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CAPTIONING MADE
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I WISH YOU'D THINK IT OVER, LAD.
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THERE IS NO PLACE BUT
BERLIN TO BE A PHYSICIST TODAY.
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ALL THE BEST PEOPLE ARE HERE.
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THIS WEEK, ALL THE
JEWISH LAWYERS
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AND JUDGES ARE DISMISSED.
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HOW LONG DO YOU
THINK IT WILL TAKE THEM
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TO GET TO THE PHYSICISTS?
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ENGLAND WILL BE
SMARTER THAN WE ARE.
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THEY'LL HAVE ROOM FOR
A MAN OF CONSCIENCE.
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AUF WIEDERSEHEN.
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I WILL MISS YOU.
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AS SOON AS YOU
FINISH YOUR STUDIES,
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THE MOMENT YOU GET YOUR DEGREE,
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LEAVE GERMANY, PLEASE.
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UNTIL THEN, I WILL
WORRY ABOUT YOU.
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HE'S REALLY MAKING TOO MUCH
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OF THIS POLITICAL
BUSINESS, YOU KNOW?
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MMM.
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TO SAVE MANKIND, MAYBE FIRST
HE HAS TO SAVE HIMSELF, HMM?
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SAY, WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?
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FROM NOW ON, NOBODY LEAVES
GERMANY WITHOUT CLEARANCE.
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CLEARANCE? WHO FROM?
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NAZIS.
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YOU MEAN THAT
WAS THE LAST TRAIN?
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FOR GOD'S SAKES, WATCH
WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
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Dr. Szilard: WHEN YOU SAY THAT
ANY IDEA OF ATOMIC ENERGY
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IS A MERE DELUSION,
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HAVE YOU BY ANY
CHANCE READ H.G. WELLS,
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WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT
AN ATOMIC REACTION
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THAT UNLEASHES A LIMITLESS POWER
AND LEADS TO GLOBAL WARFARE?
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SIR, IF YOU WOULD JUST BE
SEATED... 200 CITIES DESTROYED
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BY THE "UNQUENCHABLE
CRIMSON CONFLAGRATIONS
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OF THE ATOMIC BOMBS."
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MR. WELLS IS A WRITER
OF SCIENCE FICTION
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WITH A VIVID IMAGINATION.
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TO SPLIT THE ATOM, TO
CAUSE A CHAIN REACTION,
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TO RELEASE UNLIMITED
POWER CANNOT BE.
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CANNOT?
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LORD RUTHERFORD,
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I KNOW THAT YOU ARE
ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL
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TO BE THE WORLD'S
GREATEST PHYSICIST.
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BUT "CANNOT" IS A WORD ONE
DOES NOT OFTEN HEAR IN SCIENCE.
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ON THE CONTRARY, SIR,
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WHEN ONE IS DEALING
WITH A FIXED, IMMUTABLE,
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IRREDUCIBLE, ABSOLUTE
LAW OF PHYSICS,
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ONE WHICH SAYS
SOMETHING CANNOT BE,
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THEN IT CANNOT BE.
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IF YOU WERE A STUDENT
OF SCIENTIFIC FACT,
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UNLIKE YOUR MR. WELLS,
YOU'D KNOW THAT.
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ACTUALLY, LORD RUTHERFORD,
I AM A PHYSICIST MYSELF.
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THAT CANNOT BE, EITHER.
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IT WOULD VIOLATE THE
ABSOLUTE, IRREDUCIBLE,
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IMMUTABLE LAW OF COMMON SENSE.
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GOOD DAY.
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IT'S SAFE TO CROSS NOW, SIR.
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SIR?
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A FOREIGNER. HE'LL
WORK IT OUT FOR HIMSELF.
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SPLITTING THE ATOM...
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CAUSE A CHAIN REACTION...
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CANNOT.
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IT'S THE EXPLANATION, THE PROOF,
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HOW THE CHAIN REACTION WORKS.
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IN PRINCIPLE, YOU'RE SAYING.
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YEAH, IN PRINCIPLE, OF COURSE.
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I SEE.
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AND WHAT EXACTLY IS IT
YOU WISH TO DO WITH IT?
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I WISH TO ASSIGN
THE PATENT TO YOU,
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TO THE BRITISH WAR OFFICE.
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WHAT IS IT WE HAVE HERE?
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IT IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH
A CHAIN REACTION IS ACHIEVED,
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RELEASING UNLIMITED
POWER TO ILLUMINATE CITIES,
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RUN SHIPS, CREATE
FANTASTIC NEW EXPLOSIVES.
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"FANTASTIC," YOU SAY.
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EXCUSE ME, SIR.
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I HAVE LIVED IN GERMANY.
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HAVE YOU?
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HARDLY.
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I TAKE HITLER SERIOUSLY.
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I WAS ON THE LAST
TRAIN OUT OF BERLIN
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JUST BEFORE THEY SEALED IT OFF.
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EVEN IN ENGLAND,
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I KEEP TWO SUITCASES
PACKED AT ALL TIMES.
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REALLY?
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I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE ME SERIOUSLY,
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BECAUSE MY SUITCASES AND I
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ARE RUNNING OUT OF
PLACES TO GO NEXT.
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YES, OF COURSE.
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WELL, SIR, VERY GOOD.
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THANK YOU. IT'S ALL
COMPLETE HERE, IS IT?
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EVERYTHING EXCEPT
THE SPLITTABLE ELEMENT.
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I WOULD START WITH
BERYLLIUM AND URANIUM.
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WELL, THAT SHOULD DO IT THEN.
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THANK YOU VERY
MUCH INDEED, MR...
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DR. SZILARD.
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DR. SZILARD. SORRY.
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WELL, VERY GOOD TO
THINK OF US, I MUST SAY.
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HEY!
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SZILARD!
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HOW ARE YOU?
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DR. FERMI, SZILARD, MY
OLD HUNGARIAN FRIEND.
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SZILARD, FERMI, MY
NEW ITALIAN FRIEND.
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COME.
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SO, HE HAS TOLD YOU?
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YEAH.
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WHAT DID HE SAY?
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NUTS.
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN, "NUTS"?
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WHY DO YOU SAY "NUTS"?
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A CHAIN REACTION IN URANIUM
IS ONLY A REMOTE POSSIBILITY.
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HOW REMOTE?
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WELL... 10%.
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10%?
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IT'S NOT A REMOTE POSSIBILITY
IF IT MEANS WE MAY DIE OF IT.
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LISTEN, FERMI, YOU KNOW WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH THE WORLD.
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AUSTRIA'S GONE.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA? GONE.
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WHO'S NEXT, HUH?
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ENGLAND? FRANCE?
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WE ARE REFUGEES, HUH?
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AFTER AMERICA, WHERE DO WE GO?
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PLEASE, GOD, WE NEED TO KNOW.
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DOES FISSION
PRODUCE THE NEUTRONS
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TO RELEASE THIS ENERGY?
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DO THE EXPERIMENTS
YOURSELF. I DON'T CARE.
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BECAUSE UNLESS YOU THINK
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THE PHYSICISTS IN GERMANY
ARE IDIOTS, WHICH THEY'RE NOT,
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UNLESS YOU THINK THAT
HITLER DOES NOT CARE
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ABOUT BEING ABLE TO TAKE
OVER THE WORLD, WHICH HE DOES...
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BASTA, BASTA. ENOUGH, SZILARD.
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I WILL DO THE EXPERIMENTS.
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AND YOU CAN USE THE LAB, TOO.
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BARIUM IS READY?
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YEAH.
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URANIUM?
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EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE, WIGNER.
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REMOVE THE CADMIUM SHIELD.
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THE WORLD IS HEADED FOR TROUBLE.
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THE WORLD IS HEADED FOR GRIEF.
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A URANIUM CHAIN REACTION
HAD NEVER, TILL THIS MOMENT,
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OCCURRED TO ME.
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AND YOU SAY HAHN HAS ALREADY
SPLIT THE ATOM IN BERLIN?
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I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S GOING
TO TAKE ME A MOMENT
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TO GRASP THE IMPLICATIONS.
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IT'S... VERY
FRIGHTENING, ISN'T IT?
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YES, PROFESSOR EINSTEIN, IT IS.
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WELL, WHAT CAN I DO?
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PLEASE, YOU MUST TELL ME.
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WELL, WHAT WE ARE
MOST CONCERNED ABOUT
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IS GETTING THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT TO PAY ATTENTION.
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IT'S A HARD THING TO
PUT THIS IDEA ACROSS
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TO A MILITARY MIND.
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DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD APPROACH
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DIRECTLY?
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YEAH.
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THIS IS VERY INTERESTING, ALEX.
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I WASN'T AWARE OF ANY OF THIS.
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YOU WANT MY REACTION?
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IT SEEMS A LITTLE
PREMATURE TO ME
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FOR US TO GET INVOLVED
IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
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I DON'T THINK SO.
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THEY JUST WANT FUNDING
FOR SOME EXPERIMENTS.
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I UNDERSTAND THE
GERMANS ARE WORKING ON IT.
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THEIR PHYSICISTS ARE EXCELLENT.
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AH, IT WILL BE EXPENSIVE, TOO.
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THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
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I'M NOT CONVINCED THE
GOVERNMENT SHOULD GET INVOLVED
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IN SUCH A COSTLY ENTERPRISE.
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MR. PRESIDENT, MAY
I TELL YOU A STORY?
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AH! ALEX, YOU KNOW
I LOVE YOUR STORIES.
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TELL ME TWO.
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JUST ONE, BUT THIS
HAPPENS TO BE TRUE.
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DURING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS,
A YOUNG AMERICAN INVENTOR
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OFFERED TO BUILD A
FLEET OF STEAMSHIPS
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WITH WHICH NAPOLEON
COULD INVADE ENGLAND.
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SHIPS WITHOUT SAILS?
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THIS SEEMED TO THE GREAT
NAPOLEON SO IMPOSSIBLE
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THAT HE SENT FULTON AWAY.
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HAD NAPOLEON MORE
IMAGINATION AND HUMILITY,
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HISTORY WOULD HAVE TAKEN
A VERY DIFFERENT COURSE.
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GET GENERAL WATSON, PLEASE.
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SO, WHAT YOU'RE AFTER
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IS TO SEE THAT THE
NAZIS DON'T BLOW US UP.
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PRECISELY.
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SIR?
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AH. THIS REQUIRES ACTION.
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I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED,
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BUT FERMI AND SZILARD
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HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR AN
ANSWER FROM US FOR OVER A YEAR.
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FOR OVER A YEAR?
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IT SAYS THE GERMANS ARE
WAY AHEAD... SEEMS TO BE TRUE.
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BUREAUCRACY.
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F.D.R. SENT IT TO A
COMMITTEE. THEY SAT ON IT.
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WHAT ARE THEY ASKING FOR?
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SZILARD SAYS HE NEEDS $40,000
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TO EXPERIMENT ON A
CHAIN REACTION IN GRAPHITE.
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YOU THINK SZILARD AND
FERMI WILL BE WILLING
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TO MOVE TO CHICAGO, ARTHUR,
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WORK WITH YOU ON
DESIGNING A BOMB?
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THE WAY THEY FEEL ABOUT HITLER,
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I THINK THEY'LL DO
ANYTHING WE ASK THEM TO.
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WHAT WE NEED NOW IS EMERGENCY
FUNDING TO GET US STARTED.
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I'LL TALK TO THE
PRESIDENT TOMORROW.
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ERNEST, START URANIUM
PRODUCTION AT BERKELEY.
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IF WE'RE MAKING BOMBS,
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BETTER GET A MILITARY
MAN IN TO HEAD IT UP.
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THIS COULD TURN OUT TO
BE A PRETTY BIG PROJECT.
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GOOD IDEA.
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I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE
WE'VE SAT ON THIS A YEAR.
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CLOSER TO TWO. HOPE WE
HAVEN'T LOST TOO MUCH TIME.
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WE COULD BE IN THE WAR
ANY DAY NOW OURSELVES.
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SORRY I'M LATE.
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COLONEL.
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WELL, THAT'S THE LAST
TIME I'LL HAVE TO TESTIFY
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ON MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS.
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HAVE YOU GOTTEN THE WORD?
I GOT MY OVERSEAS COMMAND.
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THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.
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LET'S HAVE SOME LUNCH.
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GROVES, OVERSEAS COMBAT IS OFF.
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THE SECRETARY OF
WAR HAS SELECTED YOU
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FOR A VERY IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT.
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YOU CAN'T LEAVE WASHINGTON.
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SIR, I'VE SPENT MOST OF
MY CAREER IN WASHINGTON.
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I AM SICK OF WASHINGTON.
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I'VE BEEN ANGLING FOR MONTHS
TO GET THIS COMBAT-ENGINEERS JOB.
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OUR PROBLEM IS WE NEED
AN ORGANIZER AND BUILDER.
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YOU BUILT THE PENTAGON.
YOU CAN BUILD ANYTHING.
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WITH RESPECT, SIR,
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I'D LIKE TO GET OUT OF THE
CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS
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AND SEE SOME ACTION IN THIS WAR.
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IF YOU DO THIS JOB RIGHT,
IT COULD WIN THE WAR.
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OH, THAT THING.
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BASIC RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT ARE DONE.
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YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE
THE ROUGH DESIGNS,
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PUT THEM INTO FINAL
SHAPE, BUILD SOME PLANS,
234
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AND ORGANIZE AN OPERATING FORCE,
235
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AND YOUR JOB WILL BE
FINISHED AND THE WAR OVER.
236
00:12:51,017 --> 00:12:54,551
PART OF THE DEAL IS YOU'LL
BE MADE A BRIGADIER GENERAL.
237
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WELL, I'D WANT
THAT TO BE OFFICIAL
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BEFORE I STARTED THE JOB.
239
00:13:01,127 --> 00:13:03,894
I'LL BE WORKING WITH A BUNCH
OF ACADEMICS AND SCIENTISTS.
240
00:13:03,963 --> 00:13:06,230
MY POSITION WITH THEM
WILL BE A LOT STRONGER
241
00:13:06,299 --> 00:13:08,531
IF THEY THINK THEY'RE
DEALING WITH A GENERAL
242
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RIGHT FROM THE START,
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00:13:09,767 --> 00:13:11,834
RATHER THAN SOME
NEWLY PROMOTED COLONEL.
244
00:13:11,903 --> 00:13:14,070
OH, COLONEL NICHOLS
IS ALREADY HERE, SIR.
245
00:13:14,139 --> 00:13:15,905
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ALL THIS?
246
00:13:15,974 --> 00:13:18,941
Nichols: THEY JUST PUT ME ON
IT A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, SIR.
247
00:13:19,011 --> 00:13:22,745
WELL, THEY TELL ME THAT THEY'VE
GOT ROUGH DESIGNS COMPLETED.
248
00:13:22,814 --> 00:13:24,847
ALL I'VE GOT TO DO IS
SLAP IT ALL TOGETHER.
249
00:13:24,916 --> 00:13:26,483
ALL RIGHT, WHERE ARE THE PLANS?
250
00:13:26,551 --> 00:13:28,717
MAYBE IN SOME SCIENTIST'S
HEAD SOMEWHERE, SIR.
251
00:13:28,785 --> 00:13:30,119
THEY DON'T EXIST.
252
00:13:32,756 --> 00:13:35,157
WHAT ABOUT FACTORIES,
PRODUCTION FACILITIES?
253
00:13:35,226 --> 00:13:37,659
NO, WE'D HAVE TO ACQUIRE
PLANNED SITES FIRST.
254
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THEY DON'T EVEN
HAVE FACTORY SITES?
255
00:13:39,497 --> 00:13:41,463
NO, SIR.
256
00:13:41,532 --> 00:13:43,098
RAW MATERIALS?
257
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NOPE, AND NO PRODUCTION
EQUIPMENT EITHER.
258
00:13:45,503 --> 00:13:48,070
WE'RE GONNA NEED ALL THE
URANIUM ORE WE CAN GET.
259
00:13:48,139 --> 00:13:49,271
WE MAY BE LUCKY THERE.
260
00:13:49,340 --> 00:13:51,172
THE BELGIANS MAY HAVE
SENT SOME TO NEW YORK
261
00:13:51,241 --> 00:13:53,307
BEFORE THE NAZIS
GOT THEIR HOOKS ON IT.
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GET IT.
263
00:13:54,610 --> 00:13:55,676
I'M GONNA GO SEE BUSH.
264
00:13:55,745 --> 00:13:57,678
OH, SHALL I CALL AND
TELL HIM YOU'RE COMING?
265
00:13:57,747 --> 00:13:59,147
NO, I'D LIKE TO SURPRISE HIM!
266
00:13:59,215 --> 00:14:00,281
YES, SIR.
267
00:14:00,350 --> 00:14:02,750
I'M GOING TO GET THE URANIUM.
268
00:14:02,818 --> 00:14:04,052
I'D BETTER.
269
00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:05,319
ARTHUR COMPTON AT CHICAGO
270
00:14:05,388 --> 00:14:07,422
COULD GIVE YOU A
STATUS REPORT ON DESIGN.
271
00:14:07,490 --> 00:14:08,822
WHAT ABOUT URANIUM RESEARCH?
272
00:14:08,891 --> 00:14:10,990
THAT'S BEING DONE BY
LAWRENCE AT BERKELEY.
273
00:14:11,060 --> 00:14:13,460
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE
WORKING ON PLUTONIUM, AS WELL.
274
00:14:13,529 --> 00:14:15,328
TELL ME, WHAT
EXACTLY IS PLUTONIUM?
275
00:14:15,397 --> 00:14:18,331
I MEAN, IS IT A GAS, A SOLID,
ELECTRIC SUBSTANCE, WHAT?
276
00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,500
YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK
LAWRENCE DIRECTLY.
277
00:14:20,569 --> 00:14:23,703
I'M NOT SURE ANY OF US REALLY
KNOWS VERY MUCH ABOUT IT YET.
278
00:14:23,772 --> 00:14:25,772
I CAN SEE THAT.
279
00:14:30,946 --> 00:14:32,644
IS THIS MEETING
REALLY NECESSARY?
280
00:14:32,713 --> 00:14:34,646
NO, I COULD TELL THE
SECRETARY OF WAR,
281
00:14:34,715 --> 00:14:35,847
THE ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF,
282
00:14:35,916 --> 00:14:37,716
AND THE PRESIDENT'S
SCIENCE ADVISOR
283
00:14:37,785 --> 00:14:40,953
THAT YOU'RE TOO BUSY.
284
00:14:42,990 --> 00:14:46,392
AH, GENERAL SOMERVELL,
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
285
00:14:46,461 --> 00:14:48,694
COLONEL GROVES, I
DON'T BELIEVE YOU'VE MET
286
00:14:48,762 --> 00:14:50,862
THE SECRETARY OF
WAR, COLONEL STIMSON.
287
00:14:50,931 --> 00:14:52,663
IT'S GENERAL GROVES
NOW, COLONEL.
288
00:14:52,732 --> 00:14:53,732
OF COURSE.
289
00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,400
YES, WELL, OUR HEARTIEST
CONGRATULATIONS.
290
00:14:55,469 --> 00:14:57,102
WELL, LET'S GET
STARTED, SHALL WE?
291
00:14:57,170 --> 00:14:58,503
GENERAL.
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00:14:58,572 --> 00:15:00,305
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
293
00:15:00,373 --> 00:15:02,873
IS TO PUT TOGETHER
A TOP POLICY GROUP
294
00:15:02,942 --> 00:15:06,311
TO OVERSEE THE ATOMIC
PROJECT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
295
00:15:06,379 --> 00:15:08,879
GENERAL MARSHALL AND
I SHALL BE FAR TOO BUSY
296
00:15:08,948 --> 00:15:10,281
TO BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED.
297
00:15:10,350 --> 00:15:11,983
BUT WE THOUGHT A COMMITTEE
298
00:15:12,051 --> 00:15:14,718
OF SOME SEVEN TO NINE
OFFICERS OF THE ARMY...
299
00:15:14,786 --> 00:15:17,087
THAT'S TOO MANY.
300
00:15:17,156 --> 00:15:19,723
EXCUSE ME, SIR, THAT'S TOO MANY.
301
00:15:19,791 --> 00:15:23,594
I COULD KEEP THREE PEOPLE
REASONABLY WELL-INFORMED
302
00:15:23,662 --> 00:15:26,363
AND, OF COURSE,
GET THEIR ADVICE.
303
00:15:26,432 --> 00:15:28,132
ALL RIGHT.
304
00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,235
THREE OFFICERS IT IS.
305
00:15:31,303 --> 00:15:32,436
FINE.
306
00:15:32,505 --> 00:15:34,304
WELL, THAT'S SETTLED.
307
00:15:34,373 --> 00:15:37,440
NOW, I THINK WE'D
BETTER HAVE A CODE NAME.
308
00:15:37,509 --> 00:15:40,276
WE GOT AN OFFICE IN
NEW YORK... MANHATTAN.
309
00:15:40,345 --> 00:15:41,810
WHAT ABOUT "MANHATTAN"?
310
00:15:41,879 --> 00:15:45,548
"MANHATTAN
ENGINEERING DISTRICT."
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00:15:45,617 --> 00:15:47,750
"MANHATTAN PROJECT."
312
00:15:47,818 --> 00:15:50,052
IS THAT OBSCURE ENOUGH?
313
00:15:50,121 --> 00:15:52,788
WELL, GENERAL GROVES, AS
HEAD OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT,
314
00:15:52,857 --> 00:15:54,657
PERHAPS YOU'D BE
WILLING TO TELL US
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00:15:54,725 --> 00:15:56,224
A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
316
00:15:56,293 --> 00:15:58,527
I'M GOING TO TENNESSEE
THIS AFTERNOON
317
00:15:58,595 --> 00:15:59,927
TO INSPECT A LARGE SITE
318
00:15:59,996 --> 00:16:02,597
WHERE WE HOPE TO
PRODUCE PURIFIED URANIUM...
319
00:16:02,666 --> 00:16:04,098
OAK RIDGE.
320
00:16:04,168 --> 00:16:05,300
THEN THE LABORATORIES
321
00:16:05,369 --> 00:16:07,802
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO AND BERKELEY...
322
00:16:07,871 --> 00:16:11,072
AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF I'M NO
LONGER NEEDED HERE, GENTLEMEN,
323
00:16:11,141 --> 00:16:12,574
I WOULD LIKE TO BE EXCUSED.
324
00:16:12,643 --> 00:16:15,076
I'VE GOT TO GET OUT
OF UNIFORM BEFORE I GO.
325
00:16:16,612 --> 00:16:18,045
I'M SURE WE ALL
AGREE, GENTLEMEN...
326
00:16:18,113 --> 00:16:19,346
THE FEWER QUESTIONS I'M ASKED
327
00:16:19,415 --> 00:16:22,283
ABOUT WHERE I'M
GOING OR WHAT I'M DOING,
328
00:16:22,351 --> 00:16:24,718
THE BETTER OUR SECURITY WILL BE.
329
00:16:24,787 --> 00:16:26,554
SO, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE...
330
00:16:26,622 --> 00:16:28,622
THANK YOU.
331
00:16:34,697 --> 00:16:35,862
GOOD MORNING, GENERAL.
332
00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:39,131
WELL, I TOLD YOU, WITH
GROVES IN CHARGE,
333
00:16:39,201 --> 00:16:40,600
YOU'D START TO GET THINGS DONE.
334
00:16:49,644 --> 00:16:51,877
WHY IS EVERYONE JUST
SITTING AROUND TALKING?
335
00:16:51,946 --> 00:16:53,145
WHY AREN'T THEY WORKING?
336
00:16:53,215 --> 00:16:55,181
THEY ARE... EXCHANGING
IDEAS, GENERAL.
337
00:16:55,250 --> 00:16:56,716
THIS WAY.
338
00:16:58,785 --> 00:17:02,087
IS THIS CASE, WE CAN
EXPRESS THE FLUX JUST AS A...
339
00:17:02,155 --> 00:17:04,889
NO, NO, NO, NO. NOT
EVEN AS AN ESTIMATE.
340
00:17:07,628 --> 00:17:11,129
GENTLEMEN, I WANT YOU ALL
TO MEET GENERAL GROVES,
341
00:17:11,198 --> 00:17:15,033
WHO'S HEADING UP OUR ATOMIC
EFFORT FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
342
00:17:15,102 --> 00:17:18,069
HE'D LIKE A BRIEFING OF
WHAT WE'RE DOING DOWN HERE.
343
00:17:18,138 --> 00:17:20,871
SO, WHY DON'T, LEO, YOU
AND ENRICO HANDLE THIS?
344
00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:23,507
GENERAL, I'D LIKE YOU
TO MEET ENRICO FERMI.
345
00:17:23,576 --> 00:17:24,842
I'VE HEARD OF YOU.
346
00:17:24,910 --> 00:17:25,843
LEO SZILARD.
347
00:17:25,911 --> 00:17:27,478
I'VE HEARD OF YOU, TOO.
348
00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:28,579
EUGENE WIGNER.
349
00:17:28,648 --> 00:17:30,080
PLEASE, DON'T GET UP.
350
00:17:30,149 --> 00:17:32,015
DR. VINCENT. DOCTOR.
351
00:17:32,084 --> 00:17:34,017
WELL, WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON?
352
00:17:34,086 --> 00:17:36,387
Dr. Vincent: WE'RE CONSIDERING
DIFFERENT METHODS
353
00:17:36,456 --> 00:17:37,655
FOR REACTOR COOLING.
354
00:17:37,724 --> 00:17:40,157
Dr. Szilard: THERE ARE FOUR
METHODS WE ARE CONSIDERING.
355
00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:41,491
WATER AND AIR, OF COURSE.
356
00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:45,462
THAT'S RIGHT. AND
HELIUM AND HEAVY WATER.
357
00:17:45,530 --> 00:17:48,732
ACCORDING TO YOUR NUMBERS,
WHICH ARE THE LIKELIEST TWO?
358
00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,269
AT THIS POINT, I WOULD
SAY HELIUM AND AIR.
359
00:17:52,337 --> 00:17:54,804
MM-HMM. AND THE LIKELIEST ONE?
360
00:17:54,873 --> 00:17:57,140
UH, HELIUM.
361
00:17:57,208 --> 00:18:02,010
WELL, WHY NOT JUST
DROP THE OTHER THREE...
362
00:18:02,079 --> 00:18:03,011
WORK ON HELIUM?
363
00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:04,580
CONCENTRATE YOUR FORCES...
364
00:18:04,649 --> 00:18:06,848
THAT'S THE WAY WE
DO IT IN THE ARMY.
365
00:18:08,352 --> 00:18:11,119
WELL, MAYBE WE COULD DO THAT.
366
00:18:11,188 --> 00:18:14,356
WELL, WE DON'T NEED TO DECIDE
ABOUT COOLING SYSTEMS TODAY.
367
00:18:14,425 --> 00:18:16,825
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW
RIGHT AWAY, GENTLEMEN,
368
00:18:16,894 --> 00:18:20,429
IS HOW MUCH URANIUM OR PLUTONIUM
WILL ONE OF THESE BOMBS REQUIRE?
369
00:18:20,498 --> 00:18:22,898
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE CONCENTRATING ON, ISN'T IT?
370
00:18:22,965 --> 00:18:24,565
NO, THAT'S ONE OF
THE THINGS, GENERAL.
371
00:18:24,634 --> 00:18:26,567
THE COOLING SYSTEM IS
PART OF THE WHOLE PROCESS.
372
00:18:26,636 --> 00:18:27,676
I UNDERSTAND THAT, DOCTOR.
373
00:18:27,737 --> 00:18:30,137
GOOD. WHY DON'T WE DO
THE NUMBERS FOR YOU...
374
00:18:30,206 --> 00:18:31,406
SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE?
375
00:18:31,474 --> 00:18:33,408
LET ME DO THAT FOR YOU.
376
00:18:33,476 --> 00:18:34,642
WHAT WE CALCULATE
377
00:18:34,711 --> 00:18:37,345
IS THE CRITICAL MASS
FOR A URANIUM BOMB.
378
00:18:37,414 --> 00:18:40,014
THE CRITICAL MASS IS
THE MASS NECESSARY
379
00:18:40,082 --> 00:18:42,216
TO MAINTAIN THE CHAIN REACTION.
380
00:18:42,285 --> 00:18:44,651
IF WE CONSIDER
ONLY THE FREE PARTS
381
00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,620
OF THE NEUTRON IN THE URANIUM,
382
00:18:46,689 --> 00:18:49,823
IT SHOULD BE IN THE ORDER
OF THE CRITICAL RADIUS
383
00:18:49,891 --> 00:18:53,560
AND CAN BE CHARACTERIZED BY
THE CROSS-SECTION FOR FISSION
384
00:18:53,629 --> 00:18:54,761
FOR THE NEUTRONS
385
00:18:54,830 --> 00:18:57,897
TIMES THE NUMBER OF
ATOMS PER CUBIC CENTIMETER,
386
00:18:57,966 --> 00:19:05,338
WHERE "N" IS EQUAL TO 6
TIMES 10 TO THE 23 OVER 235,
387
00:19:05,406 --> 00:19:08,006
THE MASS NUMBER FOR URANIUM...
388
00:19:08,075 --> 00:19:15,247
THIS SYMBOL IS THE DENSITY IN
GRAMS PER CUBIC CENTIMETERS.
389
00:19:15,316 --> 00:19:22,455
WHICH IS EQUAL TO
4 PI OVER 3 TIMES 235
390
00:19:22,523 --> 00:19:26,190
OVER 6 TIMES 10
TO THE 24th TIMES...
391
00:19:26,259 --> 00:19:29,728
Groves: JUST A MINUTE,
PROFESSOR VINCENT.
392
00:19:29,796 --> 00:19:31,095
I DON'T SEE HOW YOU MOVED
393
00:19:31,164 --> 00:19:33,264
FROM THE SECOND
EQUATION TO THE FOURTH.
