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To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

It was a-a curious place to live because they're blowingthings up three times a day

It was a-a curious place to live because they're blowing
things up three times a day

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It was a-a curious place to live
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because they're blowing things up three times a day.
Duration
11 seconds
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34
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:22
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
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documentary
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Exploring how one man's brilliance, hubris and relentless drive changed the nature of war forever.
(explosion rumbles) - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:10
(explosion rumbles)
(excited chatter) - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:09
(excited chatter)
And at some point, I asked my father, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:16
And at some point, I asked my father,
CARR: We get about a year into the laboratory's existence, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:11
CARR: We get about a year into the laboratory's existen...
These are some very complex machines. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:06
These are some very complex machines.
Think of a nuclear weapon more as like a million ideas - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:09
Think of a nuclear weapon more as like a million ideas
To make an atomic bomb, you need the fuel for it. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:05
To make an atomic bomb, you need the fuel for it.
(electrical warbling) - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
(electrical warbling)
We have two different types of material - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:06
We have two different types of material
Plutonium was the better material to use. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:05
Plutonium was the better material to use.
You needed less of it to make a bomb, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
You needed less of it to make a bomb,
(electrical popping) - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
(electrical popping)
It was to take two pieces of material - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:10
It was to take two pieces of material
(explosion) - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:06
(explosion)
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,