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To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

The decision to try to make or not to make the hydrogen bomb touch the very basisof our...

The decision to try to make or not to make the hydrogen bomb touch the very basis
of our morality

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The decision to try to make
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or not to make the hydrogen bomb
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touch the very basis of our morality.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:13
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Exploring how one man's brilliance, hubris and relentless drive changed the nature of war forever.
And the committee decision was basically, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
And the committee decision was basically,
If we are guided by fear alone, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:09
If we are guided by fear alone,
The answer to fear sometimes lies in courage. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
The answer to fear sometimes lies in courage.
WELLERSTEIN: Oppenheimer's opposition of the H-bomb - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
WELLERSTEIN: Oppenheimer's opposition of the H-bomb
RHODES: The Air Force wanted more and more bombs - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
RHODES: The Air Force wanted more and more bombs
The bigger the bomb, in terms of its yield, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
The bigger the bomb, in terms of its yield,
HERKEN: The Strategic Air Command was focused upon - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:06
HERKEN: The Strategic Air Command was focused upon
Oppenheimer said a smarter move would be to put resources - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
Oppenheimer said a smarter move would be to put resources
RHODES: He was going just the opposite direction - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:06
RHODES: He was going just the opposite direction
BIRD: By 1953, Oppenheimer has made sufficient enemies - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:09
BIRD: By 1953, Oppenheimer has made sufficient enemies
(applause) - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
(applause)
STRAUSS: I have just returned from the Pacific Proving Ground, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:09
STRAUSS: I have just returned from the Pacific Proving Groun...
BIRD: And Strauss knows Oppenheimer - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
BIRD: And Strauss knows Oppenheimer
RHODES: Oppenheimer had been snappish with him once, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
RHODES: Oppenheimer had been snappish with him once,
So Strauss begins to plot - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:10
So Strauss begins to plot
Lewis Strauss focuses on Oppenheimer's association - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:14
Lewis Strauss focuses on Oppenheimer's association
MAN (over TV): "Communism." - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:09
MAN (over TV): "Communism."
During the Second World War, the Soviet Union was our ally. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:06
During the Second World War, the Soviet Union was our ally.
And that sense of being a communist - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:11
And that sense of being a communist
It wasn't until the Cold War - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:15
It wasn't until the Cold War