394
00:19:33,333 --> 00:19:36,100
IN THE SECOND EQUATION,
YOU HAVE 10 TO THE 23rd POWER,
395
00:19:36,169 --> 00:19:39,337
AND THEN SOMEHOW IN THE
FOURTH IT BECOMES 10 TO THE 24th?
396
00:19:39,406 --> 00:19:41,406
YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT'S WRONG.
397
00:19:43,844 --> 00:19:46,478
YES, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, DOCTOR.
398
00:19:46,546 --> 00:19:47,678
JUST A SECOND.
399
00:19:47,747 --> 00:19:49,980
ACTUALLY, IT BRINGS
UP A VERY GOOD POINT.
400
00:19:50,048 --> 00:19:52,249
WHEN YOU DO GET YOUR
FIGURES, GENTLEMEN,
401
00:19:52,317 --> 00:19:54,117
JUST HOW ACCURATE WILL THEY BE?
402
00:19:54,186 --> 00:19:56,353
AT THE MOMENT, WITHIN...
403
00:19:56,422 --> 00:19:58,355
WITHIN A FACTOR OF 10.
404
00:19:58,424 --> 00:20:02,192
A FACTOR OF 10? THAT'S IDIOTIC.
405
00:20:02,261 --> 00:20:03,360
THEY'RE UNUSABLE.
406
00:20:03,429 --> 00:20:05,729
IT'S LIKE TELLING A
WEDDING CATERER
407
00:20:05,798 --> 00:20:08,831
TO HAVE FOOD READY FOR
10 GUESTS OR 1,000 GUESTS.
408
00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:11,367
HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME, IF
I'M SUPPOSED TO PRODUCE
409
00:20:11,436 --> 00:20:13,202
A SPECIFIC NUMBER
OF BOMBS PER MONTH,
410
00:20:13,271 --> 00:20:14,336
HOW DO I BUILD A FACTORY
411
00:20:14,406 --> 00:20:16,138
BASED ON SUCH
IMPRECISE INFORMATION?
412
00:20:16,207 --> 00:20:18,408
SHALL I DESIGN FOR
3 BOMBS A MONTH,
413
00:20:18,476 --> 00:20:21,477
3/10 OF A BOMB, OR 30 BOMBS?
414
00:20:21,546 --> 00:20:24,414
I NEED ANSWERS TO THESE
QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN.
415
00:20:24,482 --> 00:20:26,048
WHEN AM I GONNA GET THEM?
416
00:20:26,117 --> 00:20:28,317
WE ARE ALL WORKING
EXTREMELY HARD
417
00:20:28,386 --> 00:20:30,452
TO GET YOU THOSE
ANSWERS, GENERAL.
418
00:20:30,521 --> 00:20:32,687
IT SURE DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE IT TO ME!
419
00:20:35,559 --> 00:20:38,293
WELL, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY
NOT READY FOR ME HERE.
420
00:20:38,361 --> 00:20:40,729
I'LL GO ON TO BERKELEY.
421
00:20:40,798 --> 00:20:42,497
I'LL BE BACK HERE IN A FEW DAYS.
422
00:20:42,566 --> 00:20:44,165
MAYBE YOU'LL BE READY BY THEN.
423
00:20:44,234 --> 00:20:46,635
GENTLEMEN, LET ME POINT
SOMETHING OUT TO YOU.
424
00:20:46,703 --> 00:20:48,904
WHEN I WAS AT WEST
POINT, I TOOK ALGEBRA,
425
00:20:48,972 --> 00:20:51,104
DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY,
AND TRIGONOMETRY.
426
00:20:51,173 --> 00:20:53,441
I DID VERY WELL
IN THOSE COURSES.
427
00:20:53,509 --> 00:20:55,242
AND THEN I TOOK THEM AGAIN.
428
00:20:55,311 --> 00:20:57,711
NOW, YOU MAY KNOW
THAT I DON'T HAVE A PhD.
429
00:20:57,780 --> 00:21:00,080
BUT I HAVE 10 YEARS
OF FORMAL EDUCATION
430
00:21:00,149 --> 00:21:02,249
AFTER I ENTERED
COLLEGE... 10 YEARS.
431
00:21:02,318 --> 00:21:04,552
I BELIEVE THAT WOULD
BE THE EQUIVALENT
432
00:21:04,620 --> 00:21:06,153
OF TWO PhDs, WOULDN'T IT?
433
00:21:06,221 --> 00:21:08,489
LET'S GET OUT OF
HERE, DR. COMPTON.
434
00:21:08,558 --> 00:21:09,890
THEY HAVE WORK TO DO.
435
00:21:09,959 --> 00:21:12,358
THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
436
00:21:22,337 --> 00:21:25,304
HOW CAN YOU WORK
WITH PEOPLE LIKE THAT?
437
00:21:25,373 --> 00:21:27,073
Groves: THEY DON'T
HAVE THE FIRST IDEA
438
00:21:27,141 --> 00:21:29,208
WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
439
00:21:29,277 --> 00:21:31,310
IT'S A SLOPPY, UNDISCIPLINED,
DISORGANIZED MOB.
440
00:21:31,379 --> 00:21:34,012
THEY DON'T DO ANY REAL
WORK AT ALL, ALL DAY LONG.
441
00:21:34,081 --> 00:21:35,881
THEY JUST SIT THERE AND GOSSIP.
442
00:21:35,950 --> 00:21:38,283
I THINK I MADE A GOOD
IMPRESSION ON THEM.
443
00:21:38,352 --> 00:21:39,818
TOO MUCH THEORY AT CHICAGO.
444
00:21:39,887 --> 00:21:43,121
OUT HERE, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE
URANIUM PREPARATION GOING ON.
445
00:21:48,261 --> 00:21:49,294
WELL...
446
00:21:51,732 --> 00:21:53,230
WELL, THIS IS MORE LIKE IT.
447
00:21:53,299 --> 00:21:55,099
HOW MUCH URANIUM DO YOU GET?
448
00:21:55,167 --> 00:21:57,835
WELL, ACTUALLY, WE
DON'T GET ANY YET.
449
00:21:57,904 --> 00:22:00,371
THIS IS STILL ALL
EXPERIMENTAL, YOU SEE.
450
00:22:00,439 --> 00:22:05,109
WELL, WHEN YOU DO START
TO GET URANIUM, DOCTOR,
451
00:22:05,177 --> 00:22:06,744
HOW PURE WILL IT HAVE TO BE?
452
00:22:06,813 --> 00:22:09,446
AH, WELL, I'M ONLY THE
EXPERIMENTALIST HERE, GENERAL.
453
00:22:09,516 --> 00:22:12,249
YOU'LL WANT TO ASK OUR
THEORETICIAN, DR. OPPENHEIMER.
454
00:22:15,453 --> 00:22:19,188
YOU KNOW, DR. LAWRENCE,
YOU'D BETTER DO A GOOD JOB HERE.
455
00:22:19,257 --> 00:22:21,491
YOUR REPUTATION DEPENDS ON IT.
456
00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:23,393
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, GENERAL,
457
00:22:23,461 --> 00:22:25,294
MY REPUTATION IS ALREADY MADE.
458
00:22:25,363 --> 00:22:27,463
I'VE WON THE NOBEL
PRIZE IN PHYSICS.
459
00:22:27,533 --> 00:22:30,333
IT'S YOUR REPUTATION THAT
DEPENDS ON THIS PROJECT.
460
00:22:30,402 --> 00:22:33,136
I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE
OPPENHEIMER WORKS.
461
00:22:38,275 --> 00:22:42,244
THEY TELL ME YOU'RE THE EXPERT
ON ALL THIS, DR. OPPENHEIMER.
462
00:22:42,312 --> 00:22:45,848
THERE ARE NO EXPERTS,
GENERAL. THIS FIELD IS TOO NEW.
463
00:22:45,917 --> 00:22:47,883
IF I MAY, LET ME GIVE
YOU AN EXAMPLE,
464
00:22:47,952 --> 00:22:50,385
WHICH PROVES THAT NONE
OF US SO-CALLED EXPERTS
465
00:22:50,454 --> 00:22:51,654
REALLY KNOWS VERY MUCH.
466
00:22:51,722 --> 00:22:52,922
GO AHEAD.
467
00:22:52,990 --> 00:22:56,157
I HEAD UP A STUDY GROUP ON
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE BOMB,
468
00:22:56,225 --> 00:22:58,626
AND ONE OF OUR
PHYSICISTS, EDWARD TELLER,
469
00:22:58,695 --> 00:23:00,828
MADE SOME CALCULATIONS
WHICH SHOWED
470
00:23:00,897 --> 00:23:02,463
THAT WHEN THE BOMB WENT OFF,
471
00:23:02,532 --> 00:23:05,099
IT WOULD SET FIRE TO
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
472
00:23:05,168 --> 00:23:07,368
WELL, THE WHOLE
SKY WOULD CATCH FIRE,
473
00:23:07,437 --> 00:23:09,170
AND WE'D DESTROY THE WORLD.
474
00:23:09,238 --> 00:23:12,607
SO, NATURALLY, I TOOK THE
NEXT TRAIN BACK TO CHICAGO
475
00:23:12,676 --> 00:23:15,543
TO TELL ARTHUR COMPTON
WHAT WE'D FOUND.
476
00:23:15,612 --> 00:23:19,813
AND COMPTON SAID THAT THAT
WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE CATASTROPHE,
477
00:23:19,882 --> 00:23:22,315
AND IT'S BETTER TO RISK
SLAVERY UNDER THE NAZIS
478
00:23:22,384 --> 00:23:23,384
THAT RUN THE CHANCE
479
00:23:23,452 --> 00:23:25,586
OF DRAWING THE FINAL
CURTAIN ON MANKIND.
480
00:23:25,654 --> 00:23:27,487
WE COULDN'T MAKE THE BOMB.
481
00:23:27,556 --> 00:23:28,722
BUT I CAME BACK HERE.
482
00:23:28,791 --> 00:23:31,758
WE DID SOME MORE FIGURING
AND FOUND A COUPLE OF THINGS
483
00:23:31,827 --> 00:23:34,327
THAT EDWARD TELLER
HADN'T TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
484
00:23:34,396 --> 00:23:35,696
WE REFIGURED THE ODDS.
485
00:23:35,764 --> 00:23:38,297
NOW WE THINK THE
CHANCES ARE 3 IN A MILLION
486
00:23:38,365 --> 00:23:39,865
WE'LL DESTROY THE WORLD.
487
00:23:39,934 --> 00:23:42,702
AND ON THAT BASIS,
COMPTON SAID, "GO AHEAD."
488
00:23:42,770 --> 00:23:45,771
SO, YOU SEE, NONE OF US
KNOWS VERY MUCH, REALLY.
489
00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:46,973
IT'S ALL TOO NEW.
490
00:23:47,041 --> 00:23:48,708
HMM.
491
00:23:48,776 --> 00:23:50,743
HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN WITH THE PROJECT?
492
00:23:50,812 --> 00:23:52,778
ABOUT A YEAR.
493
00:23:52,847 --> 00:23:55,414
WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU
DO? WHAT'S YOUR JOB?
494
00:23:55,483 --> 00:23:58,583
WELL, MY TITLE, THEY TELL
ME WITH A STRAIGHT FACE,
495
00:23:58,652 --> 00:24:00,885
IS "COORDINATOR
OF RAPID RUPTURE."
496
00:24:00,954 --> 00:24:02,386
BUT WHAT I ACTUALLY DO
497
00:24:02,455 --> 00:24:05,356
IS LEAD THE SEMINARS
ON BOMB-DESIGN THEORY...
498
00:24:05,425 --> 00:24:07,225
WHAT WILL HAVE TO GO INTO IT.
499
00:24:07,293 --> 00:24:10,795
AT THE MOMENT, WE'RE CONCERNED
500
00:24:10,864 --> 00:24:14,465
WITH THE TIME REQUIRED
TO COMPLETE DETONATION.
501
00:24:14,534 --> 00:24:15,734
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?
502
00:24:15,802 --> 00:24:17,736
LESS THAN A
MILLIONTH OF A SECOND.
503
00:24:19,672 --> 00:24:25,509
TELL ME, DR. OPPENHEIMER,
THIS ATOMIC-FISSION BOMB...
504
00:24:25,577 --> 00:24:27,111
DO YOU THINK IT COULD BE DONE?
505
00:24:27,179 --> 00:24:30,014
YES. YES.
506
00:24:30,082 --> 00:24:32,415
TECHNICALLY, IT'S
A SWEET PROBLEM,
507
00:24:32,484 --> 00:24:34,217
AND, YES, IT CAN BE DONE.
508
00:24:34,286 --> 00:24:36,687
HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO BUILD?
509
00:24:36,756 --> 00:24:38,122
I'D GUESS TWO YEARS.
510
00:24:38,190 --> 00:24:40,790
WELL, HE GIVES YOU
STRAIGHT ANSWERS...
511
00:24:40,859 --> 00:24:42,959
UNLIKE THOSE GUYS IN CHICAGO.
512
00:24:43,028 --> 00:24:45,862
I LIKE TALKING TO YOU.
513
00:24:45,930 --> 00:24:48,297
DOCTOR, HOW ABOUT MEETING
ME IN CHICAGO ON THURSDAY?
514
00:24:48,366 --> 00:24:50,499
I'VE GOT TO TAKE THE
TRAIN DOWN TO WASHINGTON.
515
00:24:50,568 --> 00:24:53,069
YOU COULD RIDE DOWN WITH
ME. WE COULD HAVE A REAL TALK.
516
00:24:53,138 --> 00:24:55,437
FINE, CERTAINLY. JUST GIVE
ME MY ORDERS, GENERAL.
517
00:24:59,911 --> 00:25:03,211
Man: WE NOW MUST
COME TO GRIPS WITH IT.
518
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,514
IT IS TIME TO BUILD
A NUCLEAR REACTOR.
519
00:25:06,583 --> 00:25:08,650
AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS...
520
00:25:08,719 --> 00:25:11,820
CONSTRUCTION
PROBLEMS AND SO FORTH...
521
00:25:11,889 --> 00:25:15,557
WE THINK THE PLACE TO
BUILD IT IS RIGHT HERE.
522
00:25:15,625 --> 00:25:17,592
HERE?
523
00:25:17,661 --> 00:25:20,228
YOU MEAN ON CAMPUS AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO?
524
00:25:20,297 --> 00:25:24,832
THE SQUASH COURTS, UNDER
THE STANDS AT STAGG FIELD.
525
00:25:24,901 --> 00:25:26,567
THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE?
526
00:25:26,635 --> 00:25:29,436
THERE'S NO PRACTICAL
ALTERNATIVE, NO.
527
00:25:29,505 --> 00:25:32,239
WHO'LL DO THE EXPERIMENT?
528
00:25:32,308 --> 00:25:34,041
FERMI AND SZILARD.
529
00:25:34,110 --> 00:25:36,410
FERMI WILL BE IN CHARGE.
530
00:25:39,749 --> 00:25:40,915
WHAT ARE THE RISKS?
531
00:25:40,983 --> 00:25:43,616
WE HAVE COMPUTED
WITH GREATEST OF CARE.
532
00:25:43,685 --> 00:25:46,652
WE ARE CERTAIN THERE WOULD
BE NO RUNAWAY REACTION
533
00:25:46,722 --> 00:25:49,189
TO RELEASE LETHAL
AMOUNTS OF RADIATION.
534
00:25:49,257 --> 00:25:52,325
WE ALSO HAVE RULED
OUT AN ATOMIC EXPLOSION.
535
00:25:52,393 --> 00:25:53,693
ON PAPER.
536
00:25:53,762 --> 00:25:56,930
OF COURSE, WE REALLY DON'T
KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN AT ALL.
537
00:25:56,998 --> 00:26:01,000
SIR, WE WILL ALLOW THE REACTION
TO GROW ONLY VERY SLOWLY
538
00:26:01,069 --> 00:26:03,569
SO IT CANNOT GET OUT OF CONTROL.
539
00:26:03,638 --> 00:26:04,737
BUT IF IT DOES...
540
00:26:04,805 --> 00:26:05,904
THE LIKELIHOOD...
541
00:26:05,973 --> 00:26:07,206
IF IT DOES,
542
00:26:07,274 --> 00:26:12,077
YOU COULD RADIOACTIVELY
POISON OR BLOW UP CHICAGO.
543
00:26:14,281 --> 00:26:17,716
IF YOU'RE WRONG.
544
00:26:17,785 --> 00:26:20,819
BUT NONE OF YOU
THINKS YOU'RE WRONG.
545
00:26:23,557 --> 00:26:25,490
ALL RIGHT, PROCEED...
546
00:26:25,558 --> 00:26:28,359
FOR NOW... FOR NOW!
547
00:26:28,427 --> 00:26:31,662
INFORM ME IMMEDIATELY OF
ANY AND ALL DEVELOPMENTS.
548
00:26:31,731 --> 00:26:35,199
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ORDER
OF BUSINESS IS A NEW POLICY.
549
00:26:35,268 --> 00:26:37,935
BEGINNING TODAY, ALL
SCIENTISTS WILL NOT...
550
00:26:38,004 --> 00:26:40,772
I REPEAT... NOT DISCUSS
WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES
551
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:42,306
WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
552
00:26:42,375 --> 00:26:44,408
NOW, THERE ARE TWO
REASONS FOR THIS.
553
00:26:44,477 --> 00:26:46,210
THE FIRST, OF
COURSE, IS SECURITY.
554
00:26:46,279 --> 00:26:47,978
WE WANT TO MINIMIZE
THE LIKELIHOOD
555
00:26:48,046 --> 00:26:50,280
OF ANY VITAL SECRETS
FALLING INTO ENEMY HANDS.
556
00:26:50,348 --> 00:26:53,483
THE SECOND IS TO IMPROVE
OVERALL EFFICIENCY
557
00:26:53,551 --> 00:26:56,552
BY MAKING PEOPLE
STICK TO THEIR KNITTING!
558
00:26:56,621 --> 00:26:59,122
EACH MAN WILL KNOW ONLY
WHAT HE NEEDS TO KNOW
559
00:26:59,191 --> 00:27:01,424
IN ORDER TO DO HIS
JOB AND NOTHING ELSE.
560
00:27:01,493 --> 00:27:03,393
YES, DR. SZILARD?
561
00:27:03,461 --> 00:27:06,096
GENERAL, THAT WON'T WORK.
562
00:27:06,165 --> 00:27:08,964
LET ME TELL YOU HOW
WE FUNCTION HERE.
563
00:27:09,033 --> 00:27:10,465
WE HELP EACH OTHER.
564
00:27:10,534 --> 00:27:12,234
WE BUILD ON EACH
OTHER'S THEORIES.
565
00:27:12,303 --> 00:27:14,703
I KNOW, TO YOU, IT LOOKS
LIKE WE ARE WASTING TIME,
566
00:27:14,772 --> 00:27:16,405
BUT REALLY, IT SPEEDS THINGS UP.
567
00:27:16,473 --> 00:27:18,874
IT MAKES THE WORK GO
FASTER, NOT TO MENTION BETTER.
568
00:27:18,943 --> 00:27:20,943
OUR JOB IS TO BUILD A BOMB HERE,
569
00:27:21,012 --> 00:27:24,313
NOT TO ENABLE YOU TO SATISFY
YOUR INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY.
570
00:27:24,381 --> 00:27:25,314
YEAH?
571
00:27:25,382 --> 00:27:27,183
WELL, IF WE CAN'T
TALK TO EACH OTHER,
572
00:27:27,251 --> 00:27:28,350
IT COULD DELAY OUR WORK.
573
00:27:28,419 --> 00:27:29,617
IT COULD HELP THE GERMANS,
574
00:27:29,686 --> 00:27:31,286
WHICH I'M SURE NONE OF US WANTS.
575
00:27:31,354 --> 00:27:34,622
YOU HAVE ONE JOB HERE... ONE...
576
00:27:34,691 --> 00:27:36,124
TO BUILD AN ATOMIC BOMB
577
00:27:36,193 --> 00:27:39,460
THAT WILL END THE WAR AT
THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE.
578
00:27:41,464 --> 00:27:44,232
NOW, GET ON WITH IT.
579
00:27:48,238 --> 00:27:50,704
DR. COMPTON, MAY I SEE YOU?
580
00:27:58,513 --> 00:27:59,947
I WANT MR. SZILARD FIRED.
581
00:28:00,015 --> 00:28:02,115
I WANT HIM OFF
THIS PROJECT TODAY.
582
00:28:02,184 --> 00:28:05,152
GENERAL, I CAN'T DO THAT.
EVERYONE ELSE WILL QUIT.
583
00:28:12,727 --> 00:28:14,593
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
584
00:28:14,662 --> 00:28:17,964
ALL RIGHT, I WANT
MR. SZILARD FOLLOWED...
585
00:28:18,032 --> 00:28:21,234
24-HOUR SURVEILLANCE,
'ROUND THE CLOCK.
586
00:28:23,271 --> 00:28:25,704
Lansdale: WE GOT A MORE
IMMEDIATE SECURITY PROBLEM
587
00:28:25,773 --> 00:28:27,206
THAN JUST SZILARD, GENERAL.
588
00:28:27,275 --> 00:28:28,374
WHO'S THAT?
589
00:28:28,442 --> 00:28:29,976
OPPENHEIMER.
590
00:28:30,044 --> 00:28:32,944
HE DATED FOR THREE
YEARS ONE JEAN TATLOCK.
591
00:28:33,013 --> 00:28:36,147
SHE'S AN ACTIVE MEMBER
OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY.
592
00:28:36,216 --> 00:28:37,983
HE JOINED WITH HER, THROUGH HER,
593
00:28:38,051 --> 00:28:39,484
SUCH LEFT-WING ORGANIZATIONS
594
00:28:39,552 --> 00:28:42,153
AS FRIENDS OF THE CHINESE
PEOPLE, CONSUMERS UNION,
595
00:28:42,222 --> 00:28:45,156
AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR
DEMOCRACY AND INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM,
596
00:28:45,225 --> 00:28:47,558
HELP SET UP A BRANCH
OF THE TEACHERS' UNION.
597
00:28:47,627 --> 00:28:50,495
A LOT OF HIS FRIENDS ARE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY.
598
00:28:50,563 --> 00:28:52,097
IS HE A MEMBER OF
THE COMMUNIST PARTY?
599
00:28:52,165 --> 00:28:53,830
WE HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKING
FOR VERY LONG YET.
600
00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:56,466
BUT HIS WIFE, KITTY,
WAS. HIS BROTHER IS.
601
00:28:56,535 --> 00:28:58,635
KITTY WAS MARRIED TO JOE DALLET.
602
00:28:58,704 --> 00:29:01,671
COME IN.
603
00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:03,941
MR. OPPENHEIMER,
COME IN, COME IN.
604
00:29:04,010 --> 00:29:05,542
HAVE YOU HAD YOUR DINNER?
605
00:29:05,611 --> 00:29:06,543
JUST FINISHED.
606
00:29:06,612 --> 00:29:08,678
WELL, HOW ABOUT SOME CHOCOLATE?
607
00:29:08,747 --> 00:29:09,846
UM, NO.
608
00:29:09,916 --> 00:29:12,816
YOU KNOW COLONEL NICHOLS.
609
00:29:12,885 --> 00:29:14,550
HAVE YOU MET
COLONEL LANSDALE YET?
610
00:29:14,619 --> 00:29:15,919
HE'S HEAD OF OUR SECURITY.
611
00:29:15,987 --> 00:29:16,987
COLONEL. DOCTOR.
612
00:29:17,055 --> 00:29:19,655
SECURITY. YOU'VE GOT
AN INTERESTING JOB.
613
00:29:19,724 --> 00:29:22,525
YOU NEED TOP SECURITY
ON A JOB LIKE THIS.
614
00:29:22,593 --> 00:29:23,993
THE TRICK IS TO GET IT
615
00:29:24,062 --> 00:29:26,329
WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE
SCIENTISTS WHO DO THE WORK.
616
00:29:26,398 --> 00:29:28,075
WELL, AT THE MOMENT,
WE'RE JUST ASKING THEM
617
00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:29,832
TO FILL OUT A FEW
QUESTIONNAIRES.
618
00:29:29,901 --> 00:29:31,167
WELL, WHEN YOU GET TO MINE,
619
00:29:31,236 --> 00:29:33,236
YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT
I'M NOT A COMMUNIST.
620
00:29:33,305 --> 00:29:34,836
BUT I'VE BELONGED TO PROBABLY
621
00:29:34,905 --> 00:29:37,272
EVERY COMMUNIST-FUNDED
ORGANIZATION ON THE WEST COAST.
622
00:29:37,341 --> 00:29:38,407
DO YOU BELONG NOW?
623
00:29:38,475 --> 00:29:40,309
NO, NOW I'M NOT
INVOLVED IN ANYTHING.
624
00:29:40,377 --> 00:29:42,010
THE ONLY THING I WANT TO DO
625
00:29:42,079 --> 00:29:44,813
IS HELP BUILD THIS BOMB
AND TO WIN THE WAR.
626
00:29:44,881 --> 00:29:47,482
THE ONLY SECURITY PROBLEM
THAT BOTHERS ME RIGHT NOW
627
00:29:47,551 --> 00:29:48,683
ARE ALL THOSE YAKKERS
628
00:29:48,752 --> 00:29:51,019
THAT WE'VE GOT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
629
00:29:51,088 --> 00:29:53,989
HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO
KEEP SECRETS IN A PLACE LIKE THAT?
630
00:29:54,058 --> 00:29:56,657
YOUR PEOPLE THAT WAY OUT
THERE IN BERKELEY, DOCTOR?
631
00:29:56,725 --> 00:30:01,195
OH, WE TALK, TRY TO HELP
EACH OTHER WITH IDEAS.
632
00:30:01,264 --> 00:30:02,830
BUT IF THAT'S A PROBLEM...
633
00:30:02,898 --> 00:30:05,232
AND I CAN SEE HOW
IT WOULD BE HERE...
634
00:30:05,301 --> 00:30:07,768
WHY NOT GET ALL THE
SCIENTISTS TOGETHER
635
00:30:07,837 --> 00:30:09,136
IN ONE FAR-OFF PLACE?
636
00:30:09,205 --> 00:30:12,974
BRING THEM IN FROM
CHICAGO, BERKELEY, WHATEVER,
637
00:30:13,042 --> 00:30:14,575
TO A PLACE YOU CAN CONTROL,
638
00:30:14,643 --> 00:30:16,344
MAKE IT AS SECURE AS POSSIBLE,
639
00:30:16,412 --> 00:30:18,678
AND IT WOULD HELP US
WITH BOMB DESIGN, TOO,
640
00:30:18,746 --> 00:30:20,447
HAVING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
641
00:30:20,515 --> 00:30:23,116
DID YOU JUST COME
UP WITH THIS IDEA?
642
00:30:24,453 --> 00:30:27,253
WHAT IF WE TOOK
ALL THE SCIENTISTS,
643
00:30:27,322 --> 00:30:30,223
PUT THEM INTO
UNIFORM, SWEAR THEM IN,
644
00:30:30,292 --> 00:30:32,092
GIVE THEM COMMISSIONS,
MAKE THEM OFFICERS?
645
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,294
THEY'D BE SUBJECT
TO MILITARY DISCIPLINE.
646
00:30:34,363 --> 00:30:35,363
HOW WOULD THAT BE?
647
00:30:35,430 --> 00:30:37,430
I'D BE PROUD TO BE AN
OFFICER. WHO WOULDN'T?
648
00:30:37,498 --> 00:30:41,333
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
649
00:30:41,402 --> 00:30:43,502
I LIKE THE WAY
YOU THINK, DOCTOR.
650
00:30:43,570 --> 00:30:45,371
YOU'VE GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS.
651
00:30:45,439 --> 00:30:48,507
WHEN YOU TALK, YOU MAKE SENSE.
652
00:30:48,575 --> 00:30:51,377
SOME FAR-OFF PLACE? HMM.
653
00:30:51,445 --> 00:30:53,778
NEED A GOOD MAN TO HEAD THAT UP.
654
00:30:53,847 --> 00:30:54,847
YEAH.
655
00:30:54,915 --> 00:30:56,382
GOT ANY IDEAS ABOUT THAT?
656
00:30:56,450 --> 00:31:01,852
YOU NEED A THEORETICIAN,
AN EXPERIMENTALIST,
657
00:31:01,921 --> 00:31:05,656
AND AN ADMINISTRATOR ALL IN ONE.
658
00:31:05,725 --> 00:31:08,192
LAWRENCE, MY BOSS AT BERKELEY...
659
00:31:08,261 --> 00:31:10,728
HE'S THE BEST MAN
IN THE WORLD FOR IT.
660
00:31:10,796 --> 00:31:13,764
THEN McMILLAN. HE'S DOING
RADAR WORK IN BOSTON.
661
00:31:13,833 --> 00:31:16,234
PANOFSKY FROM PASADENA.
662
00:31:16,302 --> 00:31:18,436
ROBBY FROM COLUMBIA.
663
00:31:18,505 --> 00:31:20,670
OH, YOU COULD GET
ANYBODY YOU WANTED.
664
00:31:20,739 --> 00:31:22,639
AFTER ALL, YOU'RE OFFERING THEM
665
00:31:22,707 --> 00:31:25,375
THE BEST, SINGLE MOST
IMPORTANT JOB IN THE WORLD TODAY.
666
00:31:33,652 --> 00:31:34,984
I KNOW OPPENHEIMER'S BRILLIANT.
667
00:31:35,054 --> 00:31:37,254
EVERYONE SAYS HE'S A GENIUS.
668
00:31:37,322 --> 00:31:39,956
BUT SECURITY SAYS ABSOLUTELY NO.
669
00:31:40,025 --> 00:31:42,024
COMPTON AND LAWRENCE
BOTH HAVE DOUBTS
670
00:31:42,093 --> 00:31:43,825
ABOUT HIS LEADERSHIP QUALITIES.
671
00:31:43,894 --> 00:31:46,529
BUSH AND COLEMAN SAY HE'S
NOT A GOOD ADMINISTRATOR.
