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Time Bomb Y2K

Uh, so at this stage, allyou can do is make guesses or very broad-based estimatesabout...

Uh, so at this stage, all
you can do is make guesses or very broad-based estimates
about what might happen

Full Transcript

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Uh, so at this stage, all you can do is make guesses
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or very broad-based estimates about what might happen.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:31
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.
REPORTER 1: Four million gallons of raw sewage - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
REPORTER 1: Four million gallons of raw sewage
They were testing what would happen - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
They were testing what would happen
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