Oppenheimer after Trinity | DW Documentary
American physicist Julius Robert Oppenheimer is regarded as the father of the atomic bomb. Delving into his complex mind, this prize-winning documentary explores what happened before, during and after the testing of the world’s first atomic bomb in the deserts of New Mexico in July 1945.
After this first atomic bomb test, events unfolded quickly, setting a course of action that’s still debated today, more than three-quarters of a century later.
Using declassified military documents and interviews with eyewitnesses, the film provides a unique insight into a critical moment in human history. ‘Oppenheimer After Trinity’ is a thought-provoking and insightful documentary that also offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the mind of Dr J. Robert Oppenheimer. Through archival interviews with the man himself, the documentary tells a deeply personal story and sheds light on what it means to be responsible for building a devastating weapon. But the film also serves as a reminder that the potential for both destruction and progress lies within us.
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Shame, that it all got leaked, maybe for the better….look at American power now, one insane leader and we are where we are.
I was going to watch the Hollywood drama 'Oppenheimer' but after watching this documentary I don't need to anymore.
And they are now allying with their bomber😢
The music is so irritating. It has ruined the effort of all the people that worked for this extraordinary documentary.
so who is that criminal to destroyed human life and threat this peaceful world?
As Oppenheimers grandson said the scientists hoped that the weapon is so horrible that countries would hesitate to ever use it again. That has been the truth for 80 years although it didn’t stop wars but now, our weapons are so precise you can demolish one apartment, damage a few others whereas 80 years ago, to hit one apartment an entire block had to be destroyed. And it has deterred countries. Curtis LeMay and Douglas MacArthur urged Truman to use it on Korea and China. LeMay again urged Kennedy to use it against Cuba in the Missile Crisis and McNamara urged Johnson to use it on North Vietnam yet no President has again assented to use nuclear bombs so deterrence still prevails outside of on Russian propaganda channels!
felt like watching a documentary in the 1940s. so cozy
This is a terrible documentary. It has great information but it’s badly edited with looping music and hard cuts. There should be a new edit without that insefuhrerable music and annoying typing sound effect.
Truman had a taste of real power then grabbed and held on to it😢
Western like to bullshut
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First time ever Communist @DW made a Good Documentary without bias but still promoted religious fathom …
So you basically you can enrich plutonium in a barn.
Your Mercedes star is twisted the wrong way!
Oppenheimer.
In the same category as Lord Voldermort;
"Terrible But Great!"
SHAME ON the usa. Then and now.
who ever gave the secrets of the atomic bomb to Stalin Russia is very responsible person
Dr. Oppenheimer contributes no longer good for the people. His invention is no longer a blessing. He contributes a million dead. He relies when there is nothing in his hand. He has destroyed himself with the sting of conscience. As long as there are atomic bombs in the world, he will continue to be a rebuke to the people of the world.
I want to say sorry to the people of the Japan. We don't forgive you.
Getting a bit tired of everyone calling Oppeheimer the farther of the bomb. He isn't, Leo Szilard is the farther of the bomb. Look him up he came up with the idea of fission.
15:25 USS Indianapolis was carrying enriched Uranium, not Plutonium. LittleBoy was a different gadget from the Trinity test and Fatboy
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I have now become Death.
Oppeheimer's grandson does not seem entirely convinced by what he is saying lol
The look on Truman's face at the 36 minute mark is telling. He looks pretty defensive about his decision to use the bomb. I bet the pressure on him was immense to justify that.
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Interesting watch. I already know the story, but it never gets old
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