672
00:31:46,597 --> 00:31:49,698
HE SAYS HIMSELF THAT WHAT
WE NEED IS AN EXPERIMENTALIST,
673
00:31:49,767 --> 00:31:52,334
AND HE'S ONLY A THEORETICIAN.
674
00:31:52,403 --> 00:31:54,236
HE'S NEVER WON THE NOBEL PRIZE.
675
00:31:54,305 --> 00:31:57,206
HE WON'T HAVE THE PRESTIGE
AMONG THE OTHER SCIENTISTS.
676
00:31:57,275 --> 00:32:00,342
IS THERE NOBODY ELSE
YOU'D BE SATISFIED WITH?
677
00:32:03,547 --> 00:32:05,913
GENERAL...
678
00:32:05,982 --> 00:32:08,249
WHAT IF HE REALLY
IS A COMMUNIST?
679
00:32:08,318 --> 00:32:10,585
IF HE'S A COMMUNIST,
680
00:32:10,653 --> 00:32:14,556
I'LL BLOW THE
WHOLE DEAL SKY-HIGH.
681
00:32:14,624 --> 00:32:16,924
I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S...
682
00:32:18,061 --> 00:32:20,395
THERE'S JUST SOMETHING
ABOUT OPPENHEIMER.
683
00:32:22,631 --> 00:32:24,864
HE HAS ABILITY.
684
00:32:26,902 --> 00:32:28,668
MAYBE IT'S JUST THAT
HE AGREES WITH ME.
685
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,142
WHATEVER IT IS, HE'S THE MAN.
686
00:32:36,479 --> 00:32:37,844
I WANT HIM.
687
00:32:43,651 --> 00:32:45,618
ALL RIGHT, NOW.
688
00:32:45,686 --> 00:32:48,821
IF THE REACTION STARTS
TO RUN OUT OF CONTROL,
689
00:32:48,889 --> 00:32:50,723
YOU CUT THE ROPE INSTANTLY.
690
00:32:50,791 --> 00:32:55,728
YOU, YOU, AND YOU,
DOUSE THE PILE INSTANTLY.
691
00:32:55,796 --> 00:32:59,064
YOU MAY STEP UP
THERE. STEP CLOSER.
692
00:32:59,134 --> 00:33:03,269
GEORGE WILL PULL OUT
THE ROD A LITTLE AT A TIME.
693
00:33:03,338 --> 00:33:06,571
WE SHALL TAKE
MEASUREMENTS AND VERIFY
694
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:11,343
THAT THE PILE WILL KEEP ON
ACTING AS WE HAVE CALCULATED.
695
00:33:13,780 --> 00:33:15,147
READY?
696
00:33:22,189 --> 00:33:23,588
GO AHEAD, GEORGE.
697
00:33:44,410 --> 00:33:49,279
IT SHOULD LEVEL
OFF IN FIVE SECONDS.
698
00:33:55,019 --> 00:33:57,654
PULL IT OUT ANOTHER FOOT.
699
00:34:02,060 --> 00:34:07,762
IT WILL LEVEL OFF NOW.
700
00:34:07,831 --> 00:34:10,065
ONE MORE FOOT.
701
00:34:13,870 --> 00:34:17,239
THIS WILL DO IT. NOW THE
PILE WITH CHAIN REACT.
702
00:34:23,414 --> 00:34:26,781
THE PILE HAS GONE CRITICAL.
703
00:34:32,088 --> 00:34:33,487
ZIP IN!
704
00:34:43,833 --> 00:34:45,733
THE PILE IS SECURE.
705
00:34:45,801 --> 00:34:47,368
YES!
706
00:34:52,541 --> 00:34:54,140
WAIT A MINUTE! I CAN'T HEAR!
707
00:34:54,209 --> 00:34:55,808
BEDLAM IN HERE!
708
00:34:55,877 --> 00:34:57,677
ARE YOU STILL THERE, JIM?
709
00:35:00,081 --> 00:35:01,381
ENRICO! ENRICO!
710
00:35:01,450 --> 00:35:05,252
WE'VE GOT DR. CONANT
ON THE LINE IN WASHINGTON.
711
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:06,953
LET'S OPEN A BOTTLE.
712
00:35:07,021 --> 00:35:11,056
THE ITALIAN NAVIGATOR HAS
LANDED IN THE NEW WORLD.
713
00:35:11,125 --> 00:35:13,759
AND THE NATIVES WERE FRIENDLY!
714
00:35:15,563 --> 00:35:19,798
NO MORE EXPERIMENTS.
NOW WE START TO PRODUCE.
715
00:35:27,241 --> 00:35:28,440
LEO.
716
00:35:28,509 --> 00:35:30,809
HEY, CONGRATULATIONS.
717
00:35:33,613 --> 00:35:35,546
WHAT?
718
00:35:37,417 --> 00:35:39,684
WHAT?
719
00:35:39,753 --> 00:35:41,352
THIS DAY WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY
720
00:35:41,421 --> 00:35:44,054
AS A BLACK MARK AGAINST MANKIND.
721
00:35:52,464 --> 00:35:54,698
WE'RE OUT OF MARTINIS.
722
00:35:54,767 --> 00:35:56,400
WANT SOME HELP?
723
00:35:56,468 --> 00:35:58,635
WOULD YOU HELP
SHAKESPEARE TO WRITE
724
00:35:58,704 --> 00:36:00,236
OR CARUSO TO SING? GO!
725
00:36:00,306 --> 00:36:02,606
DON'T BE SO CHINTZY
ON THE GIN THIS TIME.
726
00:36:02,675 --> 00:36:05,809
NO, IT'S INCONCEIVABLE THAT
SUCH A BOMB WOULD EVER BE USED.
727
00:36:05,877 --> 00:36:08,645
ROBERT, WHO ARE THOSE YOUNG
PEOPLE ARGUING WITH TELLER?
728
00:36:08,714 --> 00:36:09,913
THEY'RE FROM LOS ALAMOS.
729
00:36:09,981 --> 00:36:11,948
I GOT THEM AS A JOB
LOT AT PRINCETON.
730
00:36:13,352 --> 00:36:16,051
AS I WAS SAYING, THE BOMB
WOULD NEVER BE USED ON PEOPLE.
731
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:19,154
AS SOON AS WE GET IT, WE'D ONLY
USE IT TO DICTATE PEACE TERMS.
732
00:36:19,223 --> 00:36:20,155
AMEN.
733
00:36:20,224 --> 00:36:21,890
TWO OR THREE
YEARS IN THE DESERT,
734
00:36:21,959 --> 00:36:24,493
YOU OF ALL PEOPLE, KITTY,
YOU'LL ROT ON THE VINE THERE.
735
00:36:24,562 --> 00:36:25,928
YEAH? LOOK AT IT THIS WAY.
736
00:36:25,996 --> 00:36:29,131
I'LL BE ALONE WITH
1,000 HORNY MEN.
737
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:30,366
I WAS WONDERING, OPPIE.
738
00:36:30,435 --> 00:36:32,668
BY ANY CHANCE, DO YOU
KNOW A FRIEND OF MINE
739
00:36:32,737 --> 00:36:34,669
FROM AROUND HERE,
CHARLES SATTERLEE?
740
00:36:34,738 --> 00:36:36,938
OH, VAGUELY. ENGINEER
FOR UNIFIED OIL.
741
00:36:37,006 --> 00:36:38,072
MM-HMM.
742
00:36:38,141 --> 00:36:40,342
USED TO LIVE IN RUSSIA.
743
00:36:40,410 --> 00:36:42,076
HOW'S THIS?
744
00:36:48,685 --> 00:36:52,053
THE HAND OF THE MASTER.
745
00:36:52,121 --> 00:36:55,223
CHARLES WAS SAYING THAT
HE THINKS IT'S A DAMN SHAME.
746
00:36:55,291 --> 00:36:58,291
EVEN THOUGH THE RUSSIANS
AND AMERICANS ARE ALLIES,
747
00:36:58,361 --> 00:37:00,661
THERE'S NO... OH, THANK YOU.
748
00:37:00,730 --> 00:37:04,931
THERE'S NO SHARING OF SCIENTIFIC
INFORMATION BETWEEN THEM.
749
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,267
HE HAPPENED TO
MENTION THAT HE HAD WAYS
750
00:37:07,336 --> 00:37:10,170
OF GETTING TECHNICAL
INFORMATION TO THE RUSSIANS...
751
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,506
IF ANYONE WERE INTERESTED.
752
00:37:17,412 --> 00:37:20,179
I WANT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
TO DO WITH THAT, HAAKON.
753
00:37:20,248 --> 00:37:21,280
NOTHING AT ALL.
754
00:37:21,349 --> 00:37:22,815
OF COURSE NOT. OF COURSE NOT.
755
00:37:22,884 --> 00:37:24,617
I JUST THOUGHT THAT
IT WAS SOMETHING
756
00:37:24,686 --> 00:37:25,885
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT...
757
00:37:25,953 --> 00:37:28,020
YOU KNOW, BETWEEN FRIENDS.
758
00:37:31,593 --> 00:37:35,060
WELL, LET'S REJOIN
THE PARTY, SHALL WE?
759
00:37:35,129 --> 00:37:39,264
I'M GLAD THAT BERKELEY
IS STILL GOING TO BE HOME.
760
00:37:39,332 --> 00:37:41,232
NOT SELLING THE
HOUSE, EH? THAT'S GOOD.
761
00:38:01,353 --> 00:38:03,353
Woman: HEY, FOLKS.
762
00:38:03,423 --> 00:38:05,890
WELCOME TO THE
LOS ALAMOS WALDORF.
763
00:38:05,958 --> 00:38:07,190
CONNIE TROWBRIDGE.
764
00:38:07,259 --> 00:38:09,627
I'M AN OLD-TIMER HERE...
BEEN HERE SINCE THURSDAY.
765
00:38:09,695 --> 00:38:11,194
AW, THEY ALWAYS CRY
766
00:38:11,263 --> 00:38:13,464
WHEN THEY GET OFF THAT
BUMPY ROAD FROM SANTA FE.
767
00:38:13,533 --> 00:38:15,999
I'M SUPPOSED TO TELL YOU
THERE'S A BRIEFING FOR THE MEN
768
00:38:16,068 --> 00:38:17,668
IN THE MAIN HALL
IN FIVE MINUTES.
769
00:38:17,737 --> 00:38:19,769
WHERE'S THAT? UH, IT'S THATAWAY.
770
00:38:22,407 --> 00:38:25,341
GENTLEMEN.
771
00:38:25,410 --> 00:38:28,778
GENTLEMEN!
772
00:38:28,847 --> 00:38:33,450
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T
KNOW ME, I'M GENERAL GROVES.
773
00:38:33,518 --> 00:38:36,953
YOU ARE HERE TO
BUILD AN ATOMIC BOMB.
774
00:38:37,021 --> 00:38:40,389
IF YOU SUCCEED,
YOU WILL WIN THE WAR
775
00:38:40,458 --> 00:38:43,725
AND SAVE COUNTLESS
AMERICAN LIVES.
776
00:38:43,794 --> 00:38:45,594
IF YOU FAIL...
777
00:38:45,663 --> 00:38:48,163
I WILL HAVE TO APPEAR BEFORE
A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
778
00:38:48,231 --> 00:38:50,799
AND JUSTIFY YOUR
SQUANDERING OF THEIR MONEY.
779
00:38:50,868 --> 00:38:52,400
SO, DON'T FAIL.
780
00:38:55,372 --> 00:38:58,173
DR. OPPENHEIMER WILL BRIEF
YOU ON YOUR ASSIGNMENTS.
781
00:38:58,241 --> 00:39:00,442
Oppenheimer: WELCOME, GENTLEMEN.
782
00:39:00,511 --> 00:39:02,109
EXCUSE ME, DOCTOR.
783
00:39:02,178 --> 00:39:07,247
WHEN I CALL A MEETING FOR 1400
HOURS, WE START AT 1400 HOURS.
784
00:39:07,316 --> 00:39:08,916
GO AHEAD, DOCTOR.
785
00:39:11,153 --> 00:39:12,820
Oppenheimer: WELL, UM...
786
00:39:15,658 --> 00:39:18,025
WELL, I'M EXCITED.
787
00:39:18,094 --> 00:39:20,160
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
788
00:39:22,098 --> 00:39:25,732
WE'RE GATHERED HERE TOGETHER
TO LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN,
789
00:39:25,801 --> 00:39:28,234
TO CREATE THE
HITHERTO IMPOSSIBLE.
790
00:39:28,303 --> 00:39:29,669
AND TO ACCOMPLISH OUR TASK,
791
00:39:29,738 --> 00:39:32,205
WE'VE ASSEMBLED IN THIS
ROOM THE VERY BEST MEN,
792
00:39:32,273 --> 00:39:35,742
EACH CHOSEN INDIVIDUALLY
TO WORK WITH US.
793
00:39:35,811 --> 00:39:39,145
THERE'S NOT ONE OF YOU I'M NOT
HONORED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH.
794
00:39:39,214 --> 00:39:42,348
EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP
YOU IN YOUR LABORS, WE WILL.
795
00:39:42,417 --> 00:39:45,250
COME SEE ME OR ED CONDON HERE,
796
00:39:45,319 --> 00:39:46,952
WHO'S COME DOWN
FROM WESTINGHOUSE
797
00:39:47,021 --> 00:39:49,054
TO LEND A HAND ON
ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS.
798
00:39:49,123 --> 00:39:50,255
HEY, FELLAS.
799
00:39:50,324 --> 00:39:52,090
HEY. HI, ED.
800
00:39:52,159 --> 00:39:54,527
ED HELPED PREPARE THOSE
ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS
801
00:39:54,595 --> 00:39:56,061
YOU ALL HAVE IN YOUR PACKETS,
802
00:39:56,130 --> 00:39:58,030
WHICH PROVE HOW
ORGANIZED WE ARE...
803
00:39:58,098 --> 00:39:59,632
ON PAPER.
804
00:40:01,468 --> 00:40:03,402
AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF US
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
805
00:40:03,470 --> 00:40:04,702
FOR A YEAR OR MORE.
806
00:40:04,771 --> 00:40:07,939
I'VE ASKED BOB SERBER TO TELL
YOU WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW
807
00:40:08,008 --> 00:40:10,542
AND WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW, TOO.
808
00:40:10,610 --> 00:40:12,209
BOB, IT'S YOURS.
809
00:40:14,147 --> 00:40:17,081
DON'T CALL IT A BOMB,
BOB. CALL IT A GADGET, HUH?
810
00:40:17,150 --> 00:40:19,350
THE U-235 URANIUM BOMB
811
00:40:19,419 --> 00:40:22,520
WILL HAVE A CRITICAL
MASS OF 15 KILOGRAMS.
812
00:40:22,589 --> 00:40:25,388
THE PLUTONIUM BOMB
ABOUT 5 KILOGRAMS.
813
00:40:25,457 --> 00:40:27,925
MANUFACTURING PLANTS
AT OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE,
814
00:40:27,993 --> 00:40:30,627
AND HANFORD, WASHINGTON,
WILL MAKE THE MATERIALS.
815
00:40:30,696 --> 00:40:34,431
BUT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE
THE GADGET READY BY THEN...
816
00:40:34,499 --> 00:40:35,766
TWO YEARS OR LESS.
817
00:40:35,834 --> 00:40:38,168
HOW MUCH U-235
DO WE HAVE SO FAR?
818
00:40:38,236 --> 00:40:39,536
JUST MINUTE SMEARS.
819
00:40:39,605 --> 00:40:42,138
CAN WE GET SOME TO
FOOL AROUND WITH?
820
00:40:42,207 --> 00:40:45,141
YES. WHEN, WE'RE
NOT REALLY SURE.
821
00:40:45,210 --> 00:40:46,442
HOW ABOUT PLUTONIUM?
822
00:40:46,510 --> 00:40:47,810
IT DOESN'T EXIST YET.
823
00:40:47,879 --> 00:40:50,746
SO, OKAY, WE'LL DO "LET'S
PRETEND" FOR A WHILE.
824
00:40:50,815 --> 00:40:53,783
Oppenheimer: WE'LL STAY IN CLOSE
CONTACT WITH OAK RIDGE AND HANFORD
825
00:40:53,851 --> 00:40:55,918
AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET
AND WHEN WE CAN GET IT.
826
00:40:55,987 --> 00:40:58,054
MEANWHILE, WE'VE GOT A
LITTLE CATCHING UP TO DO.
827
00:40:58,122 --> 00:41:00,422
ATTEN-HUT!
828
00:41:00,491 --> 00:41:02,825
BE SEATED.
829
00:41:06,530 --> 00:41:08,763
WELCOME TO LOS ALAMOS...
830
00:41:08,832 --> 00:41:11,165
WHERE, AT GREAT EXPENSE,
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
831
00:41:11,234 --> 00:41:13,301
HAS GATHERED THE LARGEST
COLLECTION OF CRACKPOTS
832
00:41:13,369 --> 00:41:14,435
THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.
833
00:41:15,639 --> 00:41:21,375
HOWEVER, THESE CRACKPOTS
ARE ENGAGED ON A MISSION
834
00:41:21,444 --> 00:41:25,046
OF VITAL IMPORTANCE
TO YOUR COUNTRY.
835
00:41:25,115 --> 00:41:28,049
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY WILL
BE TO MAINTAIN SECURITY HERE.
836
00:41:28,118 --> 00:41:33,087
SPECIFICALLY, THAT MEANS
KEEPING THE GERMANS, THE RUSSIANS,
837
00:41:33,155 --> 00:41:36,223
OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER,
FROM LEARNING ABOUT OUR EFFORTS.
838
00:41:36,291 --> 00:41:38,158
HOW YOU WILL
ACCOMPLISH THAT MISSION
839
00:41:38,227 --> 00:41:42,362
WILL BE THE ASSIGNMENT
OF COLONEL PASH...
840
00:41:42,431 --> 00:41:44,765
CAPTAIN DeSILVA...
841
00:41:44,834 --> 00:41:46,934
AND COLONEL LANSDALE.
842
00:41:47,003 --> 00:41:49,736
COLONEL LANSDALE WILL
NOW TAKE OVER THE BRIEFING.
843
00:41:51,572 --> 00:41:56,408
THERE ARE FOUR AREAS
WE'LL BE CONCENTRATING ON.
844
00:41:56,477 --> 00:41:59,912
NOT ONE LETTER GOES IN
OR OUT THAT WE DON'T READ...
845
00:41:59,981 --> 00:42:02,782
NOT ONE PHONE
CALL WE DON'T HEAR...
846
00:42:02,851 --> 00:42:06,085
NOT ONE OFFICE WE DON'T MONITOR.
847
00:42:06,154 --> 00:42:08,087
PERSONAL SURVEILLANCE...
848
00:42:08,156 --> 00:42:11,322
THAT ONE'S GONNA
BE A LITTLE TRICKIER.
849
00:42:12,826 --> 00:42:14,860
WE'RE ALL TALKING
ABOUT EXPLOSION.
850
00:42:14,928 --> 00:42:16,194
AND WHAT I'M THINKING
851
00:42:16,263 --> 00:42:20,231
IS THAT MAYBE WE OUGHT TO
BE TALKING ABOUT IMPLOSION.
852
00:42:21,735 --> 00:42:26,972
WH-WHAT I MEAN IS,
INSTEAD OF EXPLODING OUT,
853
00:42:27,041 --> 00:42:30,408
MAYBE... MAYBE WE OUGHT TO
BE SQUEEZING A MASS IN ON ITSELF
854
00:42:30,477 --> 00:42:31,809
FROM ALL SIDES AT ONCE.
855
00:42:31,878 --> 00:42:35,312
N-NOT DRIVE IT APART TO
GET FISSION... TOGETHER.
856
00:42:35,381 --> 00:42:37,648
NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT
BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO SET OFF
857
00:42:37,717 --> 00:42:39,850
A ZILLION CHEMICAL
EXPLOSIONS AT THE SAME TIME.
858
00:42:39,919 --> 00:42:42,787
THEY'D HAVE TO BE
UNIFORM AND SO VIOLENT...
859
00:42:42,855 --> 00:42:46,657
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A DEGREE
OF COMPRESSION ANYTHING LIKE IT.
860
00:42:46,726 --> 00:42:49,393
IT MUST BE EXPLOSION...
THE GUN METHOD.
861
00:42:50,797 --> 00:42:52,829
IT'S PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
862
00:42:52,898 --> 00:42:54,698
YOU'VE NEVER
WORKED ON EXPLOSIVES,
863
00:42:54,766 --> 00:42:55,865
HAVE YOU, NIEDERMAYER?
864
00:42:55,934 --> 00:42:57,867
WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT THEM? NOTHING.
865
00:42:59,237 --> 00:43:01,004
SIT DOWN, GOOFUS.
866
00:43:04,009 --> 00:43:05,875
Serber: OKAY, LET'S
KEEP GOING HERE.
867
00:43:05,944 --> 00:43:08,144
Fermi: LET'S GET BACK
TO THE GUN METHOD.
868
00:43:08,213 --> 00:43:12,916
FIRST, THE MAIN PROBLEM IS
HOW TO AVOID PRE-DETONATION.
869
00:43:12,984 --> 00:43:14,149
YOU TOLD ME IF I CAME HERE,
870
00:43:14,218 --> 00:43:15,784
I COULD WORK ON
THE FUSION WEAPON
871
00:43:15,853 --> 00:43:17,019
AND I COULD WORK ON MY OWN.
872
00:43:17,088 --> 00:43:19,321
EDWARD, THAT'S RIGHT,
I DID. AND YOU CAN.
873
00:43:19,389 --> 00:43:22,124
INSTEAD YOU HAVE ME WORKING
IN THE THEORETICAL DIVISION
874
00:43:22,193 --> 00:43:23,193
UNDER HANS BETHE.
875
00:43:23,227 --> 00:43:25,227
FIRST BETHE, THEN
TELLER ASSISTING.
876
00:43:25,295 --> 00:43:27,462
EVERYTHING I PROMISED
YOU, YOU'LL GET.
877
00:43:27,531 --> 00:43:29,131
THIS IS JUST UNTIL
WE GET STARTED.
878
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,100
IT'S JUST FOR
ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSES.
879
00:43:31,168 --> 00:43:32,634
HELP ME OUT WITH THIS, EDWARD.
880
00:43:32,703 --> 00:43:34,602
YOU HAVE CHEATED ME.
881
00:43:34,670 --> 00:43:37,205
I WANT YOU TO WORK ON YOUR OWN.
882
00:43:37,273 --> 00:43:38,606
YOU'RE ONE OF
THE MOST BRILLIANT,
883
00:43:38,674 --> 00:43:40,108
INNOVATIVE MEN WE HAVE,
884
00:43:40,176 --> 00:43:42,910
AND YOU CAN HELP US TREMENDOUSLY
IN THE THEORETICAL DIVISION.
885
00:44:07,469 --> 00:44:10,003
HELLO.
886
00:44:10,072 --> 00:44:11,738
HI.
887
00:44:11,807 --> 00:44:14,941
NIEDERMAYER, I WANT
YOU TO WORK ON IMPLOSION.
888
00:44:17,044 --> 00:44:18,244
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
889
00:44:18,312 --> 00:44:21,647
I'M MAKING YOU GROUP LEADER...
IMPLOSION EXPERIMENTATION.
890
00:44:24,252 --> 00:44:26,852
WAR RESEARCH ISN'T
LIKE COLLEGE RESEARCH.
891
00:44:26,921 --> 00:44:28,553
DON'T HAVE TO BE CHEAP.
892
00:44:28,622 --> 00:44:32,524
USE AS MANY MEN AND AS
MUCH EQUIPMENT AS YOU NEED.
893
00:44:34,728 --> 00:44:36,762
MYSELF, I DON'T THINK
IMPLOSION WILL WORK.
894
00:44:36,831 --> 00:44:38,029
IT'S JUST TOO COMPLICATED.
895
00:44:38,098 --> 00:44:41,465
IT'S TOO HARD TO GET A
SYMMETRICAL SHOCK WAVE.
896
00:44:41,534 --> 00:44:43,434
PROVE ME WRONG.
897
00:44:43,503 --> 00:44:47,738
AND IF YOU DO, I'LL GIVE
YOU A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY.
898
00:45:22,340 --> 00:45:26,642
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT
MISTAKE FOR THREE DAYS.
899
00:45:26,711 --> 00:45:30,980
OPPIE, I HAVE AN IDEA I
WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
900
00:45:31,049 --> 00:45:34,150
WE KNOW IT MAY TAKE US TWO YEARS
901
00:45:34,219 --> 00:45:37,253
TO COME UP WITH THE BOMB, YEAH?
902
00:45:37,322 --> 00:45:40,355
WE DON'T KNOW IF
WE HAVE THAT LONG.
903
00:45:40,423 --> 00:45:43,558
WE STARTED LATE,
LATER THAN GERMANY.
904
00:45:43,626 --> 00:45:47,162
SO, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK
905
00:45:47,231 --> 00:45:51,466
OF TAKING THE RADIOACTIVE
MATERIAL WE ARE NOW PRODUCING
906
00:45:51,534 --> 00:45:54,569
AND DROP IT ON GERMANY...
907
00:45:54,637 --> 00:45:56,938
POISON THEIR FOOD SUPPLY.
908
00:45:57,007 --> 00:45:59,040
THIS WE COULD DO NOW.
909
00:46:02,778 --> 00:46:04,611
WHAT WOULD YOU
USE, STRONTIUM-90?
910
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:05,946
STRONTIUM-90. MM-HMM.
911
00:46:06,015 --> 00:46:08,115
MM-HMM.
912
00:46:08,184 --> 00:46:09,250
WHAT DO I THINK?
913
00:46:09,318 --> 00:46:11,218
I THINK YOU SHOULD
START WORK RIGHT NOW.
914
00:46:11,287 --> 00:46:12,419
ON WHAT SCALE?
915
00:46:12,488 --> 00:46:15,455
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD
EVEN ATTEMPT A PLAN
916
00:46:15,524 --> 00:46:18,725
UNLESS WE CAN POISON
FOOD SUFFICIENT TO KILL...
917
00:46:18,794 --> 00:46:20,928
HALF A MILLION PEOPLE.
918
00:46:20,997 --> 00:46:23,263
I HAVE TO GO TO CHICAGO TOMORROW
919
00:46:23,331 --> 00:46:25,765
AND SEE HOW THE
PLUTONIUM'S COMING.
920
00:46:25,833 --> 00:46:29,235
THEN I'LL TAKE IT UP
WITH WASHINGTON.
921
00:46:29,304 --> 00:46:32,071
NOT A WORD TO ANYONE, ENRICO.
922
00:46:32,140 --> 00:46:35,508
OPPIE, YOU KNOW
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
923
00:46:35,576 --> 00:46:37,610
BETWEEN US AND CHICAGO?
924
00:46:37,678 --> 00:46:40,113
THERE THEY THINK THEY
HAVE TO BUILD THE BOMB
925
00:46:40,181 --> 00:46:41,381
BECAUSE OF HITLER.
926
00:46:41,449 --> 00:46:43,715
HERE, EVERYONE
WANTS TO BUILD IT.
927
00:46:43,784 --> 00:46:46,651
THAT'S BECAUSE I'M HERE
AND SZILARD'S THERE.
928
00:46:46,720 --> 00:46:49,922
YOU SURPRISED HE DIDN'T
WANT TO COME HERE WITH US?
929
00:46:49,990 --> 00:46:54,159
AH, LEO IS LEO.
HE'S A CITY PERSON.
930
00:46:54,228 --> 00:46:57,029
WHAT WOULD HE DO
WITHOUT HIS HOT PASTRAMI?
931
00:46:57,097 --> 00:47:00,165
A MILLION IDEAS A DAY, A
THOUSAND OF THEM GOOD.
932
00:47:00,234 --> 00:47:02,467
LET HIM DRIVE EVERYONE
IN CHICAGO CRAZY.
933
00:47:04,138 --> 00:47:07,638
SO, WHAT WAS IT YOU WANTED
TO SEE ME ABOUT, COLONEL?
934
00:47:07,706 --> 00:47:11,175
OH, I JUST THOUGHT WE
SHOULD GET BETTER ACQUAINTED.
935
00:47:11,244 --> 00:47:12,944
SOCIALLY?
936
00:47:13,012 --> 00:47:14,979
PERSONALLY?
937
00:47:15,048 --> 00:47:17,248
SEXUALLY?
938
00:47:23,456 --> 00:47:25,422
YOU'VE MADE MARTINIS BEFORE.
939
00:47:25,490 --> 00:47:26,622
ONCE OR TWICE.
940
00:47:26,691 --> 00:47:28,825
SO, WHAT SHOULD I CALL YOU?
KITTY? MRS. OPPENHEIMER?
941
00:47:28,893 --> 00:47:30,126
IT DEPENDS WHY YOU'RE HERE.
942
00:47:30,195 --> 00:47:32,528
WELL, I HAVE BEEN CHARGED
WITH SECURITY ON THIS PROJECT.
943
00:47:32,597 --> 00:47:34,130
AND NATURALLY,
I'VE BEEN DEVELOPING
944
00:47:34,199 --> 00:47:35,665
CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT YOU...
945
00:47:35,733 --> 00:47:39,202
YOUR PAST, SOME OF
YOUR ASSOCIATIONS,
946
00:47:39,271 --> 00:47:40,271
RELATIONSHIPS.
947
00:47:40,339 --> 00:47:42,705
AND I WONDERED IF
YOU WOULDN'T MIND
948
00:47:42,774 --> 00:47:44,807
TALKING TO ME ABOUT IT.
949
00:47:44,876 --> 00:47:45,876
IT'S PAST.
950
00:47:45,910 --> 00:47:48,410
IT HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH WHO I AM NOW.
951
00:47:48,479 --> 00:47:51,046
NOW THE ONLY THINGS
THAT MATTER TO ME
952
00:47:51,115 --> 00:47:52,714
ARE ROBERT AND HIS WORK.
