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To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

(explosion) ...causing a critical massand an explosion

(explosion) ...causing a critical mass
and an explosion

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...causing a critical mass and an explosion.
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Timestamp in Movie
00:26:15
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
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Exploring how one man's brilliance, hubris and relentless drive changed the nature of war forever.
And that was fine if you used highly enriched uranium. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:06
And that was fine if you used highly enriched uranium.
But one day, they discovered it won't work with plutonium. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:06
But one day, they discovered it won't work with plutoni...
The plutonium turned out to be so reactive - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:10
The plutonium turned out to be so reactive
I mean, maybe this whole plutonium thing had been wasted, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
I mean, maybe this whole plutonium thing had been wasted,
WELLERSTEIN: Oppenheimer was distraught, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:06
WELLERSTEIN: Oppenheimer was distraught,
RHODES: He considered resigning, he was so depressed, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:09
RHODES: He considered resigning, he was so depressed,
It's got to happen. We must do it." - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
It's got to happen. We must do it."
(filmstrip rattling) - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
(filmstrip rattling)
Allied forces have nearly three million troops - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:06
Allied forces have nearly three million troops
-(shouting in German) -(crowd chanting in German) - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:11
-(shouting in German) -(crowd chanting in German)
(Hitler shouting in German) - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:09
(Hitler shouting in German)
Even as late as the summer of '44, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:10
Even as late as the summer of '44,
CARR: And so, if they don't crack the plutonium problem, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
CARR: And so, if they don't crack the plutonium problem...
NORRIS: Oppenheimer shifted the laboratory into, you know, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
NORRIS: Oppenheimer shifted the laboratory into, you know,
WELLERSTEIN: They had had some ideas - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:10
WELLERSTEIN: They had had some ideas
The way implosion in a nutshell works was - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:12
The way implosion in a nutshell works was
And this is encased by tons of high explosives. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
And this is encased by tons of high explosives.
And these high explosives are really specially made, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:16
And these high explosives are really specially made,
Every angle of this is gonna be being pushed upon - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
Every angle of this is gonna be being pushed upon
What you want to do is get this pressure - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:10
What you want to do is get this pressure