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Time Bomb Y2K

They were testingwhat would happen if the plant lost power once the calendar readsJanuary...

They were testing
what would happen if the plant lost power once the calendar reads
January 1st, 2000

Full Transcript

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They were testing what would happen
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if the plant lost power
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once the calendar reads January 1st, 2000.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:53
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.
Computer unexpectedly shut our input gate - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
Computer unexpectedly shut our input gate
REPORTER 2: Regulatory reports reveal - Time Bomb Y2K 00:14
REPORTER 2: Regulatory reports reveal
When workers advanced clocks to the year 2000, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:16
When workers advanced clocks to the year 2000,
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
Right now I'm just studying all the facts - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
Right now I'm just studying all the facts
I just assumed in America, we'll figure it out. (CHUCKLES) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:14
I just assumed in America, we'll figure it out. (CHUCKL...
A lot of people are gonna panic and stockpile things, not fly. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
A lot of people are gonna panic and stockpile things, not fl...
I do. I think it was started by computer programmers. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
I do. I think it was started by computer programmers.
They must be working on it, are they? - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
They must be working on it, are they?
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪
- (KEYBOARD CLACKING) - (COMPUTER BEEPS) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
- (KEYBOARD CLACKING) - (COMPUTER BEEPS)
But what you pick up immediately - Time Bomb Y2K 00:10
But what you pick up immediately
Every one is unique - Time Bomb Y2K 00:10
Every one is unique
- (TELEPHONE RINGING) - (KEYBOARD CLACKING) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
- (TELEPHONE RINGING) - (KEYBOARD CLACKING)
Well actually, I was gonna try to get into something - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
Well actually, I was gonna try to get into something
(INDISTINCT BACKGROUND CHATTER) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
(INDISTINCT BACKGROUND CHATTER)
Uh, it's a field in a program just called YR for year. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
Uh, it's a field in a program just called YR for year.
And the 99 means - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
And the 99 means
So these are the kinds of things that the various tools - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
So these are the kinds of things that the various tools
Just about everything we do - Time Bomb Y2K 00:18
Just about everything we do