953
00:47:52,783 --> 00:47:53,849
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
954
00:47:53,917 --> 00:47:55,817
THEN YOU DON'T MIND TALKING.
955
00:47:55,886 --> 00:47:58,187
IT'LL HELP TO SET
OUR MINDS TO REST.
956
00:47:58,255 --> 00:48:00,522
WE'RE ON THE SAME SIDE.
957
00:48:00,591 --> 00:48:04,326
THEN YOU WERE, VERY BRIEFLY, A
MEMBER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY,
958
00:48:04,395 --> 00:48:05,395
IS THAT RIGHT?
959
00:48:05,429 --> 00:48:07,928
WHAT DID YOU DO FOR THEM?
960
00:48:07,998 --> 00:48:11,599
TYPED LETTERS,
MIMEOED LEAFLETS...
961
00:48:11,667 --> 00:48:13,501
GENERAL OFFICE WORK.
962
00:48:13,569 --> 00:48:14,902
WHY THEM?
963
00:48:14,971 --> 00:48:17,938
PLEASE, I JUST WANT TO
UNDERSTAND... IT WAS THE '30s.
964
00:48:18,008 --> 00:48:19,273
IT SEEMED TO A LOT OF US
965
00:48:19,342 --> 00:48:22,043
THAT COMMUNISM WAS THE
ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO FASCISM.
966
00:48:22,112 --> 00:48:24,145
THE DEMOCRACIES
WEREN'T DOING A THING
967
00:48:24,214 --> 00:48:26,680
TO HELP IN THE
SPANISH CIVIL WAR.
968
00:48:26,749 --> 00:48:29,149
HITLER CAME IN ON
THE SIDE OF FRANCO.
969
00:48:29,218 --> 00:48:32,119
WHO WAS GOING TO FIGHT
FOR DEMOCRACY IN SPAIN?
970
00:48:32,187 --> 00:48:34,388
AMERICA? BRITAIN?
971
00:48:34,456 --> 00:48:36,756
THEY DIDN'T WANT
TO GET INVOLVED.
972
00:48:36,825 --> 00:48:38,458
THE COMMUNISTS DID.
973
00:48:38,527 --> 00:48:40,727
THEN IT WAS THE DEPRESSION.
974
00:48:40,795 --> 00:48:43,596
THE PARTY CARED ABOUT THE
PEOPLE WHO WERE STARVING
975
00:48:43,665 --> 00:48:45,365
WHEN A LOT OF OTHERS DIDN'T.
976
00:48:45,434 --> 00:48:48,335
THE PARTY WANTED TO DO
SOMETHING FOR THE LITTLE GUY.
977
00:48:48,404 --> 00:48:49,502
SO DID A LOT OF US.
978
00:48:49,570 --> 00:48:51,737
THAT'S NOT THAT HARD
TO UNDERSTAND, IS IT?
979
00:48:51,805 --> 00:48:53,739
NO.
980
00:48:53,807 --> 00:48:56,575
YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF PLACES,
ESPECIALLY WHERE I WAS,
981
00:48:56,644 --> 00:48:59,311
IT WAS HARD TO MEET PEOPLE
WHO WEREN'T IN THE PARTY
982
00:48:59,380 --> 00:49:00,513
OR AT LEAST ON THE EDGES.
983
00:49:00,581 --> 00:49:02,181
AROUND THE UNIVERSITIES. MM-HMM.
984
00:49:02,250 --> 00:49:03,349
INCLUDING OPPENHEIMER.
985
00:49:06,587 --> 00:49:10,721
HE WAS NEVER, NEVER
A MEMBER OF THE PARTY.
986
00:49:10,790 --> 00:49:12,490
WHY IS THAT?
987
00:49:12,559 --> 00:49:15,093
OBVIOUSLY, HE CARED
FOR THE SAME THINGS YOU...
988
00:49:15,162 --> 00:49:17,028
HE NEVER WAS THAT INVOLVED.
989
00:49:17,097 --> 00:49:20,398
IT WAS SO LONG AGO. IT
WAS A DIFFERENT TIME.
990
00:49:20,467 --> 00:49:22,467
WE WERE DIFFERENT.
991
00:49:22,536 --> 00:49:24,235
NOW THE DEPRESSION'S OVER.
992
00:49:24,304 --> 00:49:26,837
THE WAR... WE'RE
ALL IN IT TOGETHER.
993
00:49:26,906 --> 00:49:28,639
ROBERT'S A PHYSICIST.
994
00:49:28,708 --> 00:49:31,942
HE'S A BRILLIANT,
BRILLIANT SCIENTIST.
995
00:49:32,010 --> 00:49:33,477
HE'S AN AMERICAN.
996
00:49:33,546 --> 00:49:35,779
HE'D NEVER DO ANYTHING
TO HURT THIS COUNTRY.
997
00:49:35,847 --> 00:49:38,882
HE WANTS TO WIN THE
WAR. THAT'S ALL HE WANTS.
998
00:49:38,951 --> 00:49:40,817
AND HE CAN DO IT.
999
00:49:40,886 --> 00:49:42,986
THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
1000
00:49:43,055 --> 00:49:45,489
HE CAN DO IT.
1001
00:50:23,260 --> 00:50:25,193
LEO, WHAT'S THE QUESTION?
1002
00:50:25,262 --> 00:50:26,361
HUH?
1003
00:50:26,430 --> 00:50:28,230
YOU SOUND LIKE YOU
ALREADY HAVE THE ANSWER.
1004
00:50:28,298 --> 00:50:29,797
NO, I JUST GOT SOME
VERY GOOD NEWS
1005
00:50:29,866 --> 00:50:32,033
ABOUT A FRIEND OF
MINE FROM GERMANY.
1006
00:50:32,102 --> 00:50:34,668
SO, WHAT BRINGS YOU
TO CIVILIZATION, ROBERT?
1007
00:50:34,737 --> 00:50:35,969
I MISS YOU.
1008
00:50:36,038 --> 00:50:37,171
AW.
1009
00:50:37,240 --> 00:50:39,773
SO, HOW'S THE PASTRAMI
IN CHICAGO THESE DAYS?
1010
00:50:39,842 --> 00:50:42,443
HOW ARE ALL YOUR LITTLE
HOT DOGS IN LOS ALAMOS?
1011
00:50:42,512 --> 00:50:44,578
COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.
1012
00:50:44,647 --> 00:50:47,281
NAH! NOBODY CAN THINK
STRAIGHT IN A PLACE LIKE THAT.
1013
00:50:47,350 --> 00:50:49,916
EVERYBODY WHO GOES THERE
WILL GO CRAZY. YOU WATCH.
1014
00:50:49,985 --> 00:50:50,917
HMM.
1015
00:50:50,986 --> 00:50:52,453
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
1016
00:50:52,522 --> 00:50:53,687
I'M SEEING ARTHUR,
1017
00:50:53,756 --> 00:50:56,422
CHECKING WHEN WE CAN
EXPECT SOME CONTRIBUTIONS
1018
00:50:56,491 --> 00:50:57,790
FROM THE WORKER BEES.
1019
00:50:59,461 --> 00:51:00,560
CHEERS.
1020
00:51:02,564 --> 00:51:04,664
Trude: AFTER I GOT
MY DEGREE IN BERLIN,
1021
00:51:04,732 --> 00:51:07,333
YOU REMEMBER HOW
IMPORTANT THAT WAS TO ME.
1022
00:51:07,402 --> 00:51:10,537
I REMEMBER. IT WAS
TOO IMPORTANT, HUH?
1023
00:51:10,605 --> 00:51:14,607
YEAH, WELL, I WOUND UP IN
AUSTRIA IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
1024
00:51:14,676 --> 00:51:17,409
I DON'T MIND TELLING YOU,
THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF AUSTRIA
1025
00:51:17,478 --> 00:51:19,844
HAS BEEN NOT TOO GOOD
SINCE HITLER TOOK OVER.
1026
00:51:21,482 --> 00:51:23,948
THEN ENGLAND, AND THEN HERE.
1027
00:51:24,017 --> 00:51:25,750
AY-YI-YI-YI-YI.
1028
00:51:25,819 --> 00:51:28,153
IT WASN'T SO BAD, LEO.
1029
00:51:28,222 --> 00:51:31,456
I GUESS MY IMAGINATION
GOT THE WORST OF ME, HUH?
1030
00:51:31,525 --> 00:51:33,925
YOU KNOW, YOU
HAVE ALWAYS FIGURED
1031
00:51:33,994 --> 00:51:35,927
IN MY IMAGINATION, TRUDE.
1032
00:51:35,996 --> 00:51:37,196
I HAVE?
1033
00:51:37,264 --> 00:51:40,164
YEAH. MORE THAN YOU KNOW.
1034
00:51:40,233 --> 00:51:42,667
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN MINE, TOO.
1035
00:51:42,735 --> 00:51:46,170
YOU KNOW, I WAS AFRAID
YOU'D BE MARRIED BY NOW
1036
00:51:46,239 --> 00:51:47,738
OR HAVE A GIRLFRIEND.
1037
00:51:47,807 --> 00:51:48,939
NO.
1038
00:51:52,278 --> 00:51:55,145
LEO, PUT YOUR ARM AROUND ME.
1039
00:51:55,215 --> 00:51:57,582
Man: SUBJECT SZILARD
IS OF JEWISH EXTRACTION.
1040
00:51:57,650 --> 00:51:59,249
HE HAS A FONDNESS FOR DELICACIES
1041
00:51:59,318 --> 00:52:01,784
AND FREQUENTLY EATS HIS
BREAKFAST IN DRUGSTORES
1042
00:52:01,853 --> 00:52:03,587
AND OTHER MEALS IN RESTAURANTS.
1043
00:52:03,655 --> 00:52:06,289
HE WALKS A GREAT DEAL
WHEN HE CANNOT SECURE A TAXI.
1044
00:52:06,358 --> 00:52:08,425
HE USUALLY IS SHAVEN
IN A BARBERSHOP.
1045
00:52:08,493 --> 00:52:10,760
HE SPEAKS OCCASIONALLY
IN A FOREIGN TONGUE
1046
00:52:10,829 --> 00:52:13,730
AND ASSOCIATES MOSTLY WITH
PEOPLE OF JEWISH EXTRACTION.
1047
00:52:13,798 --> 00:52:15,965
HIS IS INCLINED TO BE
RATHER ABSENTMINDED
1048
00:52:16,034 --> 00:52:18,768
AND WILL START OUT A DOOR,
TURN AROUND AND COME BACK,
1049
00:52:18,837 --> 00:52:21,103
GO OUT ON A STREET
WITHOUT HIS COAT OR HAT,
1050
00:52:21,171 --> 00:52:23,439
AND FREQUENTLY LOOKS
UP AND DOWN THE STREET
1051
00:52:23,507 --> 00:52:26,242
AS IF HE DID NOT KNOW FOR
SURE WHERE HE WANTED TO GO.
1052
00:52:29,046 --> 00:52:32,448
RECENTLY, SUBJECT HAS
STARTED SHARING HIS HOTEL ROOM
1053
00:52:32,516 --> 00:52:33,516
WITH THIS WOMAN,
1054
00:52:33,584 --> 00:52:35,751
A REFUGEE FROM
GERMANY VIA AUSTRIA,
1055
00:52:35,819 --> 00:52:38,120
A DOCTOR NAMED
GERTRUDE "TRUDE" WEISS.
1056
00:52:38,188 --> 00:52:41,289
WHAT ELSE DO THEY TALK ABOUT?
1057
00:52:42,759 --> 00:52:44,959
Dr. Weiss: TELL ME, WHAT
ARE YOU WORKING ON?
1058
00:52:45,027 --> 00:52:47,362
Dr. Szilard: THIS WILL BE
HARD FOR YOU TO BELIEVE,
1059
00:52:47,430 --> 00:52:48,430
BUT I CANNOT SAY.
1060
00:52:48,465 --> 00:52:49,664
YEAH, I KNOW.
1061
00:52:49,733 --> 00:52:52,533
WHEN HAVE I EVER BEEN
QUIET ABOUT ANYTHING?
1062
00:52:52,602 --> 00:52:56,304
IT'S JUST THAT EVERYTHING HAS
TO BE SO SECRET THESE DAYS.
1063
00:52:56,373 --> 00:52:58,873
I DON'T HAVE TO KNOW ANYTHING.
1064
00:52:58,941 --> 00:53:00,575
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
1065
00:53:00,644 --> 00:53:03,443
I JUST WANT TO BE NEAR YOU.
1066
00:53:03,512 --> 00:53:06,079
DON'T TALK.
1067
00:53:06,148 --> 00:53:07,614
COME HERE, LEO.
1068
00:53:07,683 --> 00:53:09,916
COME HERE.
1069
00:53:11,287 --> 00:53:15,188
IF YOU KNEW HOW LONG
I'VE PRAYED FOR THIS.
1070
00:53:18,026 --> 00:53:19,225
THAT'S ALL?
1071
00:53:19,295 --> 00:53:21,060
YES, SIR.
1072
00:53:21,129 --> 00:53:22,361
FOR NOW.
1073
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:27,032
ALL RIGHT, KEEP ON HIM.
1074
00:53:27,101 --> 00:53:28,768
WE'LL MAINTAIN SURVEILLANCE
1075
00:53:28,836 --> 00:53:32,271
UNTIL WE'RE ABSOLUTELY
CERTAIN THAT HE'S 100% RELIABLE.
1076
00:53:32,340 --> 00:53:33,539
YES, SIR.
1077
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:42,415
ALL RIGHT, NOW
I'VE GOT SOMETHING.
1078
00:53:42,483 --> 00:53:44,248
OPPENHEIMER'S BEEN HEAD
1079
00:53:44,318 --> 00:53:46,117
OF THE MOST SECRET
PROJECT OF THE WAR
1080
00:53:46,186 --> 00:53:47,385
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.
1081
00:53:47,454 --> 00:53:49,921
YOU STILL HAVEN'T ISSUED HIS
SECURITY CLEARANCE. WHY NOT?
1082
00:53:49,989 --> 00:53:52,056
WE DON'T THINK WE SHOULD.
MAY WE TELL YOU WHY?
1083
00:53:52,125 --> 00:53:53,391
WELL, I THINK YOU'D BETTER.
1084
00:53:53,460 --> 00:53:55,092
SIR, HE'S JUST A REAL BAD RISK.
1085
00:53:55,161 --> 00:53:56,361
HIS WIFE WAS A COMMUNIST.
1086
00:53:56,430 --> 00:53:58,630
HE KNOWS COMMUNISTS.
HE ASSOCIATES WITH THEM.
1087
00:53:58,699 --> 00:54:00,799
HE'S HIRED A LOT OF
THEM FROM THE COLLEGES
1088
00:54:00,867 --> 00:54:02,734
TO WORK AT LOS
ALAMOS... ALL LEFTIES.
1089
00:54:02,803 --> 00:54:04,768
WHERE WOULD YOU SUGGEST
WE GET OUR SCIENTISTS
1090
00:54:04,837 --> 00:54:05,969
IF NOT FROM THE COLLEGES?
1091
00:54:06,038 --> 00:54:07,805
HE BELONGS TO A LOT
OF FRONT ORGANIZATIONS.
1092
00:54:07,873 --> 00:54:08,873
HE WAS AT BERKELEY.
1093
00:54:08,907 --> 00:54:10,173
EVERYBODY WHO WAS AT BERKELEY
1094
00:54:10,242 --> 00:54:12,209
JOINED SOME SCREWBALL
ORGANIZATION OR ANOTHER
1095
00:54:12,277 --> 00:54:13,944
IN THE '30s.
1096
00:54:14,012 --> 00:54:15,579
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
ON HIM THAT'S NEW...
1097
00:54:15,648 --> 00:54:16,913
SINCE HE'S JOINED THE PROJECT?
1098
00:54:16,982 --> 00:54:18,782
WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND
OUT ABOUT HIM RECENTLY?
1099
00:54:23,823 --> 00:54:25,722
I WANT HIS SECURITY
CLEARANCE ISSUED,
1100
00:54:25,790 --> 00:54:27,089
AND I WANT IT ISSUED TODAY.
1101
00:54:27,158 --> 00:54:28,090
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
1102
00:54:28,159 --> 00:54:29,592
SIR.
1103
00:54:35,367 --> 00:54:39,268
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE
TO STOP LOOKING, DOES IT?
1104
00:54:39,337 --> 00:54:41,738
Groves: WHO KNEW
OPPENHEIMER WAS IN CHICAGO?
1105
00:54:43,775 --> 00:54:45,608
I DIDN'T.
1106
00:54:52,549 --> 00:54:54,282
NO OUTSIDE CONTACT.
1107
00:54:54,351 --> 00:54:56,217
NO OUTSIDE CONTACT!
1108
00:54:56,286 --> 00:54:57,519
WE HAD A FIRM AGREEMENT.
1109
00:54:57,588 --> 00:55:00,221
Oppenheimer: YEAH, BUT I
DON'T THINK I VIOLATED IT.
1110
00:55:00,290 --> 00:55:02,957
I HAD TO FIND OUT WHEN THE
PLUTONIUM WAS GONNA BE READY.
1111
00:55:03,026 --> 00:55:05,394
YOU'RE NOT TO SPEAK TO
ANYONE OUTSIDE LOS ALAMOS!
1112
00:55:05,462 --> 00:55:07,561
NOT EVEN COMPTON? HE'S
THE HEAD OF THE LAB THERE.
1113
00:55:07,630 --> 00:55:09,797
HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN
TELL US WHEN TO EXPECT...
1114
00:55:09,866 --> 00:55:11,532
YOU SPOKE TO LEO
SZILARD, DIDN'T YOU?
1115
00:55:13,870 --> 00:55:17,638
BAD ENOUGH YOU ALL WANT TO
TALK TO EACH OTHER DOWN HERE!
1116
00:55:18,908 --> 00:55:20,541
WHO ELSE KNEW YOU
WERE GOING TO CHICAGO?
1117
00:55:20,610 --> 00:55:21,542
JUST ED.
1118
00:55:21,611 --> 00:55:24,678
JUST ED... THE RESPONSIBLE MAN,
1119
00:55:24,747 --> 00:55:28,215
THE CORPORATE EXECUTIVE
WITH ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE,
1120
00:55:28,283 --> 00:55:30,116
WHO SHOULD HAVE
HAD BETTER JUDGMENT.
1121
00:55:30,184 --> 00:55:32,485
GENERAL, NOW IT'S COME
UP, YOU OUGHT TO KNOW...
1122
00:55:32,554 --> 00:55:34,521
I THINK YOUR POLICY
HERE IS DEAD WRONG.
1123
00:55:34,589 --> 00:55:37,156
I THINK IT IS SLOWING US DOWN
AND FOR NO GOOD REASON.
1124
00:55:37,225 --> 00:55:38,925
WELL, ANYBODY WHO
THINKS THAT SHOULD LEAVE.
1125
00:55:38,993 --> 00:55:40,927
SCIENTISTS HAVE
TO HELP EACH OTHER.
1126
00:55:40,995 --> 00:55:42,662
IF THEY CAN'T...
1127
00:55:42,731 --> 00:55:45,197
OPPIE, WOULD YOU TELL HIM?
1128
00:55:45,266 --> 00:55:46,999
UM, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING...
1129
00:55:47,068 --> 00:55:48,835
DON'T DRAG HIM INTO IT, CONDON.
1130
00:55:48,904 --> 00:55:50,001
IT'S MY POLICY,
1131
00:55:50,070 --> 00:55:52,404
IT'S MY DECISION,
AND IT'S FINAL.
1132
00:55:52,473 --> 00:55:55,908
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING.
YOU AGREE WITH ME.
1133
00:56:00,781 --> 00:56:02,748
GENERAL, IF IT'S MY
RESIGNATION YOU WANT,
1134
00:56:02,817 --> 00:56:03,849
YOU CAN HAVE IT.
1135
00:56:03,918 --> 00:56:05,617
ED, LISTEN. LET'S DON'T
DO ANYTHING RASH.
1136
00:56:05,686 --> 00:56:08,420
IF THESE ARE THE RULES, THEN
WE CAN LEARN TO LIVE WITH THEM.
1137
00:56:08,489 --> 00:56:11,456
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO TRY.
1138
00:56:11,524 --> 00:56:13,658
GOODBYE, OPPIE.
1139
00:56:13,726 --> 00:56:15,192
GOOD LUCK.
1140
00:56:29,709 --> 00:56:31,475
FORGET ABOUT CONDON.
1141
00:56:31,543 --> 00:56:33,477
HE PROBABLY QUIT
1142
00:56:33,545 --> 00:56:35,912
BECAUSE HE THOUGHT
THE PROJECT WOULD FAIL.
1143
00:56:35,981 --> 00:56:38,348
WELL, IT'S NOT GOING TO FAIL.
1144
00:56:48,126 --> 00:56:49,926
I WAS JUST TELLING THEM, OPPIE.
1145
00:56:49,995 --> 00:56:51,728
IF THIS PIPE COLLAPSES EVENLY
1146
00:56:51,797 --> 00:56:55,598
BUT DOESN'T GET
TWISTED AND DEFORMED,
1147
00:56:55,666 --> 00:56:58,100
THEN THAT'S
SUCCESSFUL IMPLOSION.
1148
00:56:58,168 --> 00:57:00,435
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
1149
00:57:00,505 --> 00:57:03,839
I DON'T KNOW. I WOULDN'T
STAND SO CLOSE.
1150
00:57:03,908 --> 00:57:05,040
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
1151
00:57:05,109 --> 00:57:08,443
WE'RE NOT... WE'RE NOT
USING THAT MUCH EXPLOSIVE.
1152
00:57:08,513 --> 00:57:13,314
I'M JUST SAYING, I WOULDN'T.
1153
00:57:13,383 --> 00:57:15,917
ALL SET?
1154
00:57:15,986 --> 00:57:17,886
GO AHEAD.
1155
00:57:28,765 --> 00:57:31,566
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!
1156
00:57:43,746 --> 00:57:46,246
Man: YOU ALL RIGHT?
1157
00:57:50,252 --> 00:57:52,385
I'VE SEEN BETTER-LOOKING PIPES.
1158
00:57:52,454 --> 00:57:55,320
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
1159
00:57:58,426 --> 00:58:01,027
WHY DON'T THEY DO IT OUT
IN SOME FIELD SOMEWHERE?
1160
00:58:01,095 --> 00:58:02,595
I HOPE I'M NOT INTERRUPTING.
1161
00:58:02,664 --> 00:58:04,363
NO, NOT AT ALL.
PLEASE, SIT DOWN.
1162
00:58:04,432 --> 00:58:06,398
KITTY'S PROBABLY GOT
SOME COFFEE READY.
1163
00:58:06,467 --> 00:58:08,133
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME? NO, THANKS.
1164
00:58:08,202 --> 00:58:10,603
SO, WHAT'S UP?
1165
00:58:10,672 --> 00:58:16,141
WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
WENT TO BERKELEY THIS WEEK.
1166
00:58:16,210 --> 00:58:18,877
WAIT, WAIT, WHOA,
WHOA. THAT WAS CLEARED.
1167
00:58:18,946 --> 00:58:20,078
I HAD PERMISSION.
1168
00:58:20,146 --> 00:58:21,646
THERE WAS SOMEBODY
THAT I HAD TO...
1169
00:58:21,715 --> 00:58:24,015
NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT
TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT, DOCTOR.
1170
00:58:24,084 --> 00:58:26,618
YOU MENTIONED TO SECURITY
THERE THEY OUGHT TO KEEP AN EYE
1171
00:58:26,687 --> 00:58:28,019
ON A MAN NAMED
CHARLES SATTERLEE,
1172
00:58:28,088 --> 00:58:29,988
WORKS FOR UNIFIED OIL.
1173
00:58:30,057 --> 00:58:34,759
I WONDERED WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT.
1174
00:58:34,828 --> 00:58:36,861
YOU KNOW SATTERLEE PERSONALLY?
1175
00:58:36,930 --> 00:58:41,865
UM, NO, SOMEBODY JUST
MENTIONED HE KNEW SOMETHING.
1176
00:58:41,934 --> 00:58:43,867
WHO MENTIONED IT?
WAS A FRIEND OF YOURS?
1177
00:58:43,936 --> 00:58:45,669
YOU DON'T MIND TELLING ME?
1178
00:58:45,738 --> 00:58:50,373
WELL, I'VE... I'VE THOUGHT
ABOUT IT A GOOD DEAL,
1179
00:58:50,442 --> 00:58:52,710
AND I FEEL I SHOULDN'T.
1180
00:58:52,778 --> 00:58:54,478
I'D JUST BET DOLLARS
TO DOUGHNUTS
1181
00:58:54,546 --> 00:58:56,113
HE ISN'T PERSONALLY INVOLVED.
1182
00:58:56,181 --> 00:58:57,748
I UNDERSTAND PERSONAL LOYALTY.
1183
00:58:57,817 --> 00:58:59,148
BUT IN A CASE LIKE THIS...
1184
00:58:59,217 --> 00:59:01,651
I'D REGARD IT AS A LOW
TRICK TO INVOLVE SOMEONE
1185
00:59:01,720 --> 00:59:04,220
WHEN I'D BET ANYTHING
HE'S NOT INVOLVED WITH IT.
1186
00:59:04,288 --> 00:59:06,489
OKAY, BOB, DON'T
THINK IT'S THE LAST TIME
1187
00:59:06,557 --> 00:59:08,625
I'M GONNA ASK YOU,
BECAUSE IT'S NOT.
1188
00:59:14,799 --> 00:59:17,734
Dr. Szilard: NO, NO. THE WAR
SHOULD BE OVER BY NOW.
1189
00:59:17,802 --> 00:59:20,836
IF WE HAD LISTENED TO US
WHEN WE FIRST TOLD THEM,
1190
00:59:20,904 --> 00:59:23,805
IF THAT IDIOT GROVES
TREATED US LIKE GROWN MEN
1191
00:59:23,874 --> 00:59:28,243
INSTEAD OF LIKE
SPIES OR CHILDREN...
1192
00:59:28,311 --> 00:59:31,212
MILITARY GENIUSES.
1193
00:59:31,281 --> 00:59:33,815
BELIEVE ME, IN GERMANY,
1194
00:59:33,884 --> 00:59:36,484
THEY'RE WORKING FIVE
TIMES AS FAST AS WE ARE.
1195
00:59:36,553 --> 00:59:40,055
AND ONE DAY VERY SOON,
HITLER WILL DROP A BOMB ON US.
1196
00:59:40,124 --> 00:59:41,221
LEO!
1197
00:59:41,290 --> 00:59:43,691
YEAH, YEAH, ONE BOMB...
RIGHT ON CHICAGO,
1198
00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:45,960
STOP OUR WORK AND
KILL EVERYONE INVOLVED.
1199
00:59:46,029 --> 00:59:47,762
IT'S POSSIBLE BUT NOT PROBABLE.
1200
00:59:47,830 --> 00:59:49,697
YOU KNOW HITLER.
1201
00:59:49,766 --> 00:59:52,166
HE LOVES THE GRAND GESTURE, HUH?
1202
00:59:52,234 --> 00:59:55,636
CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE
THE PERFECT TIME TO DO IT.
1203
00:59:58,174 --> 01:00:00,274
BOOM.
1204
01:00:00,342 --> 01:00:01,808
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
1205
01:00:01,877 --> 01:00:03,843
NO, I DON'T WANT HIM
FIRED. I WANT HIM ARRESTED.
1206
01:00:03,912 --> 01:00:05,278
I WANT HIM LOCKED UP.
1207
01:00:05,346 --> 01:00:08,481
I WANT LEO SZILARD INTERNED
FOR AS LONG AS THE WAR LASTS.
1208
01:00:08,550 --> 01:00:11,217
I CAN'T SIGN THAT, GENERAL.
HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING.
1209
01:00:11,286 --> 01:00:14,120
THE MAN HAS ABSOLUTELY NO
SENSE OF SECURITY WHATSOEVER.
1210
01:00:14,189 --> 01:00:15,689
HE'S ALWAYS STIRRING THINGS UP,
1211
01:00:15,757 --> 01:00:18,524
WORKING EVERYONE UP INTO A
STATE OF REBELLION ALL THE TIME.
1212
01:00:18,593 --> 01:00:20,393
ONE THING WE HAVE TO
CONCERN OURSELVES WITH
1213
01:00:20,461 --> 01:00:22,028
IS HOW FAR ALONG
ARE THE GERMANS.
1214
01:00:22,097 --> 01:00:23,862
WE'RE NOT GETTING
HARD EVIDENCE THERE.
1215
01:00:23,931 --> 01:00:25,764
GENERAL...
1216
01:00:25,833 --> 01:00:29,301
ANY REASON YOU CAN'T TAKE
OVER FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, TOO?
1217
01:00:31,505 --> 01:00:32,437
NO, SIR.
1218
01:00:32,506 --> 01:00:34,606
GOOD.
1219
01:00:34,675 --> 01:00:37,042
ANYTHING ELSE WE
HAVE TO GO OVER?
1220
01:00:38,645 --> 01:00:40,746
GENTLEMEN.
1221
01:00:40,815 --> 01:00:43,948
Stimson: GENERAL.
1222
01:00:52,225 --> 01:00:53,791
Man: I DO NOT GET THE FEELING
1223
01:00:53,860 --> 01:00:56,694
GENERAL GROVES
MUCH LIKES LEO SZILARD.
1224
01:00:57,931 --> 01:00:59,197
WHAT ELSE?
1225
01:00:59,265 --> 01:01:01,966
THIS IDEA THAT
OPPENHEIMER AND FERMI HAVE
1226
01:01:02,035 --> 01:01:05,802
OF POISONING
GERMANY'S FOOD SUPPLY.
1227
01:01:05,871 --> 01:01:07,704
WHY DON'T WE JUST
SIT ON THAT, HUH?
1228
01:01:07,773 --> 01:01:09,472
OF COURSE. WHY DON'T WE?
1229
01:01:09,541 --> 01:01:12,042
OH, GENTLEMEN, COME
IN, COME IN, COME IN.
