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To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

We did think about whether, uh, its destructiveness, uh, its danger, uh, could be vividly...

(playful chatter) OPPENHEIMER:
We did think about whether, uh, its destructiveness, uh, its danger, uh, could be vividly demonstrated over a barren
and uninhabited target, and we were
very doubtful of that

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OPPENHEIMER: We did think about whether, uh,
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its destructiveness, uh,
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its danger, uh,
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could be vividly demonstrated
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over a barren and uninhabited target,
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and we were very doubtful of that.
Duration
22 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:49:33
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Exploring how one man's brilliance, hubris and relentless drive changed the nature of war forever.
Very few people would have had a more thorough understanding - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:12
Very few people would have had a more thorough understanding
Oppenheimer contemplated, knowing that - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
Oppenheimer contemplated, knowing that
(wind whistling softly) - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:14
(wind whistling softly)
After the Trinity test, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
After the Trinity test,
He's a few steps ahead of her, and he's suddenly muttering, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:32
He's a few steps ahead of her, and he's suddenly m...
This was obviously on his mind, painfully on his mind. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
This was obviously on his mind, painfully on his mind.
And yet we know, that same week, he was meeting with the generals - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:22
And yet we know, that same week, he was meeting with the gen...
WELLERSTEIN: It's hard to reconcile the sensitive, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:19
WELLERSTEIN: It's hard to reconcile the sensitive,
Part of it is, I think, Oppenheimer hoping that - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:14
Part of it is, I think, Oppenheimer hoping that
And if that's the case, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:11
And if that's the case,
RHODES: By August of 1945, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:17
RHODES: By August of 1945,
Set aside because they had physical characteristics - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:10
Set aside because they had physical characteristics
Hiroshima was a flat city. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:05
Hiroshima was a flat city.
And with the city set aside, it was possible to see - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:11
And with the city set aside, it was possible to see
That's why Hiroshima was chosen. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:05
That's why Hiroshima was chosen.
HIDEKO TAMURA: When I was a little kid, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:11
HIDEKO TAMURA: When I was a little kid,
I was running through magical gardens, flowers, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:15
I was running through magical gardens, flowers,
It was all over, sound of happiness. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:06
It was all over, sound of happiness.
But the sound of the explosion came - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
But the sound of the explosion came
TRUMAN: A short time ago, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:09
TRUMAN: A short time ago,