we did our own investigation
Let us share with you the documentation - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
Let us share with you the documentation
On December 3rd, 1998. John Koskinen, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:33
On December 3rd, 1998. John Koskinen,