1230
01:01:12,111 --> 01:01:14,377
DR... I'M SORRY, IS IT
PRONOUNCED "GOOD-SCHMIDT"?
1231
01:01:14,446 --> 01:01:15,446
"HOUSE-SCHMIDT."
1232
01:01:15,513 --> 01:01:16,947
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SIT DOWN.
1233
01:01:17,015 --> 01:01:19,349
COLONEL PASH, NICE TO SEE YOU.
1234
01:01:19,417 --> 01:01:22,719
GENTLEMEN, I'M ASSEMBLING
AN INTELLIGENCE TEAM
1235
01:01:22,788 --> 01:01:25,055
THAT WILL ENTER EUROPE
WITH OUR INVASION FORCES.
1236
01:01:25,124 --> 01:01:26,722
THIS TEAM WILL
HAVE ONE MISSION...
1237
01:01:26,791 --> 01:01:28,590
TO DETERMINE EXACTLY
WHAT THE GERMANS KNOW
1238
01:01:28,659 --> 01:01:29,691
ABOUT THE ATOMIC BOMB
1239
01:01:29,761 --> 01:01:31,861
AND WHAT THEY INTEND TO
DO WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE.
1240
01:01:31,929 --> 01:01:33,729
DOCTOR, LET ME ASK YOU.
1241
01:01:33,798 --> 01:01:35,798
IF YOU WERE A
MEMBER OF THIS TEAM,
1242
01:01:35,867 --> 01:01:37,099
WHERE WOULD YOU START?
1243
01:01:37,168 --> 01:01:38,500
WHAT WOULD YOU LOOK FOR?
1244
01:01:38,569 --> 01:01:41,737
UH, WELL, SIR...
1245
01:01:41,806 --> 01:01:43,172
WE ARE ALWAYS TOLD
1246
01:01:43,241 --> 01:01:46,340
THAT ONLY A DOZEN PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD UNDERSTAND EINSTEIN.
1247
01:01:46,409 --> 01:01:48,977
IF FOLLOWS THAT AT
LEAST ONE OF THAT DOZEN
1248
01:01:49,045 --> 01:01:51,679
MUST BE INCLUDED IN
ANY ATOMIC-BOMB PROJECT,
1249
01:01:51,748 --> 01:01:53,114
SINCE ITS CONSTRUCTION
1250
01:01:53,183 --> 01:01:55,850
IS CLOSELY TIED UP
WITH EINSTEIN'S THEORY.
1251
01:01:55,919 --> 01:02:00,454
SO, I'D LOOK FOR
WERNER HEISENBERG.
1252
01:02:00,523 --> 01:02:01,956
YOU JUST MADE THE TEAM.
1253
01:02:02,025 --> 01:02:03,524
COLONEL PASH, I WANT YOU
1254
01:02:03,593 --> 01:02:05,493
TO BE THE MILITARY
HEAD OF THIS TEAM.
1255
01:02:05,561 --> 01:02:07,494
DOCTOR, I'D LIKE
YOU TO BE SCIENTIFIC.
1256
01:02:07,562 --> 01:02:08,762
WHEN OUR TROOPS ENTER EUROPE,
1257
01:02:08,831 --> 01:02:11,009
I EXPECT YOU BOTH TO BE RIGHT
AT THE HEAD OF THE PARADE.
1258
01:02:11,033 --> 01:02:13,600
GENERAL, I AM
FLATTERED, OF COURSE,
1259
01:02:13,669 --> 01:02:17,771
BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW I'VE NEVER
DONE ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY...
1260
01:02:17,840 --> 01:02:20,207
DOCTOR, YOU'RE EUROPEAN.
YOU SPEAK THE LANGUAGES.
1261
01:02:20,276 --> 01:02:22,876
YOU KNOW THE SCIENTISTS.
YOU EVEN KNOW ATOMIC PHYSICS.
1262
01:02:22,945 --> 01:02:25,645
YOU'RE NOT WORKING ON OUR
PROJECT, SO I CAN SPARE YOU.
1263
01:02:25,714 --> 01:02:27,881
YOU DO WANT TO HELP
YOUR ADOPTED COUNTRY,
1264
01:02:27,950 --> 01:02:28,881
DON'T YOU, DOCTOR?
1265
01:02:28,950 --> 01:02:30,917
YES, SIR, IT'S NOT THAT. IT'S...
1266
01:02:30,985 --> 01:02:32,384
I ONLY WISH I WAS
GOING WITH YOU.
1267
01:02:32,453 --> 01:02:34,821
YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE
MORE COMBAT IN THIS WAR
1268
01:02:34,889 --> 01:02:37,089
THAN COLONEL NICHOLS
AND I PUT TOGETHER.
1269
01:02:37,158 --> 01:02:39,591
WE, ON THE OTHER HAND,
MUST GO TO NEW YORK
1270
01:02:39,660 --> 01:02:41,260
TO ENTERTAIN SOME BRITISHERS,
1271
01:02:41,329 --> 01:02:43,729
WHO, IN THE SPIRIT OF
ALLIED COOPERATION,
1272
01:02:43,798 --> 01:02:45,698
HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR SERVICES
1273
01:02:45,766 --> 01:02:48,434
IN AID OF THE
BELEAGUERED COLONISTS.
1274
01:02:48,502 --> 01:02:49,434
CAREFUL, LADS.
1275
01:02:49,502 --> 01:02:50,601
REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED
1276
01:02:50,670 --> 01:02:52,470
THE LAST TIME THESE
CHAPS GAVE US A TEA PARTY.
1277
01:02:54,007 --> 01:02:57,309
WHERE EXACTLY IN AMERICA
WILL WE BE WORKING, GENERAL?
1278
01:02:57,377 --> 01:03:00,078
UH, I'D RATHER NOT SAY.
1279
01:03:02,349 --> 01:03:04,482
LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS.
1280
01:03:06,153 --> 01:03:09,454
DID I SAY SOMETHING FUNNY?
1281
01:03:09,522 --> 01:03:10,587
ON WHAT PROBLEMS
1282
01:03:10,656 --> 01:03:12,622
DO YOU IMAGINE WE COULD
BE MOST HELPFUL, SIR?
1283
01:03:12,691 --> 01:03:14,691
WE'LL TELL YOU WHATEVER
YOU NEED TO KNOW
1284
01:03:14,760 --> 01:03:16,293
WHENEVER YOU NEED TO KNOW IT.
1285
01:03:16,362 --> 01:03:18,762
GENERAL, I DON'T BELIEVE
YOU'VE MET MY COLLEAGUE.
1286
01:03:18,831 --> 01:03:20,397
DR. KLAUS FUCHS.
1287
01:03:20,466 --> 01:03:22,867
ARE YOU BRITISH, DR. FUCHS?
1288
01:03:22,935 --> 01:03:25,135
OF SOMEWHAT RECENT VINTAGE.
1289
01:03:25,204 --> 01:03:26,270
A REFUGEE FROM HITLER.
1290
01:03:26,339 --> 01:03:27,339
WHAT DO YOU DO?
1291
01:03:27,406 --> 01:03:29,539
I'M A PHYSICIST
AND THEORETICIAN.
1292
01:03:29,608 --> 01:03:31,141
WELL, WELCOME TO AMERICA.
1293
01:03:31,209 --> 01:03:32,575
THANK YOU.
1294
01:03:40,685 --> 01:03:42,485
EXCUSE ME.
1295
01:03:52,063 --> 01:03:53,461
I'M RAYMOND.
1296
01:03:53,530 --> 01:03:54,897
KLAUS FUCHS.
1297
01:03:54,965 --> 01:03:57,866
USE YOUR CODE NAME.
DIDN'T THEY TEACH YOU?
1298
01:03:59,836 --> 01:04:02,271
THERE'S A LOT OF
QUESTIONS I HAVE TO ASK YOU.
1299
01:04:02,339 --> 01:04:03,805
ARE YOU HUNGRY?
1300
01:04:03,874 --> 01:04:04,874
YEAH.
1301
01:04:04,942 --> 01:04:07,109
LET'S GET SOMETHING TO EAT.
1302
01:04:07,177 --> 01:04:09,378
MOSCOW HAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
1303
01:04:09,446 --> 01:04:11,246
♪ SILENT NIGHT ♪
1304
01:04:11,315 --> 01:04:14,916
♪ HOLY NIGHT ♪
1305
01:04:14,984 --> 01:04:18,886
♪ ALL IS CALM ♪
1306
01:04:18,955 --> 01:04:22,589
♪ ALL IS BRIGHT ♪
1307
01:04:22,658 --> 01:04:23,891
Groves: SOUNDS NICE.
1308
01:04:23,960 --> 01:04:26,760
Oppenheimer: I ALWAYS
LIKED THIS TIME OF YEAR.
1309
01:04:26,829 --> 01:04:28,930
A LITTLE FAMILY TIME.
1310
01:04:28,998 --> 01:04:32,300
MY FATHER WAS AN ARMY CHAPLAIN.
1311
01:04:32,368 --> 01:04:33,801
WE
1312
01:04:33,869 --> 01:04:36,336
WE WERE NEVER TOO MUCH ON
HAVING FUN WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
1313
01:04:36,405 --> 01:04:38,939
HE WAS A PRETTY STRICT DADDY.
1314
01:04:39,007 --> 01:04:41,074
BUT CHRISTMAS WAS SPECIAL.
1315
01:04:41,143 --> 01:04:44,544
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
1316
01:04:44,612 --> 01:04:47,280
WELL, WE ALWAYS DID
EVERYTHING AT CHRISTMAS...
1317
01:04:47,349 --> 01:04:48,681
ALWAYS DID IT TOGETHER.
1318
01:04:48,750 --> 01:04:50,350
DO YOU CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS?
1319
01:04:50,419 --> 01:04:53,586
FOR THE CHILDREN... AN
EXCUSE TO GIVE THEM PRESENTS.
1320
01:04:53,655 --> 01:04:56,155
I WASN'T SURE, YOU
BEING JEWISH AND ALL.
1321
01:04:56,223 --> 01:04:57,423
YOU HAVE A LITTLE BOY.
1322
01:04:57,491 --> 01:04:59,491
YEAH.
1323
01:04:59,560 --> 01:05:02,294
YEAH, MY BOY'S AT
WEST POINT... NATURALLY.
1324
01:05:04,065 --> 01:05:06,798
HE'S STILL GOT THREE
YEARS TO GO, THANK GOD.
1325
01:05:08,535 --> 01:05:12,304
MY LITTLE GIRL... MY LITTLE
GIRL IS NOT SO LITTLE ANYMORE.
1326
01:05:12,373 --> 01:05:15,774
SHE'S ALL GROWN UP, JUST
AS BEAUTIFUL AS SHE CAN BE.
1327
01:05:15,843 --> 01:05:18,909
I'M GONNA HAVE MY HANDS FULL
WHEN THE BOYS DISCOVER HER.
1328
01:05:18,979 --> 01:05:20,378
IS IT ROUGH ON YOUR FAMILY
1329
01:05:20,447 --> 01:05:22,947
KNOWING YOU'RE 2,000
MILES AWAY ON CHRISTMAS?
1330
01:05:23,016 --> 01:05:25,549
OH, THEY DON'T HAVE
ANY IDEA WHERE I AM...
1331
01:05:25,618 --> 01:05:27,485
WHERE I AM OR WHAT I'M DOING.
1332
01:05:27,553 --> 01:05:30,154
MY WIFE IS ARMY ALL
THE WAY, GOD BLESS HER.
1333
01:05:30,223 --> 01:05:32,290
I MEAN, SHE KNOWS
I DO SOMETHING,
1334
01:05:32,359 --> 01:05:33,824
BUT SHE'D NEVER ASK WHAT.
1335
01:05:33,893 --> 01:05:35,759
I'D NEVER TELL HER.
1336
01:05:35,828 --> 01:05:38,061
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
1337
01:05:38,130 --> 01:05:39,863
YOU MUST FIND THAT STRANGE.
1338
01:05:39,931 --> 01:05:41,098
NO.
1339
01:05:42,567 --> 01:05:45,702
YOU KNOW WHY LEO SZILARD
IS SUCH A PAIN IN THE REAR END?
1340
01:05:45,770 --> 01:05:49,072
BECAUSE HE NEVER PLAYED
BASEBALL WHEN HE WAS A KID.
1341
01:05:49,141 --> 01:05:51,508
NO, IT'S TRUE. I
REALLY BELIEVE THAT.
1342
01:05:51,576 --> 01:05:53,776
HE NEVER LEARNED
HOW TO COOPERATE,
1343
01:05:53,845 --> 01:05:55,345
HOW TO BE PART OF A TEAM.
1344
01:05:55,414 --> 01:05:57,414
SEE, THAT'S WHAT'S
DIFFERENT ABOUT YOU.
1345
01:05:57,483 --> 01:05:59,181
YOU KNOW HOW TO
WORK WITH PEOPLE.
1346
01:05:59,250 --> 01:06:01,017
THAT'S WHY WE GET ALONG SO WELL.
1347
01:06:06,057 --> 01:06:09,825
ROBERT...
1348
01:06:09,894 --> 01:06:12,728
DO YOU TRUST ME
ENOUGH TO DO ME A FAVOR
1349
01:06:12,796 --> 01:06:16,532
IF I SAID THAT IT WAS PERSONALLY
VERY IMPORTANT TO ME?
1350
01:06:16,600 --> 01:06:17,533
OF COURSE I DO.
1351
01:06:17,601 --> 01:06:18,601
IT'S A TOUGH ONE.
1352
01:06:18,669 --> 01:06:20,768
DON'T SAY YES IF
YOU DON'T MEAN IT.
1353
01:06:20,837 --> 01:06:23,538
I NEVER SAY
ANYTHING I DON'T MEAN.
1354
01:06:23,606 --> 01:06:24,872
ALL RIGHT.
1355
01:06:27,377 --> 01:06:28,910
I NEED THE NAME, ROBERT.
1356
01:06:31,614 --> 01:06:33,848
I NEED THE NAME OF THE MAN
1357
01:06:33,917 --> 01:06:38,253
WHO TOLD YOU THAT SATTERLEE
HAD A RUSSIAN CONTACT.
1358
01:06:42,558 --> 01:06:44,824
NOW, POLITICS IS ONE THING.
1359
01:06:44,893 --> 01:06:47,294
ESPIONAGE IS SOMETHING ELSE.
1360
01:06:49,231 --> 01:06:52,266
WELL, ESPIONAGE...
1361
01:06:52,334 --> 01:06:55,001
ARE YOU...
1362
01:06:55,071 --> 01:06:57,371
IF YOU ORDER ME.
1363
01:06:57,440 --> 01:06:59,739
BUT HE WAS JUST SAYING
1364
01:06:59,808 --> 01:07:02,841
THAT HE KNEW SATTERLEE
KNEW OF A WAY TO...
1365
01:07:05,313 --> 01:07:08,047
THIS ISN'T EASY FOR ME.
1366
01:07:13,321 --> 01:07:16,489
CHEVALIER. HAAKON CHEVALIER.
1367
01:07:16,558 --> 01:07:18,291
HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT?
1368
01:07:20,761 --> 01:07:25,830
H-A-A-K-O-N C-H-E-V-A-L-I-E-R.
1369
01:07:25,899 --> 01:07:29,401
WHERE WOULD I FIND HIM?
1370
01:07:29,470 --> 01:07:30,735
BERKELEY.
1371
01:07:30,804 --> 01:07:32,937
BUT I'D BET ANYTHING IN THE
WORLD HE'S NOT INVOLVED.
1372
01:07:33,006 --> 01:07:34,839
HE'S NOT THE TYPE OF
MAN... WHAT DOES HE DO?
1373
01:07:34,908 --> 01:07:37,209
IS HE A TEACHER?
1374
01:07:37,277 --> 01:07:39,111
NOT PHYSICS?
1375
01:07:39,179 --> 01:07:41,279
FRENCH.
1376
01:07:41,348 --> 01:07:42,914
ROBERT.
1377
01:07:51,290 --> 01:07:53,457
I KNOW THIS WAS
HARD FOR YOU, ROBERT.
1378
01:07:53,526 --> 01:07:57,094
BUT YOU TRUSTED ME,
AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
1379
01:07:57,163 --> 01:07:59,730
IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO ME.
1380
01:08:02,535 --> 01:08:05,735
YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.
1381
01:08:05,803 --> 01:08:10,340
♪ OH, COME LET US ADORE HIM ♪
1382
01:08:10,408 --> 01:08:14,810
♪ CHRIST THE LORD ♪
1383
01:08:41,238 --> 01:08:42,837
DAMN IT.
1384
01:08:42,906 --> 01:08:46,474
DAMN IT.
1385
01:08:46,543 --> 01:08:48,075
THAT METHOD WON'T WORK.
1386
01:08:48,144 --> 01:08:50,244
WE CAN'T GET THE
PLUTONIUM PURE ENOUGH.
1387
01:08:50,313 --> 01:08:52,246
BESIDES, THERE'S
TOO MUCH 240 IN IT.
1388
01:08:52,315 --> 01:08:54,615
WELL, PAL, YOUR
IMPLOSION THEORY'S
1389
01:08:54,684 --> 01:08:56,651
LOOKING BETTER ALL THE TIME.
1390
01:08:56,719 --> 01:08:57,985
EVERYBODY OUT.
1391
01:08:58,054 --> 01:09:00,188
OUT!
1392
01:09:10,566 --> 01:09:11,898
USE MORE MEN. WORK FASTER.
1393
01:09:11,966 --> 01:09:14,734
I NEVER WORKED WITH MORE
THAN TWO OR THREE GUYS... START.
1394
01:09:24,613 --> 01:09:28,380
OPPIE, WE THINK THAT
IMPLOSION CAN WORK.
1395
01:09:28,449 --> 01:09:29,449
DOC HAS AN IDEA.
1396
01:09:29,517 --> 01:09:31,550
IT'S REALLY RATHER
SIMPLE, SIR...
1397
01:09:31,619 --> 01:09:32,818
I MEAN, IN THEORY.
1398
01:09:32,886 --> 01:09:35,221
IN PRACTICE, IT'LL BE
FANTASTICALLY COMPLICATED.
1399
01:09:35,289 --> 01:09:40,292
YOU SEE, WE HAVE THE EXPLOSIVE.
1400
01:09:40,361 --> 01:09:42,595
AND IF YOU SURROUND
IT WITH LENSES
1401
01:09:42,663 --> 01:09:45,097
AND THEN DETONATE
THEM ALL AT ONCE...
1402
01:09:47,235 --> 01:09:49,934
YOU COULD THEORETICALLY
GET SIMULTANEOUS DETONATION
1403
01:09:50,002 --> 01:09:51,436
AND A SYMMETRICAL SHOCK WAVE.
1404
01:09:51,504 --> 01:09:53,705
WHAT DO YOU THINK, ROBERT?
1405
01:10:00,247 --> 01:10:02,680
EXPLOSIVE LENSES, HUH?
1406
01:10:06,018 --> 01:10:09,186
I THINK, UH, IT'S BRILLIANT.
1407
01:10:09,256 --> 01:10:11,622
BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT
WORK. THANK YOU.
1408
01:10:11,690 --> 01:10:13,590
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
1409
01:10:13,659 --> 01:10:16,760
THANK YOU.
1410
01:10:16,828 --> 01:10:19,763
OH, IT'S LIKE STARTING
OVER FROM SCRATCH, ISN'T IT?
1411
01:10:19,831 --> 01:10:21,097
I'M AFRAID SO, ROBERT.
1412
01:10:21,166 --> 01:10:25,135
WELL, WE'RE GONNA NEED
NEW TEAMS AND WORKSHOPS,
1413
01:10:25,203 --> 01:10:27,871
MACHINING, MOLDING EQUIPMENT,
1414
01:10:27,939 --> 01:10:31,374
AND HUNDREDS OF
SKILLED, NEW MEN...
1415
01:10:31,442 --> 01:10:36,679
UH, 400, 600... WITH
HOUSING FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
1416
01:10:38,483 --> 01:10:40,816
EVERYTHING ELSE WAS
JUST DRESS REHEARSAL
1417
01:10:40,885 --> 01:10:42,017
FOR THIS, WASN'T IT?
1418
01:10:42,086 --> 01:10:45,120
AMATEUR HOUR.
1419
01:10:45,189 --> 01:10:47,590
ALL RIGHT.
1420
01:10:47,659 --> 01:10:50,259
NIEDERMAYER OBVIOUSLY
CAN'T HANDLE IT.
1421
01:10:50,328 --> 01:10:53,328
WHO'S THE BEST
THEORETICIAN TO WORK ON THIS?
1422
01:10:58,802 --> 01:11:00,702
LET'S GET A LOOK.
1423
01:11:15,584 --> 01:11:17,384
I HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE, SETH.
1424
01:11:17,453 --> 01:11:20,153
I'M BRINGING IN 600 NEW
MEN TO WORK ON IMPLOSION.
1425
01:11:20,222 --> 01:11:22,222
WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE?
1426
01:11:22,291 --> 01:11:23,657
KISTIAKOWSKY.
1427
01:11:26,629 --> 01:11:28,195
LIKE THAT, HUH?
1428
01:11:31,900 --> 01:11:33,900
SWELL, THANKS A LOT.
1429
01:11:33,969 --> 01:11:34,969
SETH.
1430
01:11:35,036 --> 01:11:38,204
SETH!
1431
01:11:55,556 --> 01:11:57,389
Man: MOVE IT OUT! MOVE IT OUT!
1432
01:12:10,738 --> 01:12:12,838
FREEZE IT RIGHT THERE, HANS!
1433
01:12:23,916 --> 01:12:28,051
GOUDSMIT? SAMUEL GOUDSMIT?
1434
01:12:31,624 --> 01:12:34,992
ANY EXPERIENCES WITH PLUTONIUM?
1435
01:12:35,060 --> 01:12:38,428
NO, WE HAD NO FACTORIES TO
MAKE URANIUM OR PLUTONIUM.
1436
01:12:38,497 --> 01:12:40,864
WE HAD NO URANIUM
BURNERS, NOTHING.
1437
01:12:40,932 --> 01:12:42,098
WE NEVER STARTED.
1438
01:12:42,166 --> 01:12:43,600
THE ABILITY WE HAD,
THE MEN WE HAD,
1439
01:12:43,668 --> 01:12:45,201
BUT THE RESOURCES...
THOSE WE DID NOT.
1440
01:12:45,270 --> 01:12:46,836
WHAT?! NO RESOURCES.
1441
01:12:46,905 --> 01:12:47,970
WHY WAS THAT?
1442
01:12:48,039 --> 01:12:49,572
REICHSMINISTER SPIER.
1443
01:12:49,641 --> 01:12:52,174
WE TOLD HIM TWO YEARS AGO WE
WERE READY TO MAKE THE BOMB.
1444
01:12:52,243 --> 01:12:54,644
ALL HE WAS INTERESTED IN
WAS ATOMIC ENERGY FOR POWER.
1445
01:12:54,713 --> 01:12:56,979
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT WAS
SO MUCH EASIER AND QUICKER.
1446
01:12:57,048 --> 01:12:58,514
EVERYTHING HAD TO BE SO QUICK.
1447
01:12:58,582 --> 01:13:00,682
DO YOU REMEMBER AN
ORDER FROM HITLER IN 1942
1448
01:13:00,751 --> 01:13:02,684
BEARING ON THIS
DECISION NOT TO PROCEED?
1449
01:13:02,753 --> 01:13:05,987
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH,
YEAH. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
1450
01:13:06,056 --> 01:13:08,857
"START NO PROJECTS
WHICH DOES NOT GUARANTEE
1451
01:13:08,926 --> 01:13:11,693
WEAPONS READY FOR
FIELD USE IN SIX WEEKS."
1452
01:13:11,762 --> 01:13:12,928
SIX WEEKS.
1453
01:13:12,996 --> 01:13:15,798
OUR FUHRER, THE GENIUS,
SO SURE OF THE FINAL VICTORY.
1454
01:13:15,866 --> 01:13:18,066
WHY BOTHER? I MEAN,
WHO ARE WE FIGHTING?
1455
01:13:18,135 --> 01:13:19,366
SHOPKEEPERS, FARMERS.
1456
01:13:19,436 --> 01:13:21,536
YOU SEE, WE WERE
NOT THE ONLY ONES
1457
01:13:21,604 --> 01:13:23,037
WHO NEEDED THE RESOURCES.
1458
01:13:23,105 --> 01:13:24,672
THERE WERE OTHERS, AS WELL.
1459
01:13:24,741 --> 01:13:27,141
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING
THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT
1460
01:13:27,209 --> 01:13:28,375
FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
1461
01:13:28,445 --> 01:13:30,878
WE DID NOT ALL
WANT TO COOPERATE.
1462
01:13:30,947 --> 01:13:33,714
WE DID NOT WANT
HITLER TO GET THE BOMB.
1463
01:13:33,783 --> 01:13:36,551
I REMEMBER SCHUMANN, WHO
SAID... A VERY BAD PHYSICIST.
1464
01:13:36,619 --> 01:13:38,118
YEAH, BUT A GOOD TECHNICIAN.
1465
01:13:38,187 --> 01:13:42,255
SCHUMANN SAID, "NEVER BREATH
A WORD ABOUT ATOMIC BOMB
1466
01:13:42,324 --> 01:13:43,389
"TO THE HIGHER-UPS.
1467
01:13:43,459 --> 01:13:45,959
"IF THE FUHRER HEARS
OF IT, HE WILL SAY,
1468
01:13:46,027 --> 01:13:49,162
"'OH, WELL, HOW MUCH TIME
DO YOU NEED... SIX MONTHS?
1469
01:13:49,230 --> 01:13:52,466
THEN, IF WE DO NOT HAVE
ATOMIC BOMB IN SIX MONTHS..."
1470
01:14:06,848 --> 01:14:09,448
WALK AWAY FOR A BIT,
WILL YOU, PLEASE, SOLDIER?
1471
01:14:09,517 --> 01:14:11,283
STILL, THERE IS
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
1472
01:14:11,352 --> 01:14:13,051
THERE ARE NOT MAKING THE BOMB.
1473
01:14:13,120 --> 01:14:14,219
THEY NEVER EVEN STARTED.
1474
01:14:14,288 --> 01:14:16,054
ARE YOU SURE? THAT
COULD BE A TRICK.
1475
01:14:16,123 --> 01:14:18,223
WE HAVE PURCHASE ORDERS,
EMPLOYMENT FIGURES,
1476
01:14:18,292 --> 01:14:19,825
ACQUISITIONS FEES, EVERYTHING.
1477
01:14:19,894 --> 01:14:21,159
THESE ARE THEIR TOP PEOPLE.
1478
01:14:21,228 --> 01:14:23,394
YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON
1479
01:14:23,463 --> 01:14:24,696
FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
1480
01:14:24,764 --> 01:14:27,331
AIN'T THAT GONNA MAKE THEM
HAPPY DOWN ON THE FARM IN D.C.?
1481
01:14:27,400 --> 01:14:28,933
YOU KNOW WHAT'S WONDERFUL?
1482
01:14:29,002 --> 01:14:30,969
THE GERMANS HAVE NO ATOM BOMB.
1483
01:14:31,037 --> 01:14:33,004
NOW WE WON'T HAVE TO USE OURS.
1484
01:14:33,072 --> 01:14:36,508
SAM, YOU UNDERSTAND, IF WE'VE
GOT A BOMB, WE'RE GONNA USE IT.
1485
01:14:42,148 --> 01:14:44,515
Dr. Szilard: IT'S AMAZING...
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
1486
01:14:44,583 --> 01:14:48,685
WE WERE SO SURE THE GERMANS
WERE BUILDING THE BOMB.
1487
01:14:48,754 --> 01:14:51,922
THAT THEY ARE NOT
CHANGES EVERYTHING.
1488
01:14:54,126 --> 01:14:56,627
WHY WERE WE BUILDING THE
BOMB IN THE FIRST PLACE, HUH?
1489
01:14:56,695 --> 01:14:57,761
FOR ONE REASON...
1490
01:14:57,830 --> 01:15:00,463
TO PREVENT THEM FROM
DROPPING THE BOMB ON US.
1491
01:15:00,533 --> 01:15:03,500
WE WERE BUILDING THE BOMB
SO IT WOULD NOT BE USED.
1492
01:15:06,203 --> 01:15:08,704
YOU SEE...
1493
01:15:08,773 --> 01:15:11,206
IF WE STARTED THIS
TO PREVENT THEM
1494
01:15:11,275 --> 01:15:13,609
FROM DROPPING THE BOMB ON US...
1495
01:15:15,947 --> 01:15:18,247
AS MEN OF CONSCIENCE,
1496
01:15:18,315 --> 01:15:20,850
WE MUST NOW PREVENT AMERICA
1497
01:15:20,919 --> 01:15:23,452
FROM DROPPING THE
BOMB ON SOMEONE ELSE.
1498
01:15:25,355 --> 01:15:27,055
Groves: TWO YEARS.
1499
01:15:27,123 --> 01:15:29,323
TWO YEARS AND $2 BILLION.
1500
01:15:29,392 --> 01:15:31,726
100,000 PEOPLE ON THE
PAYROLL IN 16 STATES,
1501
01:15:31,795 --> 01:15:33,261
AND THE WHOLE SHOOTING MATCH
1502
01:15:33,329 --> 01:15:35,196
DEPENDS ON A
COUPLE OF SCREWBALLS
1503
01:15:35,265 --> 01:15:37,599
PLAYING IN THE SAND
WITH A BIG FIRECRACKER.
1504
01:15:37,668 --> 01:15:40,368
HECK, I'M THE LEAST PESSIMISTIC
MAN YOU'LL EVER MEET.
1505
01:15:40,437 --> 01:15:42,303
BUT AFTER ALL THE
CORNERS I'VE CUT
1506
01:15:42,372 --> 01:15:44,172
AND ALL THE TOES
I'VE STEPPED ON,
1507
01:15:44,240 --> 01:15:45,607
IF THIS THING DOESN'T WORK,
1508
01:15:45,676 --> 01:15:48,208
I MIGHT JUST AS WELL BUY
A HOUSE ON CAPITOL HILL.
1509
01:15:48,277 --> 01:15:49,777
I'M GONNA SPEND
THE REST OF MY LIFE
1510
01:15:49,845 --> 01:15:51,712
TESTIFYING BEFORE A
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
1511
01:15:54,784 --> 01:15:55,983
IF THIS THING WORKS,
1512
01:15:56,052 --> 01:15:58,185
IF THAT PIPE STAYS IN ONE
NICE, SMOOTH PIECE, SETH,
1513
01:15:58,253 --> 01:15:59,987
SO WE CAN FINALLY
BUILD THIS THING,
1514
01:16:00,056 --> 01:16:02,389
I'M STILL GONNA GIVE YOU
THAT BOTTLE OF WHISKEY.
1515
01:16:04,794 --> 01:16:06,827
EVERYBODY READY?
1516
01:16:52,371 --> 01:16:55,239
Groves: I'VE BEEN WITH THIS
THING LONGER THAN ANYBODY...
1517
01:16:55,307 --> 01:16:56,974
2 1/2 YEARS NOW.
1518
01:16:57,043 --> 01:17:01,411
I JUST WANT TO TELL
YOU HOW I FEEL, GENERAL.
1519
01:17:03,249 --> 01:17:04,982
NOW, I REALIZE THE
WAR AGAINST GERMANY
1520
01:17:05,051 --> 01:17:06,751
MAY BE OVER BEFORE
WE'RE READY TO GO,
1521
01:17:06,819 --> 01:17:09,687
BUT I THINK JAPAN IS A BETTER
TARGET FOR US ANYWAY,
1522
01:17:09,756 --> 01:17:10,987
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
1523
01:17:11,056 --> 01:17:13,222
IF WE DID DROP THE
GADGET ON GERMANY,
1524
01:17:13,291 --> 01:17:15,625
SUPPOSE IT DIDN'T GO OFF?
1525
01:17:15,694 --> 01:17:17,493
AND THE GERMANS...
1526
01:17:17,562 --> 01:17:19,663
THE GERMANS MIGHT
BE ABLE TO RECOVER IT.
1527
01:17:19,731 --> 01:17:22,165
THEY COULD USE IT AS A
MODEL TO BUILD THEIR OWN.
1528
01:17:22,233 --> 01:17:24,034
THE JAPANESE
COULD NEVER DO THAT.
1529
01:17:24,102 --> 01:17:26,903
ALSO, THE JAPANESE
USE WOOD AND PAPER
1530
01:17:26,972 --> 01:17:29,372
IN THEIR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
1531
01:17:29,440 --> 01:17:32,541
OUR BOMBS WOULD BE MUCH
MORE EFFECTIVE AGAINST JAPAN.
1532
01:17:34,411 --> 01:17:36,244
IN ANY CASE, WE NEED TO START
1533
01:17:36,313 --> 01:17:38,681
PLANNING BOMBING
OPERATIONS RIGHT AWAY.
1534
01:17:41,852 --> 01:17:45,387
DON'T LIKE TO GET TOO MANY
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS.
1535
01:17:45,455 --> 01:17:48,490
ANY REASON YOU CAN'T
HANDLE THIS YOURSELF?
1536
01:17:51,729 --> 01:17:53,394
NO, SIR.
1537
01:17:53,462 --> 01:17:54,729
I'D BE GLAD TO.
1538
01:17:57,100 --> 01:18:00,568
PROFESSOR, THERE ARE SO
MANY THINGS I CANNOT TELL YOU,
1539
01:18:00,636 --> 01:18:03,137
THINGS I CANNOT TELL
TRUDE OR ANYONE.
1540
01:18:03,206 --> 01:18:05,740
BUT YOU MUST KNOW, WE
ARE NO LONGER CONCERNED
1541
01:18:05,809 --> 01:18:07,842
WITH WHAT GERMANY
MIGHT DO WITH US.
1542
01:18:07,911 --> 01:18:10,411
WE ARE CONCERNED WITH
WHAT THE UNITED STATES
1543
01:18:10,479 --> 01:18:12,213
WILL DO WITH OTHER COUNTRIES.
1544
01:18:12,281 --> 01:18:15,115
AND I'M NOT SPEAKING NOW
ABOUT THE MORAL QUESTIONS,
1545
01:18:15,184 --> 01:18:19,152
THE WAVE OF REVULSION AND
HORROR THAT WILL SWEEP THE WORLD.
1546
01:18:19,221 --> 01:18:21,487
ONLY THAT IF WE DROP THE BOMB,
1547
01:18:21,556 --> 01:18:25,592
AN ARMS RACE WILL HAVE STARTED,
AND WE WILL HAVE STARTED IT.
1548
01:18:25,660 --> 01:18:28,328
IN A FEW YEARS, WE
WILL BE AHEAD OF RUSSIA.
1549
01:18:28,396 --> 01:18:30,764
THEN WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ROCKETS,
1550
01:18:30,833 --> 01:18:33,867
IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO
DROP ATOMIC BOMBS ON CITIES
1551
01:18:33,936 --> 01:18:35,234
FROM GREAT DISTANCES.
1552
01:18:35,302 --> 01:18:36,635
IN THE EVENT OF A WAR,
1553
01:18:36,704 --> 01:18:39,905
ALL OUR MAJOR CITIES WOULD
VANISH WITHIN A FEW HOURS.
1554
01:18:39,974 --> 01:18:42,541
YEAH, YEAH.
1555
01:18:43,778 --> 01:18:46,078
WE HAVE NO INFLUENCE
WITH ROOSEVELT.
1556
01:18:46,147 --> 01:18:48,313
WOULD YOU WRITE
ANOTHER LETTER...
1557
01:18:48,382 --> 01:18:51,117
TELL HIM THESE THINGS
AND ASK HIM TO SEE ME?
1558
01:18:51,185 --> 01:18:52,952
OF COURSE I WILL.
1559
01:18:53,020 --> 01:18:54,220
THANK YOU.
1560
01:18:54,288 --> 01:18:57,756
THE TEST TOWER'S GONNA
BE DOWN WHERE GEORGE IS.
1561
01:18:57,824 --> 01:19:01,459
WEATHER SHACK OVER THERE
AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
1562
01:19:01,527 --> 01:19:05,263
WHERE IS THE CONTROL
CENTER GOING TO BE?
1563
01:19:05,331 --> 01:19:07,165
OVER THERE, ABOUT FIVE MILES.
1564
01:19:07,234 --> 01:19:09,200
THAT SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH, HUH?
1565
01:19:09,269 --> 01:19:12,170
THAT'S WHERE YOU AND I ARE
GONNA BE WATCHING FROM.
1566
01:19:12,239 --> 01:19:14,305
SORRY I'M LATE.
1567
01:19:14,374 --> 01:19:15,874
WE ARE JUST READING THE LETTER
1568
01:19:15,942 --> 01:19:17,908
LEO AND EINSTEIN ARE
GIVING TO ROOSEVELT.
1569
01:19:19,478 --> 01:19:22,179
NICE TO SEE YOU.
1570
01:19:22,248 --> 01:19:25,382
Man: Just announced that
President Roosevelt is dead.
1571
01:19:25,450 --> 01:19:27,717
The President died of
a cerebral hemorrhage.
1572
01:19:27,787 --> 01:19:30,320
All is we know so far is
that the President died...
1573
01:19:30,389 --> 01:19:33,490
TRUDE, WHAT DID THEY SAY?
1574
01:19:33,558 --> 01:19:37,260
HE'S DEAD.
1575
01:19:37,328 --> 01:19:39,295
THEY JUST SAID THAT
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS DEAD.
1576
01:19:39,363 --> 01:19:41,898
The President died of
a cerebral hemorrhage.
1577
01:19:41,966 --> 01:19:43,266
All we know so far
1578
01:19:43,334 --> 01:19:46,135
is that the President died
at Warm Springs in Georgia.
1579
01:19:46,204 --> 01:19:48,437
THANKS.
1580
01:19:48,506 --> 01:19:50,106
ADMIRAL LEAHY,
1581
01:19:50,175 --> 01:19:53,075
YOU WERE PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT'S CHIEF OF STAFF.
1582
01:19:53,144 --> 01:19:55,211
I'D LIKE YOU TO SAY ON AS MINE.
1583
01:19:55,280 --> 01:19:56,779
I WANT THE TRUTH.
1584
01:19:56,848 --> 01:19:59,514
I WANT THE FACTS AT ALL TIMES.
1585
01:19:59,582 --> 01:20:01,316
YOU HAVE MY PLEDGE,
MR. PRESIDENT.
1586
01:20:01,384 --> 01:20:02,384
THANK YOU.
1587
01:20:02,452 --> 01:20:03,852
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME.
1588
01:20:03,921 --> 01:20:05,053
YES, SIR.
1589
01:20:09,860 --> 01:20:14,029
AIN'T THIS THE DAMNDEST
AWFUL THING, JIMMY?
1590
01:20:20,102 --> 01:20:26,173
THERE IS ONE FACT
WE BOTH KNOW...
1591
01:20:26,242 --> 01:20:29,877
THAT YOU'RE MORE QUALIFIED
TO BE HERE THAN I AM.
1592
01:20:29,946 --> 01:20:31,812
I WAS HIS VICE PRESIDENT.
1593
01:20:31,881 --> 01:20:33,113
BUT YOU'RE THE MAN
1594
01:20:33,182 --> 01:20:35,983
THE COUNTRY CALLED
"ASSISTANT PRESIDENT."
1595
01:20:38,087 --> 01:20:40,386
NOW I NEED YOU TO HELP ME.
1596
01:20:40,455 --> 01:20:43,356
YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE GOT TO KNOW
1597
01:20:43,424 --> 01:20:46,926
ABOUT DEALING WITH STALIN
AND THE RUSSIANS AND...
1598
01:20:48,263 --> 01:20:52,498
EVERYTHING ELSE.
1599
01:20:52,567 --> 01:20:54,901
I WANT YOU TO BE MY
SECRETARY OF STATE.
1600
01:20:54,970 --> 01:20:56,369
WILL YOU DO THAT FOR ME?
1601
01:20:56,437 --> 01:20:58,804
YES, I WILL, HARRY.
1602
01:20:58,874 --> 01:21:00,539
THAT'S FINE.
1603
01:21:00,608 --> 01:21:02,374
I WILL. I'LL DO IT.
1604
01:21:02,442 --> 01:21:04,943
THANK YOU.
1605
01:21:05,012 --> 01:21:07,145
ALL RIGHT.
1606
01:21:07,214 --> 01:21:10,415
MR. PRESIDENT, THE FIRST
THING YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW
1607
01:21:10,484 --> 01:21:12,985
IS THAT WE'RE
PERFECTING AN EXPLOSIVE
1608
01:21:13,053 --> 01:21:15,754
GREAT ENOUGH TO
DESTROY THE WHOLE WORLD,
1609
01:21:15,822 --> 01:21:18,891
WIPE OUT ENTIRE
CITIES AND PEOPLE
1610
01:21:18,959 --> 01:21:21,226
ON AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE.
1611
01:21:21,295 --> 01:21:23,995
AND THIS PUTS THE UNITED
STATES INTO A POSITION
1612
01:21:24,063 --> 01:21:28,065
OF DICTATING ITS OWN
TERMS AT THE END OF THE WAR.
1613
01:21:33,940 --> 01:21:35,773
Groves: LOOK AT
THIS. LOOK AT THIS.
1614
01:21:35,841 --> 01:21:37,541
I GO TO WASHINGTON
FOR TWO WEEKS,
1615
01:21:37,610 --> 01:21:38,709
AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.
1616
01:21:38,778 --> 01:21:40,945
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AND
TOTALLY INEXCUSABLE.
1617
01:21:41,014 --> 01:21:42,780
IT'S SUNDAY,
GENERAL, DAY OF REST.
1618
01:21:42,848 --> 01:21:44,747
I DON'T GIVE A DAMN
IF IT'S A SUNDAY.
1619
01:21:44,816 --> 01:21:47,583
I WOULDN'T CARE IF WE WERE
BURIED UNDER SIX FEET OF SNOW.
1620
01:21:47,652 --> 01:21:49,986
BUT WE'LL HAVE A FULL
CREW WORKING NEXT SUNDAY,
1621
01:21:50,055 --> 01:21:53,456
AND EVERY SUNDAY UNTIL
THIS TOWER IS FINISHED.
1622
01:21:53,525 --> 01:21:56,893
WHEN YOU'RE READY TO
TEST, WE'LL BE READY FOR YOU.
1623
01:21:56,962 --> 01:21:58,295
I PROMISE YOU THAT.
1624
01:21:58,363 --> 01:21:59,862
GOOD.
1625
01:21:59,932 --> 01:22:02,565
ROBERT.
1626
01:22:02,634 --> 01:22:04,733
DON'T YOU EVER WORRY
1627
01:22:04,802 --> 01:22:07,669
THE WAR WILL BE OVER BEFORE
THE BOMB IS READY TO DROP?
1628
01:22:21,419 --> 01:22:24,586
BEFORE GENERAL GROVES
GETS HERE, MR. PRESIDENT,
1629
01:22:24,655 --> 01:22:27,255
I'VE PUT SOME THOUGHTS
DOWN ON PAPER.
1630
01:22:27,324 --> 01:22:29,057
JUST GO AHEAD AND TELL ME.
1631
01:22:29,125 --> 01:22:31,259
IT'S ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY
1632
01:22:31,328 --> 01:22:34,628
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THIS MOST TERRIBLE WEAPON,
1633
01:22:34,697 --> 01:22:38,599
BY WHICH MODERN CIVILIZATION
COULD BE COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
1634
01:22:38,668 --> 01:22:40,901
BUT, ON THE OTHER
HAND, IF THE PROBLEM
1635
01:22:40,971 --> 01:22:43,671
OF THE PROPER USE OF
THIS WEAPON CAN BE SOLVED,
1636
01:22:43,739 --> 01:22:46,606
WHY, WE'LL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE WORLD PEACE
1637
01:22:46,675 --> 01:22:48,108
AND OUR CIVILIZATION.
1638
01:22:48,177 --> 01:22:49,309
THANK YOU.
1639
01:22:49,378 --> 01:22:51,778
GOOD AFTERNOON,
MR. PRESIDENT, MR. SECRETARY.
1640
01:22:51,847 --> 01:22:52,779
HAVE A SEAT.
1641
01:22:52,848 --> 01:22:54,348
THANK YOU, SIR. SORRY I'M LATE.
1642
01:22:54,416 --> 01:22:57,484
I THOUGHT IF ANYBODY SAW ME
WALK IN HERE WITH THE SECRETARY,
1643
01:22:57,552 --> 01:22:59,252
THEY MIGHT PUT 2 AND 2 TOGETHER.
1644
01:22:59,321 --> 01:23:02,089
SECRETARY STIMSON WAS
JUST CATCHING ME UP. YES, SIR.
1645
01:23:02,157 --> 01:23:04,691
WELL, I'VE PREPARED A VERY
DETAILED REPORT FOR YOU,
1646
01:23:04,759 --> 01:23:06,793
COVERING EVERY
ASPECT... HOW LONG IS IT?
1647
01:23:06,862 --> 01:23:09,095
24 PAGES.
1648
01:23:09,163 --> 01:23:11,964
I DON'T LIKE TO
READ LONG REPORTS.
1649
01:23:13,901 --> 01:23:16,035
WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW
WE CAN TELL YOU THIS
1650
01:23:16,104 --> 01:23:18,270
IN ANY MORE CONCISE
LANGUAGE, MR. PRESIDENT.
1651
01:23:18,339 --> 01:23:20,473
THIS IS A BIG PROJECT. MM-HMM.
1652
01:23:20,541 --> 01:23:23,242
YOU JUST TELL ME
WHAT I HAVE TO KNOW.
1653
01:23:25,579 --> 01:23:28,380
ALL RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT.
1654
01:23:28,448 --> 01:23:29,814
SOMETIME IN EARLY JULY,
1655
01:23:29,883 --> 01:23:32,517
OUR SCIENTIFIC PEOPLE WILL BE
TESTING AN IMPLOSION WEAPON
1656
01:23:32,585 --> 01:23:34,652
AT ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO.
1657
01:23:34,721 --> 01:23:37,422
AROUND AUGUST 1st,
1658
01:23:37,491 --> 01:23:41,059
A URANIUM BOMB CALLED
"LITTLE BOY" SHOULD BE READY.
1659
01:23:41,128 --> 01:23:43,294
IT WON'T NEED ANY TESTING.
1660
01:23:43,363 --> 01:23:45,096
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS
1661
01:23:45,165 --> 01:23:49,299
OF SELECTING SPECIFIC
TARGETS IN JAPAN RIGHT NOW.
1662
01:23:49,368 --> 01:23:51,368
THAT'S THE STORY.
1663
01:23:51,437 --> 01:23:54,471
ALL RIGHT.
1664
01:23:54,540 --> 01:23:56,140
YOUR PRESENT COURSE IS SOUND.
1665
01:23:56,208 --> 01:23:57,908
CONTINUE ON AS YOU'RE DOING NOW.
1666
01:23:57,976 --> 01:23:59,876
YES, SIR.
1667
01:23:59,945 --> 01:24:04,014
MR. PRESIDENT, THERE
WILL BE VARIOUS QUESTIONS
1668
01:24:04,083 --> 01:24:06,517
ABOUT THE HANDLING
OF THE BOMB...
1669
01:24:06,585 --> 01:24:10,153
POLITICAL, SCIENTIFIC,
DIPLOMATIC.
1670
01:24:10,221 --> 01:24:13,622
MAY I RESPECTFULLY RECOMMEND
THAT YOU ASSEMBLE A COMMITTEE
1671
01:24:13,691 --> 01:24:15,824
OF MILITARY AND
SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS
1672
01:24:15,893 --> 01:24:18,661
TO STUDY THESE MATTERS
AND REPORT BACK TO YOU?
1673
01:24:18,729 --> 01:24:19,995
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
1674
01:24:20,065 --> 01:24:22,765
JUST MAKE SURE THAT
SECRETARY OF STATE JIMMY BYRNES
1675
01:24:22,833 --> 01:24:24,233
IS ON THAT COMMITTEE.
1676
01:24:24,302 --> 01:24:26,835
YES, SIR.
1677
01:24:26,904 --> 01:24:30,273
Pres. Truman: I ONLY WISH
THAT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
1678
01:24:30,341 --> 01:24:32,541
HAD LIVED TO WITNESS THIS DAY.
1679
01:24:32,609 --> 01:24:37,045
GENERAL EISENHOWER INFORMS
ME THAT THE FORCES OF GERMANY
1680
01:24:37,114 --> 01:24:39,614
HAVE SURRENDERED
TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
1681
01:25:00,669 --> 01:25:01,935
WHAT HAPPENS NOW, OPPIE?
1682
01:25:02,004 --> 01:25:04,037
WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"WHAT HAPPENS NOW?"
1683
01:25:04,107 --> 01:25:05,172
HERE, WITH THE BOMB,
1684
01:25:05,241 --> 01:25:07,408
WITH US, NOW THAT
GERMANY SURRENDERED.
1685
01:25:07,477 --> 01:25:09,443
WELL, THERE'S
STILL A WAR ON, BOB.
1686
01:25:09,512 --> 01:25:12,379
JAPAN HASN'T SURRENDERED.
1687
01:25:12,448 --> 01:25:13,646
A BUNCH OF US HAVE BEEN...
1688
01:25:13,715 --> 01:25:15,415
WELL, TO COME
STRAIGHT OUT WITH IT,
1689
01:25:15,484 --> 01:25:18,184
WE DON'T MUST LIKE THE IDEA
OF DROPPING IT ON JAPAN, OPPIE.
1690
01:25:18,253 --> 01:25:20,686
THEY'RE NO REAL THREAT TO US.
1691
01:25:20,755 --> 01:25:22,355
THEY NEVER WERE
AN ATOMIC THREAT.
1692
01:25:22,424 --> 01:25:24,190
WE DON'T NEED THE
BOMB TO BEAT JAPAN.
1693
01:25:24,259 --> 01:25:25,791
WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
1694
01:25:25,860 --> 01:25:28,294
WE'RE SCIENTISTS, NOT SOLDIERS.
1695
01:25:28,363 --> 01:25:30,930
I DO KNOW THERE
ARE ALTERNATIVES.
1696
01:25:30,999 --> 01:25:34,399
ONE I'VE BEEN GIVING SOME REAL
THOUGHT TO IS A DEMONSTRATION.
1697
01:25:34,468 --> 01:25:36,668
INVITE THE JAPANESE
TO SEE THE TEST.
1698
01:25:36,737 --> 01:25:39,704
LET THEM SEE WHAT'LL HAPPEN
IF THEY DON'T SURRENDER.
1699
01:25:39,773 --> 01:25:41,340
LOOK, NOBODY KNOWS THIS YET,
1700
01:25:41,408 --> 01:25:43,542
BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS JUST
PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE
1701
01:25:43,611 --> 01:25:45,244
TO ADVISE HIM ON
THE USE OF THE BOMB,
1702
01:25:45,312 --> 01:25:46,645
AND I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SERVE.
1703
01:25:46,713 --> 01:25:49,148
I PROMISE YOU THAT WILL
BE ONE OF THE OPTIONS
1704
01:25:49,216 --> 01:25:50,315
WE EXPLORE IN DEPTH.
1705
01:25:50,384 --> 01:25:53,018
AND EVEN THOUGH I CANNOT
GUARANTEE THE RESULTS,
1706
01:25:53,086 --> 01:25:54,520
WELL, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL,
1707
01:25:54,588 --> 01:25:56,320
AND YOU KNOW WE'LL BE HEARD.
1708
01:25:56,389 --> 01:25:57,655
FAIR ENOUGH?
1709
01:26:01,127 --> 01:26:02,993
Groves: SURE, I
KNOW SOME OF THEM
1710
01:26:03,062 --> 01:26:05,296
DON'T WANT TO USE
THE BOMB AGAINST JAPAN.
1711
01:26:05,365 --> 01:26:07,798
SAME THING AS CHICAGO.
IT'S WORSE IN CHICAGO.
1712
01:26:09,835 --> 01:26:12,870
NOW, LISTEN, ROBERT...
1713
01:26:12,938 --> 01:26:14,238
I'M NOT A PREJUDICED MAN.
1714
01:26:14,307 --> 01:26:16,339
YOU KNOW THAT.
1715
01:26:16,408 --> 01:26:17,541
I'VE PUT A LOT OF JEWS
1716
01:26:17,609 --> 01:26:19,809
INTO POSITIONS OF
AUTHORITY ON THIS PROJECT,
1717
01:26:19,878 --> 01:26:21,878
AS YOU SHOULD KNOW
BETTER THAN ANYONE,
1718
01:26:21,946 --> 01:26:23,980
AND THE FACT IS THAT
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
1719
01:26:24,049 --> 01:26:26,949
WHO ARE MAKING NOISE ABOUT
NOT USING THE BOMB AGAINST JAPAN
1720
01:26:27,018 --> 01:26:29,018
ARE JEWS WHO CAME
TO THIS COUNTRY
1721
01:26:29,087 --> 01:26:30,987
TO ESCAPE HITLER'S PERSECUTION.
1722
01:26:31,056 --> 01:26:33,890
TO THEM, HITLER IS THE ONE
REAL ENEMY OF THIS WAR.
1723
01:26:33,958 --> 01:26:35,625
WELL, NOW HITLER'S DEAD.
1724
01:26:35,694 --> 01:26:37,125
GERMANY'S DESTROYED.
1725
01:26:37,195 --> 01:26:40,462
AS FAR AS THEY'RE
CONCERNED, THEIR WAR IS OVER.
1726
01:26:40,531 --> 01:26:43,199
ROBERT...
1727
01:26:43,267 --> 01:26:45,434
OUR WAR IS NOT OVER.
1728
01:26:48,673 --> 01:26:49,905
AH, COLONEL TIBBETS.
1729
01:26:49,973 --> 01:26:51,907
HAVE YOU MET CAPTAIN PARSONS?
1730
01:26:51,975 --> 01:26:52,908
PAUL TIBBETS.
1731
01:26:52,976 --> 01:26:54,743
DEKE PARSONS,
HEAD ORDNANCE UNIT.
1732
01:26:54,812 --> 01:26:57,580
I'VE BEEN TOLD I'LL BE FLYING
THE PLANE WITH THE BOMB.
1733
01:26:57,648 --> 01:26:59,013
I'LL BE GOING WITH YOU.
1734
01:26:59,082 --> 01:27:00,315
I'LL BE ARMING THE BOMB.
1735
01:27:00,383 --> 01:27:01,616
GOOD.
1736
01:27:01,685 --> 01:27:04,252
THEN IF ANYTHING GOES
WRONG, CAPTAIN, I CAN BLAME YOU.
1737
01:27:04,321 --> 01:27:05,820
ANYTHING GOES WRONG, COLONEL,
1738
01:27:05,888 --> 01:27:08,223
NEITHER OF US WILL BE
AROUND TO BE BLAMED.
1739
01:27:08,291 --> 01:27:10,391
ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN,
LET'S GET STARTED.
1740
01:27:10,460 --> 01:27:11,892
WE'VE GOT A LOT TO DO.
1741
01:27:11,961 --> 01:27:14,361
YOU'RE HERE TO HELP ME SELECT
THE BEST TARGET CITIES IN JAPAN
1742
01:27:14,397 --> 01:27:15,597
FOR THE MISSION.
1743
01:27:15,665 --> 01:27:18,266
SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO
LOOK AT KYOTO, HIROSHIMA,
1744
01:27:18,335 --> 01:27:20,133
NAGASAKI, AND YOKOHAMA.
1745
01:27:22,605 --> 01:27:25,272
MATT CONNELLY WAS A
LITTLE SUSPICIOUS AT FIRST,
1746
01:27:25,341 --> 01:27:28,108
'CAUSE THIS APPOINTMENT
CAME THROUGH KANSAS CITY.
1747
01:27:28,176 --> 01:27:33,780
BUT WHEN YOU HAD THIS
LETTER FROM EINSTEIN...
1748
01:27:33,849 --> 01:27:35,782
ALL RIGHT.
1749
01:27:35,851 --> 01:27:38,852
THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO KNOW
YOUR CONCERNS, GENTLEMEN.
1750
01:27:38,920 --> 01:27:41,120
WE DO NOT KNOW OUR
GOVERNMENT'S PLANS
1751
01:27:41,188 --> 01:27:43,489
FOR USE OF THE ATOMIC
BOMBS, MR BYRNES.
1752
01:27:43,558 --> 01:27:45,924
AND WE WISH TO
DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU.
1753
01:27:45,993 --> 01:27:48,394
POLICY ISN'T THE
SCIENTISTS' BUSINESS.
1754
01:27:48,463 --> 01:27:50,596
WELL, IN THIS
RESPECT IT IS, SIR.
1755
01:27:50,665 --> 01:27:53,633
WE KNOW THE FACTS ON WHICH
THIS POLICY HAS TO BE BASED.
1756
01:27:53,701 --> 01:27:54,833
WE KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE,
1757
01:27:54,902 --> 01:27:57,637
THAT RUSSIA MIGHT BECOME
AN ATOMIC POWER AND SOON,
1758
01:27:57,705 --> 01:27:59,505
ESPECIALLY IF WE DROP THE BOMB.
1759
01:27:59,574 --> 01:28:01,873
GENERAL GROVES TELLS
ME IT'LL BE 20 YEARS
1760
01:28:01,941 --> 01:28:03,908
BEFORE THE RUSSIANS
HAVE THE BOMB.
1761
01:28:03,977 --> 01:28:06,144
YEAH? WE FEEL
THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
1762
01:28:06,212 --> 01:28:07,345
THREE OR FOUR?
1763
01:28:07,414 --> 01:28:09,314
UH-HUH.
1764
01:28:09,383 --> 01:28:12,016
GROVES TELLS ME THERE'S
NO URANIUM IN RUSSIA.
1765
01:28:12,085 --> 01:28:14,419
SIT DOWN.
1766
01:28:14,488 --> 01:28:16,755
THERE'S CERTAINLY THERE'S
URANIUM IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1767
01:28:16,823 --> 01:28:18,423
TO WHICH THE
RUSSIANS HAVE ACCESS,
1768
01:28:18,492 --> 01:28:20,224
AND RUSSIA IS A VAST COUNTRY.
1769
01:28:20,294 --> 01:28:22,993
I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN
SAY IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY
1770
01:28:23,061 --> 01:28:24,861
THERE IS NO URANIUM IN RUSSIA.
1771
01:28:24,930 --> 01:28:27,564
WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK
WE OUGHT TO BE DOING?
1772
01:28:27,633 --> 01:28:28,965
I THINK IT IS A MISTAKE
1773
01:28:29,034 --> 01:28:31,302
TO DISCLOSE THE
EXISTENCE OF THE BOMB
1774
01:28:31,370 --> 01:28:32,803
BY TESTING IT OR USING IT
1775
01:28:32,871 --> 01:28:34,905
BEFORE THE
GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED
1776
01:28:34,973 --> 01:28:37,508
HOW TO HANDLE THIS
SITUATION AFTER THE WAR.
1777
01:28:37,576 --> 01:28:40,076
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.
1778
01:28:40,145 --> 01:28:43,746
OF COURSE, YOU DON'T
SHOW PEOPLE IT'LL WORK.
1779
01:28:43,815 --> 01:28:47,417
WE'VE SPENT $2 BILLION
DEVELOPING THIS BOMB.
1780
01:28:47,485 --> 01:28:49,285
CONGRESS IS GONNA WANT TO KNOW
1781
01:28:49,354 --> 01:28:51,187
WHAT WE GOT FOR ALL THAT MONEY.
1782
01:28:51,255 --> 01:28:53,756
AND THERE'S ANOTHER
PRETTY GOOD REASON
1783
01:28:53,825 --> 01:28:56,959
FOR FINDING OUT WHAT THE
BOMB CAN DO, ISN'T THERE?
1784
01:28:57,028 --> 01:28:59,261
YOU'RE BOTH FROM
HUNGARY, AREN'T YOU?
1785
01:28:59,331 --> 01:29:00,896
YEAH, ORIGINALLY.
1786
01:29:00,965 --> 01:29:02,765
AREN'T YOU CONCERNED
1787
01:29:02,834 --> 01:29:06,034
ABOUT THE RUSSIANS BEING
IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY?
1788
01:29:06,102 --> 01:29:07,202
I SURE AM.
1789
01:29:07,270 --> 01:29:10,605
THEY'VE MOVED TROOPS
INTO HUNGARY, ROMANIA.
1790
01:29:10,674 --> 01:29:13,141
IT'S GONNA BE VERY
HARD TO PERSUADE THEM
1791
01:29:13,210 --> 01:29:15,310
TO GET THEIR
TROOPS OUT OF THERE.
1792
01:29:15,379 --> 01:29:20,615
WHAT I'M SAYING IS, THEY
MIGHT BE MORE MANAGEABLE
1793
01:29:20,684 --> 01:29:23,051
IF THEY KNOW WHAT AMERICA'S GOT.
1794
01:29:23,119 --> 01:29:24,619
MANAGEABLE, HUH?
1795
01:29:24,688 --> 01:29:28,589
SETTING OFF AN ATOMIC BOMB
MIGHT IMPRESS THEM A LITTLE.
1796
01:29:28,658 --> 01:29:31,959
I DON'T THINK IT WILL MAKE THEM
MORE MANAGEABLE, MR. BYRNES.
1797
01:29:32,027 --> 01:29:34,628
I THINK IT WILL MAKE THEM
BUILD ATOMIC BOMBS THEMSELVES.
1798
01:29:34,697 --> 01:29:38,232
SEE, I AM LESS CONCERNED
ABOUT HUNGARY RIGHT NOW
1799
01:29:38,300 --> 01:29:41,168
THAN I AM ABOUT
STARTING AN ARMS RACE
1800
01:29:41,237 --> 01:29:44,037
THAT MIGHT END WITH BOTH
AMERICA AND RUSSIA DESTROYED.
1801
01:30:05,560 --> 01:30:06,925
ROBERT?
1802
01:30:06,994 --> 01:30:08,427
ROBERT!
1803
01:30:10,498 --> 01:30:11,963
WHAT ARE YOU
DOING IN WASHINGTON?
1804
01:30:12,032 --> 01:30:13,098
A MEETING. YOU?
1805
01:30:13,167 --> 01:30:15,167
I...
1806
01:30:15,236 --> 01:30:18,570
I CAME TO SEE JAMES BYRNES
ABOUT NOT DROPPING THE BOMB.
1807
01:30:18,639 --> 01:30:21,006
I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE
SAVED MY BREATH.
1808
01:30:21,074 --> 01:30:22,541
THE ATOMIC BOMB IS SHIT.
1809
01:30:22,610 --> 01:30:24,143
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
1810
01:30:24,211 --> 01:30:27,379
WELL, IT'S A WEAPON THAT
HAS NO MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE.
1811
01:30:27,448 --> 01:30:29,780
IT WILL MAKE A BANG,
A VERY BIG BANG,
1812
01:30:29,849 --> 01:30:32,350
BUT IT'S A WEAPON
THAT HAS NO USE IN WAR.
1813
01:30:32,418 --> 01:30:34,485
WHAT IS ITS USE, THEN...
DIPLOMATIC, POLITICAL?
1814
01:30:34,554 --> 01:30:36,654
NOW, I KNOW YOU'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE RUSSIANS,
1815
01:30:36,722 --> 01:30:39,323
BUT IF WE TELL THEM
WHAT WE INTEND TO DO...
1816
01:30:39,392 --> 01:30:41,425
AND THEN DROP THE BOMB ON JAPAN,
1817
01:30:41,494 --> 01:30:43,861
DON'T YOU THINK
THEY'LL GET THE POINT?
1818
01:30:43,929 --> 01:30:47,731
OH, YEAH, I THINK THEY WILL
GET THE POINT VERY WELL.
1819
01:30:47,800 --> 01:30:50,634
WELL, WE'LL SEE.
NOTHING'S DECIDED YET.
1820
01:30:54,039 --> 01:30:56,139
SO?
1821
01:30:56,208 --> 01:30:57,774
SO...
1822
01:30:57,842 --> 01:31:00,544
HE WILL PLAY BALL WITH THEM.
1823
01:31:00,612 --> 01:31:05,282
HE WILL NOT OPPOSE THE BOMB
HE WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE.
1824
01:31:05,350 --> 01:31:09,586
HE MUST PROVE TO
THEM HE IS A PATRIOT...
1825
01:31:09,655 --> 01:31:12,154
AS GOOD AN AMERICAN
AS ANY OF THEM.
1826
01:31:13,523 --> 01:31:17,193
GENTLEMEN, IN OUR HANDS,
WE EXPECT SOON TO HAVE
1827
01:31:17,261 --> 01:31:21,197
A WEAPON OF WHOLLY
UNPRECEDENTED DESTRUCTIVE POWER.
1828
01:31:21,265 --> 01:31:24,466
NOW, BEFORE WE BEGIN,
LET ME SAY THAT IT IS MY HOPE
1829
01:31:24,535 --> 01:31:26,868
THAT THIS PROJECT
NOT BE CONSIDERED
1830
01:31:26,937 --> 01:31:29,338
SIMPLY IN TERMS OF
MILITARY WEAPONS,
1831
01:31:29,407 --> 01:31:32,840
BUT AS A NEW RELATIONSHIP
OF MAN TO THE UNIVERSE.
1832
01:31:32,909 --> 01:31:35,643
IT IS THIS COMMITTEE'S
RESPONSIBILITY
1833
01:31:35,712 --> 01:31:40,181
TO RECOMMEND ACTION THAT MAY
TURN THE COURSE OF CIVILIZATION.
1834
01:31:40,250 --> 01:31:43,984
GENERAL MARSHALL, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING?
1835
01:31:44,053 --> 01:31:47,655
I WOULD SAY THAT WHILE
THE ADVANCES IN THIS PROJECT
1836
01:31:47,724 --> 01:31:50,858
HAVE BEEN FOSTERED
BY THE NEEDS OF THE WAR,
1837
01:31:50,927 --> 01:31:54,728
THE IMPLICATIONS GO FAR BEYOND
THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WAR.
1838
01:31:54,796 --> 01:31:57,297
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED
MUST BE CONTROLLED
1839
01:31:57,366 --> 01:31:59,966
TO MAKE IT AN ASSURANCE
OF FUTURE PEACE
1840
01:32:00,035 --> 01:32:02,536
RATHER THAN A
MENACE TO CIVILIZATION.
1841
01:32:02,605 --> 01:32:04,204
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
1842
01:32:04,273 --> 01:32:05,772
AND THAT BEING SAID,
1843
01:32:05,841 --> 01:32:08,442
IT IS OUR HIGH TASK
TO BRING THIS WAR
1844
01:32:08,510 --> 01:32:11,177
TO A PROMPT AND
SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.
1845
01:32:11,247 --> 01:32:13,346
DR. OPPENHEIMER,
PERHAPS YOU'LL TELL US
1846
01:32:13,414 --> 01:32:15,147
THE STATUS OF THE BOMB.
1847
01:32:15,216 --> 01:32:19,252
WE ARE PREPARING THE TESTS
FOR THE PLUTONIUM BOMB NOW.
1848
01:32:19,320 --> 01:32:22,355
IF IT WORKS, YOU'LL HAVE
A BOMB READY FOR USE
1849
01:32:22,423 --> 01:32:25,157
IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS...
SAY, BY AUGUST 1st.
1850
01:32:25,226 --> 01:32:26,592
URANIUM.
1851
01:32:26,661 --> 01:32:29,228
OH, THE URANIUM BOMB WILL BE
READY AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME.
1852
01:32:29,297 --> 01:32:31,029
WELL, HOW POWERFUL
WILL THIS BOMB BE?
1853
01:32:31,098 --> 01:32:35,267
WE THINK BETWEEN 2,000
AND 20,000 TONS OF TNT.
1854
01:32:35,335 --> 01:32:37,602
WHAT DOES YOUR RESEARCH
SHOW FOR THE FUTURE?
1855
01:32:37,671 --> 01:32:39,537
EDWARD TELLER IS
AT LOS ALAMOS NOW,
1856
01:32:39,606 --> 01:32:40,872
WORKING ON THE SUPERBOMB.
1857
01:32:40,940 --> 01:32:43,775
WITH HYDROGEN,
ONE BOMB CAN EQUAL
1858
01:32:43,843 --> 01:32:47,044
10 MILLION TO 100
MILLION TONS OF TNT.
1859
01:32:47,113 --> 01:32:48,212
HOW MUCH?
1860
01:32:48,282 --> 01:32:51,650
100 MILLION TONS
OF TNT IN ONE BOMB?
1861
01:32:51,718 --> 01:32:54,918
HOW DOES THAT
COMPARE TO... ANYTHING?
1862
01:32:54,987 --> 01:32:57,755
ALL SIDES TOGETHER IN THIS WAR
1863
01:32:57,823 --> 01:32:59,823
WILL USE APPROXIMATELY
THE EQUIVALENT
1864
01:32:59,892 --> 01:33:02,259
OF 3 MILLION TONS OVERALL.
1865
01:33:02,328 --> 01:33:05,128
HOW LONG WILL THE HYDROGEN
BOMB TAKE TO DEVELOP?
1866
01:33:05,197 --> 01:33:06,664
A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS.
1867
01:33:06,732 --> 01:33:08,632
HOW LONG BEFORE
RUSSIA GETS THE BOMB?
1868
01:33:09,902 --> 01:33:12,569
TWO TO FIVE YEARS. I THINK SIX.
1869
01:33:12,638 --> 01:33:13,937
20.
1870
01:33:14,006 --> 01:33:16,639
WELL, NOW, YOU CAN'T CONCEAL
SECRETS OF NATURE, GENERAL.
1871
01:33:16,708 --> 01:33:19,409
THE RUSSIANS ARE GOING TO
KNOW HOW NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.
1872
01:33:20,978 --> 01:33:24,113
THAT MAY NOT BE THE COMPLETE
NEGATIVE IT APPEARS, GENTLEMEN.
1873
01:33:24,182 --> 01:33:26,683
RUSSIA'S ALWAYS BEEN
VERY FRIENDLY TO SCIENCE.
1874
01:33:26,751 --> 01:33:28,083
JUST FOR A THOUGHT,
1875
01:33:28,152 --> 01:33:31,487
MAYBE WE COULD OPEN UP THIS
SUBJECT WITH THEM OURSELVES
1876
01:33:31,556 --> 01:33:34,657
IN A TENTATIVE WAY, ON
VERY GENERAL TERMS,
1877
01:33:34,726 --> 01:33:37,859
WITHOUT GIVING THEM
ANY DETAILS, OF COURSE.
1878
01:33:37,928 --> 01:33:40,729
ASK IF THEY'D MAYBE
COOPERATE WITH US
1879
01:33:40,798 --> 01:33:43,699
ON SOME SORT OF
INTERNATIONAL CONTROLS,
1880
01:33:43,767 --> 01:33:45,434
BEFORE WE USE THE BOMB.
1881
01:33:45,502 --> 01:33:46,635
IT'S A BEGINNING.
1882
01:33:46,704 --> 01:33:48,584
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD
PREJUDGE RUSSIA ON THIS.
1883
01:33:48,639 --> 01:33:50,505
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF
CHARGES BACK AND FORTH
1884
01:33:50,574 --> 01:33:52,106
ABOUT OUR RELATIONS
WITH THE RUSSIANS.
1885
01:33:52,175 --> 01:33:53,608
FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE,
1886
01:33:53,677 --> 01:33:56,778
MOST OF THESE CHARGES
AGAINST RUSSIA ARE UNFOUNDED.
1887
01:33:56,847 --> 01:33:59,380
THEY'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE
WITH US FIGHTING THE WAR.
1888
01:33:59,449 --> 01:34:01,982
WHEN THEY SEEM NOT
TO WANT TO COOPERATE,
1889
01:34:02,051 --> 01:34:05,219
IT COMES FROM A NEED TO
MAINTAIN THEIR OWN SECURITY.
1890
01:34:05,287 --> 01:34:08,188
I THINK IT MIGHT BE A
GOOD IDEA TO INVITE, SAY,
1891
01:34:08,257 --> 01:34:11,325
TWO PROMINENT RUSSIAN
SCIENTISTS TO WITNESS THE TEST.
1892
01:34:11,394 --> 01:34:13,193
I THINK THAT'S AN
EXTREMELY GOOD IDEA.
1893
01:34:13,262 --> 01:34:15,295
NO. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
1894
01:34:15,365 --> 01:34:18,632
STALIN WOULD WANT TO GET
INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH US.
1895
01:34:18,701 --> 01:34:20,166
WE DON'T WANT THAT.
1896
01:34:20,235 --> 01:34:22,769
WE'LL JUST PUSH AHEAD
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
1897
01:34:22,838 --> 01:34:25,238
WITH OUR OWN
PRODUCTION AND RESEARCH
1898
01:34:25,306 --> 01:34:27,139
TO MAKE CERTAIN WE STAY AHEAD,
1899
01:34:27,208 --> 01:34:30,477
AND AT THE SAME TIME,
WE'LL MAKE EVERY EFFORT
1900
01:34:30,545 --> 01:34:33,880
TO BETTER OUR POLITICAL
RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.
1901
01:34:33,948 --> 01:34:36,649
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.
1902
01:34:42,155 --> 01:34:44,923
I'D LIKE TO KNOW
FROM DR. OPPENHEIMER
1903
01:34:44,992 --> 01:34:48,594
WHAT HE EXPECTS WHEN THE
BOMB IS DROPPED ON JAPAN.
1904
01:34:48,662 --> 01:34:53,265
WELL, A BRILLIANT LIGHT
WILL RISE 10,000 TO 20,000 FEET,
1905
01:34:53,333 --> 01:34:55,634
PROBABLY KILL 20,000 PEOPLE.
1906
01:34:55,703 --> 01:35:00,539
THE RADIATION WILL BE DANGEROUS
TO LIFE FOR ABOUT 2/3 OF A MILE.
1907
01:35:00,608 --> 01:35:03,240
AND WHAT KIND OF TARGET
WOULD BE MOST EFFECTIVE?
1908
01:35:03,309 --> 01:35:06,577
I THINK WE SHOULD BE TALKING
ABOUT A MILITARY TARGET...
1909
01:35:06,646 --> 01:35:10,247
SAY A LARGE NAVAL INSTALLATION
WITH NO CIVILIANS, IF POSSIBLE.
1910
01:35:10,316 --> 01:35:12,650
COULD WE PRECEDE
THAT WITH A WARNING?
1911
01:35:12,719 --> 01:35:13,851
I THINK WE SHOULD.
1912
01:35:13,920 --> 01:35:15,185
THE PROBLEM WITH A WARNING
1913
01:35:15,254 --> 01:35:17,555
IS THAT YOU THROW AWAY
THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE
1914
01:35:17,624 --> 01:35:19,590
AND THE SHOCK VALUE...
1915
01:35:19,659 --> 01:35:21,958
ONE OF THE BIGGEST
PARTS OF THIS THING.
1916
01:35:22,027 --> 01:35:24,093
MR. SECRETARY,
WOULD YOU OBLIGE ME
1917
01:35:24,162 --> 01:35:25,995
BY TAKING A SHORT BREAK HERE?
1918
01:35:26,064 --> 01:35:27,664
OH, YES, YES, OF COURSE.
1919
01:35:27,733 --> 01:35:30,801
THE FACILITIES ARE THROUGH
THERE FOR THOSE WHO NEED THEM,
1920
01:35:30,869 --> 01:35:33,036
AND WE HAVE SOME
COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS.
1921
01:35:33,104 --> 01:35:35,071
WHAT ABOUT THE
DEMONSTRATION IDEA...
1922
01:35:35,140 --> 01:35:37,941
SHOWING THE JAPANESE WHAT
WE'VE GOT BEFORE WE DROP IT?
1923
01:35:38,009 --> 01:35:40,610
I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT,
ERNEST. IT WON'T WORK.
1924
01:35:40,679 --> 01:35:41,711
WHY NOT?
1925
01:35:41,780 --> 01:35:44,447
JUST TOO MANY PROBLEMS WITH IT.
1926
01:35:44,515 --> 01:35:45,581
WHAT IF IT'S A DUD?
1927
01:35:45,650 --> 01:35:47,650
WE DON'T KNOW THE
BOMB WILL GO OFF.
1928
01:35:47,718 --> 01:35:49,384
AS WELL AS WE KNOW ANYTHING.
1929
01:35:49,454 --> 01:35:51,887
AND IF IT DOESN'T, THEN
THEY HAVE THE THING.
1930
01:35:51,956 --> 01:35:53,823
I MEAN, HOW WOULD YOU
SET A DEMONSTRATION UP?
1931
01:35:53,891 --> 01:35:55,925
THE JAPANESE WOULD
PROBABLY THINK IT'S A TRICK...
1932
01:35:55,993 --> 01:35:57,125
WON'T EVEN COME.
1933
01:35:57,194 --> 01:35:59,962
WHAT DO YOU DO, BLOW UP
SOME BUILDINGS OR TREES?
1934
01:36:00,030 --> 01:36:01,964
TALKING ABOUT A DEMONSTRATION?
1935
01:36:02,032 --> 01:36:03,265
WELL, THAT'S FINE.
1936
01:36:03,334 --> 01:36:05,667
CERTAINLY, THAT'S SOMETHING
WE SHOULD ALL DISCUSS,
1937
01:36:05,735 --> 01:36:06,835
BUT LET'S NOT FORGET
1938
01:36:06,903 --> 01:36:09,270
THAT THERE ARE BOYS
DYING OUT THERE EVERY DAY.
1939
01:36:09,339 --> 01:36:11,339
TELL ME, ERNEST...
YOUR FRIENDS THERE
1940
01:36:11,407 --> 01:36:13,641
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO AND BERKELEY,
1941
01:36:13,710 --> 01:36:15,109
LIKE MR. SZILARD AND OTHERS,
1942
01:36:15,178 --> 01:36:17,812
DO THEY HAVE ANY RELATIVES
FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC?
1943
01:36:17,881 --> 01:36:20,915
OR CAN THEY AFFORD TO BE SOFT?
1944
01:36:20,984 --> 01:36:22,951
THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE COFFEE,
1945
01:36:23,019 --> 01:36:26,687
I WONDER IF YOU'D BRING IT
BACK TO THE TABLE, PLEASE?
1946
01:36:26,755 --> 01:36:29,255
DR. OPPENHEIMER,
BEFORE WE BROKE,
1947
01:36:29,324 --> 01:36:32,593
YOU EXPRESSED THE
OPINION THAT AN ATOMIC BOMB
1948
01:36:32,661 --> 01:36:34,394
WOULD KILL 20,000 PEOPLE.
1949
01:36:34,463 --> 01:36:35,996
WELL, THAT'S NO WORSE
1950
01:36:36,064 --> 01:36:39,065
THAN A CONVENTIONAL
FIRE-BOMB RAID, IS IT?
1951
01:36:39,134 --> 01:36:41,902
NOW, THAT WOULD BE A
BOMB DROPPED ON A CITY.
1952
01:36:41,971 --> 01:36:45,672
I TAKE IT THAT'S THE KIND OF
TARGET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE?
1953
01:36:45,741 --> 01:36:47,373
YES.
1954
01:36:48,409 --> 01:36:51,544
I'D BE INTERESTED IN
DR. OPPENHEIMER'S VIEWS
1955
01:36:51,613 --> 01:36:54,814
ON A POSSIBLE PRIOR
DEMONSTRATION OF THE BOMB
1956
01:36:54,883 --> 01:36:56,849
AS A WARNING TO THE JAPANESE,
1957
01:36:56,918 --> 01:36:59,118
AN INDUCEMENT TO
THEM TO SURRENDER
1958
01:36:59,186 --> 01:37:02,788
BEFORE WE ACTUALLY USE IT.
1959
01:37:02,857 --> 01:37:05,090
MR. BYRNES, WE'RE SCIENTISTS.
1960
01:37:05,159 --> 01:37:08,092
WE POSSESS NO CLAIM
TO SPECIAL COMPETENCE
1961
01:37:08,161 --> 01:37:13,131
IN SOLVING POLITICAL,
SOCIAL, OR MILITARY PROBLEMS.
1962
01:37:13,199 --> 01:37:15,967
AND WE DON'T ALWAYS
AGREE AMONG OURSELVES.
1963
01:37:16,036 --> 01:37:19,137
BUT IT IS MY BELIEF THE
DEMONSTRATION HAS RISKS.
1964
01:37:19,205 --> 01:37:21,305
COULD BE A DUD.
1965
01:37:21,374 --> 01:37:23,441
IT WOULD DISSIPATE
THE SHOCK VALUE,
1966
01:37:23,510 --> 01:37:26,144
AND IT WOULD TAKE
CONSIDERABLE TIME TO SET UP.
1967
01:37:26,212 --> 01:37:27,978
I JUST DON'T FAVOR THAT IDEA.
1968
01:37:28,047 --> 01:37:30,280
HOW ABOUT AT LEAST GIVING
THE JAPANESE A WARNING?
1969
01:37:30,349 --> 01:37:32,516
I ASSUME YOU'RE NOT FLYING
THE AIRCRAFT, ARE YOU, SIR?
1970
01:37:34,353 --> 01:37:36,820
NO.
1971
01:37:36,889 --> 01:37:40,724
WHAT CONCERNS ME IS IF THE
JAPANESE KNOW IN ADVANCE,
1972
01:37:40,793 --> 01:37:44,528
THEY'LL JUST MOVE AMERICAN
BOYS, PRISONERS OF WAR,
1973
01:37:44,597 --> 01:37:46,263
INTO ALL THEIR CITIES.
1974
01:37:46,331 --> 01:37:47,765
Groves: WITH RESPECT, GENTLEMEN,
1975
01:37:47,833 --> 01:37:50,033
THE JAPANESE PEOPLE,
MILITARY OR CIVILIAN,
1976
01:37:50,101 --> 01:37:51,333
ARE NOT GONNA BE WARNED.
1977
01:37:51,402 --> 01:37:53,402
THEY'RE NOT GONNA
BE DEMONSTRATED TO.
1978
01:37:53,471 --> 01:37:55,872
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE
NEGOTIATED INTO SURRENDER
1979
01:37:55,941 --> 01:37:57,674
OR ANYTHING LIKE IT.
1980
01:37:57,742 --> 01:38:00,777
NOW, LET'S NOT
FORGET SAIPAN HERE.
1981
01:38:00,845 --> 01:38:02,879
THE BATTLE FOR SAIPAN WAS WON,
1982
01:38:02,948 --> 01:38:06,049
AND 22,000 JAPANESE
CIVILIANS KILLED THEMSELVES...
1983
01:38:06,117 --> 01:38:09,085
CIVILIANS... THROWING
THEMSELVES OFF OF CLIFFS,
1984
01:38:09,153 --> 01:38:10,752
HOLDING THEIR
CHILDREN IN THEIR ARMS
1985
01:38:10,821 --> 01:38:13,488
RATHER THAN SURRENDERING.
1986
01:38:13,557 --> 01:38:15,591
THE JAPANESE ARE GONNA
HAVE TO BE SHOCKED
1987
01:38:15,659 --> 01:38:16,792
INTO QUITTING THIS WAR.
1988
01:38:16,860 --> 01:38:19,260
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE...
1989
01:38:19,329 --> 01:38:20,696
CRUSHED.
1990
01:38:27,605 --> 01:38:30,472
WELL, WITH THAT IN
MIND, AND BEARING IN MIND
1991
01:38:30,540 --> 01:38:33,774
THAT WE WANT TO AVOID
MOUNTING AN INVASION OF JAPAN
1992
01:38:33,843 --> 01:38:37,177
IN WHICH A HALF-MILLION
TO A MILLION AMERICAN LIVES
1993
01:38:37,246 --> 01:38:38,479
COULD BE LOST,
1994
01:38:38,547 --> 01:38:42,116
WHAT KIND OF CITY,
WHAT KIND OF TARGET
1995
01:38:42,184 --> 01:38:43,350
DO WE WANT TO RECOMMEND?
1996
01:38:43,419 --> 01:38:45,953
WHERE DID YOU COME UP WITH
THAT MILLION FIGURE, HENRY?
1997
01:38:46,022 --> 01:38:47,488
IS THAT A CIVILIAN ESTIMATE?
1998
01:38:47,556 --> 01:38:48,556
YES.
1999
01:38:48,625 --> 01:38:50,524
WELL, IT SOUNDED
AWFULLY HIGH TO ME.
2000
01:38:50,593 --> 01:38:52,959
LET ME WORK ON IT, GET
YOU A MILITARY ESTIMATE.
2001
01:38:53,028 --> 01:38:54,160
ALL RIGHT, VERY WELL.
2002
01:38:54,229 --> 01:38:56,395
I WAS IMPRESSED BY
SOMETHING DR. OPPENHEIMER
2003
01:38:56,464 --> 01:38:58,632
AND GENERAL GROVES
SAID ABOUT SHOCK VALUE.
2004
01:38:58,700 --> 01:39:01,668
I THINK SHOCK VALUE
WILL END THIS WAR QUICKLY.
2005
01:39:01,737 --> 01:39:05,071
I THINK WE OUGHT TO USE
THE BOMB ON A VITAL WAR PLAN,
2006
01:39:05,140 --> 01:39:07,907
ONE THAT EMPLOYS A
LARGE NUMBER OF WORKERS
2007
01:39:07,976 --> 01:39:10,710
AND IS CLOSELY
SURROUNDED BY THEIR HOUSES.
2008
01:39:10,779 --> 01:39:14,412
SOUNDS RIGHT TO ME.
2009
01:39:14,481 --> 01:39:15,748
Stimson: ANYONE?
2010
01:39:20,988 --> 01:39:22,988
Oppenheimer: I THINK
WE SHOULD CONSIDER
2011
01:39:23,057 --> 01:39:25,524
ATTACKING SEVERAL
CITIES AT ONCE.
2012
01:39:25,592 --> 01:39:27,425
WHY JUST ONE?
2013
01:39:32,767 --> 01:39:37,434
THEN I TAKE IT WE'RE ALL
IN GENERAL AGREEMENT...
2014
01:39:37,503 --> 01:39:40,038
THAT WE CAN'T GIVE
JAPAN ANY WARNING,
2015
01:39:40,106 --> 01:39:43,374
THAT WE SHOULD NOT
CONCENTRATE ON A CIVILIAN AREA,
2016
01:39:43,442 --> 01:39:45,342
AND THAT WE SHOULD SEEK
2017
01:39:45,411 --> 01:39:49,013
TO MAKE A PROFOUND
PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPRESSION
2018
01:39:49,082 --> 01:39:51,749
ON AS MANY OF THE
INHABITANTS AS POSSIBLE.
2019
01:39:53,853 --> 01:39:56,419
THAT'S OUR REPORT
TO THE PRESIDENT.
2020
01:39:56,488 --> 01:40:00,490
WHAT DO WE SAY TO SZILARD?
2021
01:40:00,559 --> 01:40:02,525
OF COURSE THEY CAN GIVE
A WARNING IF THEY WANT.
2022
01:40:02,594 --> 01:40:04,494
OF COURSE THEY CAN
HAVE A DEMONSTRATION.
2023
01:40:04,563 --> 01:40:07,864
WHAT? THEY CAN DROP IT
IN THE WOODS NEAR A CITY.
2024
01:40:07,933 --> 01:40:09,700
THEY CAN WARN THE JAPANESE
2025
01:40:09,768 --> 01:40:12,268
TO CLEAR OUT THE
CITY AND THEN DROP IT.
2026
01:40:12,337 --> 01:40:15,238
WHAT? THEY CAN BLOW UP
MOUNT FUJI IF THEY WANT.
2027
01:40:15,307 --> 01:40:18,174
BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT!
2028
01:40:18,242 --> 01:40:20,442
THEY WANT TO DROP THE BOMB
2029
01:40:20,511 --> 01:40:22,611
TO SHOW EVERYONE WHAT THEY DID,
2030
01:40:22,680 --> 01:40:24,714
TO GET THEIR $2 BILLION WORTH,
2031
01:40:24,782 --> 01:40:27,349
TO HAVE SOMETHING
TO SHOW FOR IT.
2032
01:40:27,418 --> 01:40:30,285
LISTEN, LISTEN!
2033
01:40:30,354 --> 01:40:32,788
WE ARE NOT IN THE ARMY.
2034
01:40:32,857 --> 01:40:36,958
WE ARE THE MEN WHO
CONCEIVED THIS BOMB
2035
01:40:37,027 --> 01:40:41,229
AND DESIGNED IT AND BUILT IT.
2036
01:40:41,297 --> 01:40:45,066
AND BEFORE GOD AND THE WORLD,
2037
01:40:45,135 --> 01:40:48,269
WE HAVE THE DUTY TO
SEE THAT IT IS USED WISELY.
2038
01:40:48,338 --> 01:40:51,272
WE WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.
2039
01:40:54,410 --> 01:41:00,881
I-I HAVE A PETITION TO
PRESIDENT TRUMAN...
2040
01:41:00,950 --> 01:41:04,818
STATING THAT WE ARE SACRIFICING
2041
01:41:04,887 --> 01:41:09,422
EVERYTHING GOOD AND
MORAL THAT WE BELIEVE IN
2042
01:41:09,491 --> 01:41:11,959
IF WE DROP THIS BOMB ON PEOPLE.
2043
01:41:12,027 --> 01:41:14,928
WHO WILL SIGN THIS
PETITION WITH ME?
2044
01:41:14,997 --> 01:41:16,296
I WILL.
2045
01:41:18,567 --> 01:41:21,033
GOOD.
2046
01:41:21,102 --> 01:41:22,869
GOOD.
2047
01:41:32,213 --> 01:41:34,046
THANK YOU.
2048
01:41:34,115 --> 01:41:36,548
I'M SENDING A COPY TO
LOS ALAMOS, AS WELL,
2049
01:41:36,617 --> 01:41:37,850
AND ASK THEM TO SIGN.
2050
01:41:37,919 --> 01:41:40,952
THOUGH I'M SURE MANY OF THE
BOYS THERE WILL BE CONFUSED
2051
01:41:41,021 --> 01:41:44,055
AS TO WHAT KIND OF
THING A MORAL ISSUE IS.
2052
01:41:44,124 --> 01:41:45,556
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, EDWARD,
2053
01:41:45,625 --> 01:41:48,459
I DON'T THINK A WHOLE LOT
OF SCIENTISTS LIKE SZILARD
2054
01:41:48,528 --> 01:41:51,329
WHO USE THEIR PRESTIGE FOR
POLITICAL PRONOUNCEMENTS.
2055
01:41:51,398 --> 01:41:54,599
TELLER, DON'T BOTHER ME WITH
YOUR CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES.
2056
01:41:54,668 --> 01:41:56,601
THIS IS SUPERB PHYSICS.
2057
01:41:56,670 --> 01:42:00,071
SO, TELL ME, OPPIE.
I NEED YOUR ADVICE.
2058
01:42:00,140 --> 01:42:01,405
YOU WOULDN'T SIGN?
2059
01:42:01,473 --> 01:42:03,740
I'VE JUST COME BACK
FROM WASHINGTON.
2060
01:42:03,810 --> 01:42:05,843
I WISH YOU'D BEEN THERE WITH ME.
2061
01:42:05,912 --> 01:42:08,045
YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN
THE DEEP CONCERN,
2062
01:42:08,114 --> 01:42:09,847
THE THOROUGHNESS, THE WISDOM
2063
01:42:09,916 --> 01:42:12,683
THESE QUESTIONS ARE BEING
HANDLED WITH BACK THERE.
2064
01:42:12,751 --> 01:42:16,020
AND, OF COURSE, THEY
HAVE INFORMATION WE DON'T.
2065
01:42:16,088 --> 01:42:19,290
WITHOUT THE BOMB, THEY'D
HAVE TO INVADE JAPAN.
2066
01:42:19,358 --> 01:42:21,991
A MILLION AMERICAN CASUALTIES.
2067
01:42:22,060 --> 01:42:25,028
OUR FATE IS IN THE
HANDS OF THE BEST
2068
01:42:25,096 --> 01:42:28,097
AND MOST CONSCIENTIOUS
MEN IN THIS NATION.
2069
01:42:36,807 --> 01:42:38,441
BEFORE YOU LEAVE, GENERAL,
2070
01:42:38,509 --> 01:42:41,244
IS YOUR REPORT ON THE
TARGET CITIES READY?
2071
01:42:41,313 --> 01:42:43,278
YES, SIR, I'LL BE SHOWING
IT TO GENERAL MARSHALL
2072
01:42:43,347 --> 01:42:45,147
FOR HIS APPROVAL FIRST
THING IN THE MORNING.
2073
01:42:45,216 --> 01:42:47,049
YES, WELL, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT.
2074
01:42:47,117 --> 01:42:48,317
WELL, OF COURSE, SIR.
2075
01:42:48,385 --> 01:42:50,785
WELL, MY IMMEDIATE
SUPERIOR IS GENERAL MARSHALL,
2076
01:42:50,855 --> 01:42:52,787
AND THIS IS A MILITARY
OPERATIONAL REPORT,
2077
01:42:52,857 --> 01:42:53,857
MR. SECRETARY.
2078
01:42:53,891 --> 01:42:56,424
YES, AND I'M THE
SECRETARY OF WAR.
2079
01:42:56,493 --> 01:42:59,261
YOUR REPORT IS
ALL FINISHED, ISN'T IT?
2080
01:42:59,330 --> 01:43:01,496
WELL, I'D LIKE TO GO
OVER IT ONE MORE TIME
2081
01:43:01,565 --> 01:43:03,531
AND MAKE SURE I'VE
GOT IT JUST RIGHT.
2082
01:43:03,600 --> 01:43:05,099
YEAH, WELL, I'D
LIKE TO SEE IT NOW.
2083
01:43:05,168 --> 01:43:07,801
I HAVEN'T GOT THE REPORT
WITH ME, MR. SECRETARY.
2084
01:43:07,871 --> 01:43:09,070
IT'S ACROSS THE RIVER.
2085
01:43:09,138 --> 01:43:11,072
IT WILL TAKE SOME
TIME TO GET IT.
2086
01:43:11,140 --> 01:43:12,206
I HAVE ALL DAY.
2087
01:43:12,275 --> 01:43:13,374
THERE'S THE TELEPHONE.
2088
01:43:13,442 --> 01:43:14,475
YOU CAN CALL THEM UP
2089
01:43:14,543 --> 01:43:17,578
AND TELL THEM TO
BRING IT RIGHT OVER.
2090
01:43:17,646 --> 01:43:20,547
THIS IS A QUESTION
I'M SETTLING MYSELF.
2091
01:43:20,616 --> 01:43:22,483
WHAT ARE THE TARGETS?
2092
01:43:22,551 --> 01:43:24,918
THE PRIMARY IS KYOTO.
2093
01:43:24,987 --> 01:43:26,887
I WILL NOT APPROVE KYOTO.
2094
01:43:26,955 --> 01:43:28,688
SIR, KYOTO IS PERFECT FOR US.
2095
01:43:28,757 --> 01:43:30,357
WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED IT YET.
2096
01:43:30,425 --> 01:43:33,093
WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEASURE
THE EFFECTS OF THE BOMB
2097
01:43:33,161 --> 01:43:34,327
MUCH MORE ACCURATELY.
2098
01:43:34,396 --> 01:43:36,529
I'VE BEEN TO KYOTO.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY.
2099
01:43:36,598 --> 01:43:39,399
HAS DEEP RELIGIOUS
SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE JAPANESE...
2100
01:43:39,467 --> 01:43:41,001
A VERY ANCIENT CULTURE.
2101
01:43:41,069 --> 01:43:43,036
SIR, WHEN YOU READ
THE DESCRIPTION
2102
01:43:43,105 --> 01:43:44,137
AS TO WHY KYOTO
2103
01:43:44,206 --> 01:43:46,405
IS SUCH A DESIRABLE
MILITARY TARGET FOR US,
2104
01:43:46,473 --> 01:43:48,473
I'M SURE YOU WILL
CHANGE YOUR MIND.
2105
01:43:48,542 --> 01:43:49,942
I MOST CERTAINLY WILL NOT.
2106
01:43:50,011 --> 01:43:52,744
I DON'T WANT KYOTO BOMBED.
2107
01:43:52,813 --> 01:43:54,646
REPORT'S ON ITS WAY OVER, SIR.
2108
01:43:59,186 --> 01:44:02,154
WELL, I'VE GOT A
LOT OF WORK TO DO.
2109
01:44:02,223 --> 01:44:03,789
YOU NEED ME FOR ANYTHING ELSE?
2110
01:44:03,857 --> 01:44:05,224
NO. NO, THANK YOU.
2111
01:44:08,161 --> 01:44:10,828
IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE
REPORT WITH ME, MR. SECRETARY,
2112
01:44:10,897 --> 01:44:11,963
I'LL BE IN MY OFFICE.
2113
01:44:12,032 --> 01:44:13,197
VERY WELL. THANK YOU.
2114
01:44:15,802 --> 01:44:20,038
THE MILITARY ARE COMPLETELY
DOMINATED BY CIVILIANS.
2115
01:44:20,106 --> 01:44:21,372
IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT
2116
01:44:21,441 --> 01:44:23,674
WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY
DESIGNATING TARGETS!
2117
01:44:25,812 --> 01:44:27,645
NOW, HOW DO WE END IT?
2118
01:44:27,713 --> 01:44:31,848
SIR, IF SEA AND AIR POWER
DON'T DO IT BY NOVEMBER,
2119
01:44:31,917 --> 01:44:34,584
WE THINK WE'LL HAVE
TO INVADE JAPAN.
2120
01:44:34,653 --> 01:44:36,786
NOW, HOW EXPENSIVE
WOULD THAT BE?
2121
01:44:36,855 --> 01:44:38,121
HOW MANY CASUALTIES?
2122
01:44:38,190 --> 01:44:40,657
COULD BE AS MANY AS A MILLION.
2123
01:44:40,725 --> 01:44:43,160
THERE'S NO REASON TO
BELIEVE AN INVASION OF JAPAN
2124
01:44:43,228 --> 01:44:45,528
SHOULD EXCEED OUR
INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINES.
2125
01:44:45,597 --> 01:44:46,896
HOW MANY WAS THAT?
2126
01:44:46,966 --> 01:44:49,932
FIRST MONTH, 31,000
CASUALTIES, 7,000 DEAD.
2127
01:44:50,001 --> 01:44:52,168
WHAT IF IT'S ANOTHER OKINAWA?
2128
01:44:52,236 --> 01:44:56,105
THAT'S WHAT I'M AFRAID OF,
SIR, MORE THAN THE PHILIPPINES.
2129
01:44:56,174 --> 01:44:58,374
OKINAWA IS A SMALL ISLAND.
2130
01:44:58,443 --> 01:45:01,210
WE LOST 10,000 DEAD,
40,000 WOUNDED.
2131
01:45:01,279 --> 01:45:05,314
THAT'S WHAT I THINK WILL
HAPPEN, ON A MUCH BIGGER SCALE,
2132
01:45:05,383 --> 01:45:07,350
IF WE HAVE TO INVADE JAPAN.
2133
01:45:09,320 --> 01:45:11,319
I WANT TO END THIS WAR QUICKLY.
2134
01:45:11,388 --> 01:45:13,355
I WANT TO SAVE AMERICAN LIVES.
2135
01:45:13,423 --> 01:45:15,323
I DON'T WANT ANOTHER OKINAWA.
2136
01:45:15,392 --> 01:45:19,760
ANYBODY THINK THERE IS
AN ALTERNATIVE TO INVASION?
2137
01:45:24,267 --> 01:45:27,202
McCloy: WELL, I THINK
YOU'VE GOT AN ALTERNATIVE.
2138
01:45:27,270 --> 01:45:29,471
I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE
OUR HEADS EXAMINED
2139
01:45:29,539 --> 01:45:32,072
IF WE DON'T OFFER THEM
HONORABLE SURRENDER TERMS,
2140
01:45:32,141 --> 01:45:33,141
NEGOTIATE A PEACE.
2141
01:45:33,175 --> 01:45:34,475
WHY DO WE HAVE TO INVADE THEM?
2142
01:45:34,543 --> 01:45:36,443
WELL, NOW, THAT'S WHAT
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT.
2143
01:45:36,512 --> 01:45:37,611
Bart: WELL, YES, SIR.
2144
01:45:37,679 --> 01:45:39,646
FOR GOD'S SAKE, LET'S
NOT ORGANIZE AN ARMY
2145
01:45:39,715 --> 01:45:41,648
TO GO INTO JAPAN,
KILL A MILLION PEOPLE.
2146
01:45:41,717 --> 01:45:42,717
IT'S RIDICULOUS.
2147
01:45:42,751 --> 01:45:44,551
YES, THEY DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH FOOD IN STOCK,
2148
01:45:44,620 --> 01:45:47,287
AND THEIR FUEL RESERVES ARE
PRACTICALLY EXHAUSTED ALREADY.
2149
01:45:47,356 --> 01:45:48,622
IF WE MINE ALL THEIR HARBORS,
2150
01:45:48,690 --> 01:45:50,424
ISOLATE THEM FROM
THE REST OF THE WORLD...
2151
01:45:50,493 --> 01:45:52,025
Man #2: BLOCKADING
IS A COWARDLY ACT.
2152
01:45:52,093 --> 01:45:54,360
IT'S NOT WORTHY
OF THE AIR FORCE.
2153
01:45:54,429 --> 01:45:56,029
WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
2154
01:45:56,097 --> 01:45:58,697
MR. PRESIDENT, I THINK
WE CAN GIVE THEM
2155
01:45:58,766 --> 01:46:00,500
SURRENDER TERMS THEY'LL ACCEPT
2156
01:46:00,568 --> 01:46:02,968
THAT WILL LEAVE US SAFE
NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
2157
01:46:03,038 --> 01:46:03,969
WITH NO INVASION.
2158
01:46:04,039 --> 01:46:05,871
NOW, THAT INTERESTS ME.
2159
01:46:05,940 --> 01:46:07,673
I'M VERY GLAD THE
SUBJECT CAME UP.
2160
01:46:07,742 --> 01:46:10,043
DON'T YOU THINK THAT WE
OUGHT TO TELL THE JAPANESE
2161
01:46:10,111 --> 01:46:12,711
THAT WE HAVE THE ATOMIC
BOMB AND THAT WE PLAN TO USE IT?
2162
01:46:14,448 --> 01:46:16,848
I SURE DON'T. WHAT
IF IT DOESN'T GO OFF?
2163
01:46:16,917 --> 01:46:19,051
WHAT HAPPENS TO
AMERICAN PRESTIGE?
2164
01:46:20,854 --> 01:46:22,521
I THINK THE MORAL
POSITION THAT WE HAVE
2165
01:46:22,589 --> 01:46:25,123
WOULD TRANSCEND ANY
TEMPORARY DISADVANTAGE
2166
01:46:25,192 --> 01:46:26,624
THAT MIGHT FOLLOW A DUD.
2167
01:46:26,693 --> 01:46:28,826
YOU DO? NOT ME.
2168
01:46:28,895 --> 01:46:30,728
CAN'T WE AT LEAST
ISSUE THEM A WARNING...
2169
01:46:30,797 --> 01:46:32,364
APPROACH THEM
WITH TERMS OF PEACE?
2170
01:46:32,433 --> 01:46:34,932
NO, NO, NO. EVERYTHING I KNOW
TELLS ME THE JAP WON'T QUIT.
2171
01:46:35,000 --> 01:46:36,500
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE BEATEN.
2172
01:46:36,569 --> 01:46:39,803
THEY'LL FIGHT UNTIL
THEY EAT STONES.
2173
01:46:39,872 --> 01:46:43,074
MR. PRESIDENT, WHY'D WE
BUILD THIS BOMB IF NOT TO USE IT?
2174
01:46:43,142 --> 01:46:46,210
WHY'D WE SPEND 3
YEARS AND $2 BILLION?
2175
01:46:46,279 --> 01:46:49,713
WHETHER WE INVADE OR
NOT, 7,000 LIVES OR A MILLION,
2176
01:46:49,782 --> 01:46:52,550
LET'S END THIS THING
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
2177
01:46:52,618 --> 01:46:54,385
WITH NO MORE AMERICAN DEATHS.
2178
01:46:54,454 --> 01:46:56,786
WHY WAIT THREE
MONTHS OR THREE DAYS
2179
01:46:56,854 --> 01:46:59,389
OR THREE MINUTES FOR
THEM TO SURRENDER?
2180
01:46:59,458 --> 01:47:02,625
OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO
SAVE AMERICAN BOYS' LIVES.
2181
01:47:02,694 --> 01:47:05,061
THAT'S THE WHOLE
REASON RIGHT THERE.
2182
01:47:05,130 --> 01:47:06,262
BUT THERE'S OTHER WAYS.
2183
01:47:06,331 --> 01:47:08,664
WELL, IF YOU DON'T MENTION
THE BOMB TO THE JAPANESE,
2184
01:47:08,733 --> 01:47:11,334
AT LEAST IN GENERAL TERMS
EXPLAIN TO THEM ITS CAPACITY...
2185
01:47:11,403 --> 01:47:13,803
SOMETHING THAT IN ONE
BLOW, COULD WIPE OUT A CITY.
2186
01:47:13,871 --> 01:47:16,771
SURELY, THEY'LL UNDERSTAND THAT.
2187
01:47:16,840 --> 01:47:18,540
THAT'S INTERESTING, McCLOY.
2188
01:47:18,609 --> 01:47:21,042
YOU GIVE THAT FURTHER
THOUGHT, RIGHT?
2189
01:47:21,112 --> 01:47:24,679
GIVE WHAT YOU COME UP WITH
TO MY SECRETARY OF STATE HERE.
2190
01:47:24,748 --> 01:47:27,316
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
VERY INFORMATIVE.
2191
01:47:27,384 --> 01:47:29,751
GOOD LUCK AT POTSDAM,
MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, GENERAL.
2192
01:47:29,820 --> 01:47:31,186
GOOD LUCK, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR.
2193
01:47:31,255 --> 01:47:32,921
GOOD LUCK, SIR.
2194
01:47:32,990 --> 01:47:35,257
I'VE BEEN LISTENING
FOR THREE WEEKS...
2195
01:47:35,326 --> 01:47:36,658
HOW IT COST $2 BILLION,
2196
01:47:36,727 --> 01:47:38,692
IT'S GONNA TERRIFY THE RUSSIANS,
2197
01:47:38,761 --> 01:47:40,628
SAVE ALL THESE AMERICAN LIVES.
2198
01:47:40,696 --> 01:47:42,396
DO YOU THINK IT WOULD
MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE
2199
01:47:42,465 --> 01:47:44,031
IF THEY WERE WHITE
INSTEAD OF YELLOW?
2200
01:47:44,100 --> 01:47:45,666
WHAT DO YOU THINK, JIMMY?
2201
01:47:45,735 --> 01:47:48,736
I THINK STALIN MEANS TO
STAY IN EASTERN EUROPE,
2202
01:47:48,804 --> 01:47:51,205
AND AT YALTA, HE
PROMISED ROOSEVELT
2203
01:47:51,274 --> 01:47:53,608
TO COME INTO THE
WAR AGAINST JAPAN
2204
01:47:53,676 --> 01:47:56,310
THREE MONTHS AFTER
GERMANY SURRENDERED.
2205
01:47:56,379 --> 01:47:59,812
ONLY NOW, WE DON'T WANT HIM IN.
2206
01:47:59,881 --> 01:48:04,684
ONCE HE GETS INTO JAPAN,
HOW DO WE GET HIM OUT?
2207
01:48:04,753 --> 01:48:07,521
IT'LL BE JUST LIKE EUROPE.
2208
01:48:07,589 --> 01:48:11,090
WE WANT TO SEND HIM A MESSAGE.
2209
01:48:11,160 --> 01:48:15,128
I ONLY HOPE THIS
BOMB TEST COMES OFF
2210
01:48:15,197 --> 01:48:19,097
BEFORE YOU AND
JOE MEET IN POTSDAM.
2211
01:48:19,167 --> 01:48:23,302
IF IT DOES, I CERTAINLY HAVE
A HAMMER ON THOSE BOYS.
2212
01:48:23,371 --> 01:48:26,104
COME.
2213
01:48:26,174 --> 01:48:28,840
MR. PRESIDENT, MAY I SEE
YOU FOR A MOMENT, SIR?
2214
01:48:28,909 --> 01:48:30,709
WHY, CERTAINLY,
BART. WHAT IS IT?
2215
01:48:33,548 --> 01:48:36,582
SIR, THE STAKES
ARE SO TREMENDOUS.
2216
01:48:36,651 --> 01:48:39,585
WE JUST HAVE TO
GIVE THE JAPANESE
2217
01:48:39,654 --> 01:48:41,186
TWO OR THREE DAYS' WARNING.
2218
01:48:41,254 --> 01:48:43,821
WE'RE A GREAT HUMANITARIAN
NATION, MR. PRESIDENT.
2219
01:48:43,890 --> 01:48:45,657
OUR PEOPLE BELIEVE IN FAIR PLAY.
2220
01:48:45,725 --> 01:48:47,392
THE NAVY KNOWS THE
JAPANESE ARE LICKED.
2221
01:48:47,460 --> 01:48:49,227
THE ARMY JUST WANTS
TO BE IN ON THE KILL.
2222
01:48:49,296 --> 01:48:50,976
IF WE LET THE JAPANESE
KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT,
2223
01:48:51,030 --> 01:48:52,863
IF WE AT LEAST TRY.
2224
01:48:52,932 --> 01:48:54,532
ALL THESE QUESTIONS...
2225
01:48:54,601 --> 01:48:57,602
THEY'VE ALL RECEIVED
VERY CAREFUL STUDY.
2226
01:49:02,675 --> 01:49:04,441
YOU'VE MADE UP YOUR MINDS, THEN.
2227
01:49:07,379 --> 01:49:09,613
SIR, I FIND MYSELF
2228
01:49:09,682 --> 01:49:12,082
IN SUCH STRONG DISAGREEMENT
ABOUT DROPPING THE BOMB,
2229
01:49:12,150 --> 01:49:13,983
ESPECIALLY WITHOUT
GIVING ANY WARNING,
2230
01:49:14,052 --> 01:49:17,787
THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO
RESIGN FROM THE COMMITTEE.
2231
01:49:17,856 --> 01:49:20,557
I JUST DON'T WANT
TO BE PART OF IT.
2232
01:49:20,626 --> 01:49:22,391
I'M ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO RESIGN
2233
01:49:22,460 --> 01:49:24,126
AS UNDERSECRETARY OF THE NAVY,
2234
01:49:24,195 --> 01:49:27,796
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY,
MR. PRESIDENT.
2235
01:49:38,642 --> 01:49:40,909
LISTEN, SAM, CHECK THAT
HOIST FOR ME, WILL YOU?
2236
01:49:40,978 --> 01:49:43,378
I DON'T WANT ANY TROUBLE
WHEN THE GEIGER GETS HERE.
2237
01:49:43,447 --> 01:49:45,046
SURE THING, KEN.
2238
01:49:46,650 --> 01:49:48,250
GET OFF.
2239
01:49:51,455 --> 01:49:53,821
YES, KEN?
2240
01:49:53,890 --> 01:49:55,957
YEAH.
2241
01:49:56,025 --> 01:49:57,325
YEAH, YEAH.
2242
01:49:57,394 --> 01:49:59,294
WE'LL GET STARTED.
2243
01:49:59,363 --> 01:50:00,629
WE GO IF THE WEATHER HOLDS.
2244
01:50:00,697 --> 01:50:02,864
GET GOING WITH THE ASSEMBLY.
I'LL GET THE PLUTONIUM.
2245
01:50:02,932 --> 01:50:04,498
WILL YOU CALL ME
IF IT'S A SUCCESS?
2246
01:50:04,567 --> 01:50:07,033
YES, YES, OF COURSE.
2247
01:50:07,102 --> 01:50:08,102
ROBERT...
2248
01:50:08,137 --> 01:50:09,403
WHAT'S THIS?
2249
01:50:09,472 --> 01:50:12,640
IT'S A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER. I
FOUND IT IN THE BACKYARD.
2250
01:50:12,708 --> 01:50:14,941
UH, I'LL HAVE TO USE CODE.
2251
01:50:15,010 --> 01:50:16,677
I'LL SAY...
2252
01:50:16,746 --> 01:50:19,480
"YOU CAN CHANGE THE SHEETS."
2253
01:50:37,031 --> 01:50:39,832
NOW, JUST BEFORE YOU...
2254
01:50:39,901 --> 01:50:42,134
I KNOW I DON'T HAVE
TO REMIND ANY OF YOU
2255
01:50:42,203 --> 01:50:45,271
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET
CARELESS AND FISSION STARTS HERE.
2256
01:50:45,340 --> 01:50:48,173
OPPIE, WHY DON'T
YOU WAIT OUTSIDE?
2257
01:50:48,241 --> 01:50:49,641
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
2258
01:50:49,710 --> 01:50:51,810
UNTIL THE ASSEMBLY'S DONE.
2259
01:50:54,782 --> 01:50:55,880
FINE.
2260
01:50:55,949 --> 01:50:57,081
FINE.
2261
01:51:08,260 --> 01:51:10,428
OKAY, EASY DOES IT, GUYS.
2262
01:51:10,496 --> 01:51:12,596
TAKE HER SLOWLY.
2263
01:51:24,477 --> 01:51:26,243
EASY DOES IT.
2264
01:51:29,147 --> 01:51:30,513
LET'S GO.
2265
01:51:31,983 --> 01:51:33,750
OKAY, LET'S GO!
2266
01:51:56,006 --> 01:51:57,205
LET'S PUT IT IN THE TENT.
2267
01:51:57,274 --> 01:51:58,640
WE'LL ATTEMPT THE CORE THERE.
2268
01:51:58,709 --> 01:52:00,609
I DON'T WANT ANY SAND
MUCKING UP THE WORKS.
2269
01:52:00,678 --> 01:52:02,444
I DON'T LIKE THIS WIND.
2270
01:52:02,513 --> 01:52:05,414
NO. DON'T KNOW HOW FAR
IT'LL BLOW THE FALLOUT.
2271
01:52:32,808 --> 01:52:35,742
THEY'RE GOING TO
ATTEMPT AN ATTEMPT NOW.
2272
01:52:39,180 --> 01:52:41,648
GOD, THIS WEATHER, HUH?
2273
01:52:41,717 --> 01:52:42,982
I HATE IT.
2274
01:52:43,051 --> 01:52:44,951
HATE IT.
2275
01:52:45,020 --> 01:52:47,053
GET THE HOIST READY.
2276
01:52:47,122 --> 01:52:49,423
EASY, EASY.
2277
01:52:49,491 --> 01:52:51,291
SLOWLY.
2278
01:52:51,359 --> 01:52:52,792
SLOWLY.
2279
01:52:52,860 --> 01:52:55,528
SLOWLY. EASY.
2280
01:52:55,596 --> 01:52:57,496
CAREFUL.
2281
01:52:57,565 --> 01:52:59,398
OVER THE MIDDLE.
2282
01:52:59,467 --> 01:53:01,300
KEEP COMING, SLOWLY.
2283
01:53:01,368 --> 01:53:03,903
GENTLY.
2284
01:53:03,971 --> 01:53:05,738
MORE, MORE, MORE, MORE.
2285
01:53:05,807 --> 01:53:07,540
MORE, PLEASE.
2286
01:53:07,608 --> 01:53:10,142
GENTLY. OH.
2287
01:53:10,210 --> 01:53:12,344
SLOW.
2288
01:53:12,413 --> 01:53:14,813
SLOWLY.
2289
01:53:14,881 --> 01:53:16,714
MORE, A LITTLE MORE.
2290
01:53:16,783 --> 01:53:21,686
GOD ALMIGHTY, OPPIE, YOU
OUGHT TO WAIT OUTSIDE.
2291
01:53:21,755 --> 01:53:24,589
PLEASE.
2292
01:53:34,567 --> 01:53:36,032
WHEN DOES GROVES GET HERE?
2293
01:53:36,101 --> 01:53:37,534
WHO CARES?
2294
01:53:40,906 --> 01:53:42,873
IT'S STUCK.
2295
01:53:42,942 --> 01:53:44,875
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, IT'S STUCK.
2296
01:53:44,944 --> 01:53:47,544
OF COURSE IT'S STUCK,
YOU SIMPLE MORONS.
2297
01:53:47,613 --> 01:53:49,133
YOU ONLY HAD 2 1/2
YEARS TO MEASURE IT.
2298
01:53:49,181 --> 01:53:50,514
OF COURSE IT'S STUCK.
2299
01:53:50,583 --> 01:53:52,950
THE PLUTONIUM JUST EXPANDED
A LITTLE WHEN IT HEATED UP.
2300
01:53:53,018 --> 01:53:54,184
ONCE THE ASSEMBLY HEATS UP,
2301
01:53:54,252 --> 01:53:56,018
IT WILL EXPAND, AND
THE CORE WILL FIT.
2302
01:53:56,087 --> 01:53:59,254
OPPIE, YOU'VE GOT TO RELAX.
2303
01:53:59,323 --> 01:54:01,023
COME ON.
2304
01:54:01,092 --> 01:54:04,259
I BET YOU A MONTH'S SALARY
AGAINST $10 IT WILL WORK.
2305
01:54:04,328 --> 01:54:06,161
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE THAT BET.
2306
01:54:06,230 --> 01:54:07,630
I'M SORRY.
2307
01:54:42,865 --> 01:54:45,065
AH, MR. PRESIDENT.
2308
01:54:45,134 --> 01:54:48,301
WE'VE JUST BEEN THROUGH BERLIN.
2309
01:54:48,370 --> 01:54:49,503
YOU SEEN IT YET?
2310
01:54:49,572 --> 01:54:51,572
YES, AND NOT PRETTY, IS IT?
2311
01:54:51,641 --> 01:54:53,574
IT'S TERRIBLE. TERRIBLE.
2312
01:54:53,643 --> 01:54:57,110
OLD MEN, OLD WOMEN, LITTLE
CHILDREN PULLING CARTS
2313
01:54:57,179 --> 01:54:59,478
WITH THEIR FEW THINGS ON
THEM TO WHO KNOWS WHERE.
2314
01:54:59,548 --> 01:55:00,813
JUST TERRIBLE.
2315
01:55:00,882 --> 01:55:03,650
SIR, I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW
ALLAN DULLES OF THE O.S.S.
2316
01:55:03,718 --> 01:55:04,751
MR. PRESIDENT.
2317
01:55:04,819 --> 01:55:05,985
DULLES, NICE TO SEE YOU.
2318
01:55:06,054 --> 01:55:07,887
JIMMY BYRNES. MR. BYRNES.
2319
01:55:07,956 --> 01:55:09,622
IS STALIN HERE YET?
2320
01:55:09,691 --> 01:55:11,190
NO, SIR, NOT YET.
2321
01:55:11,259 --> 01:55:14,060
SOME JAPANESE CABLES
THAT WE'VE INTERCEPTED...
2322
01:55:14,128 --> 01:55:16,228
I THINK YOU'LL
WANT TO HEAR, SIR.
2323
01:55:16,297 --> 01:55:18,964
AND DULLES HAS JUST
RETURNED FROM SWITZERLAND
2324
01:55:19,033 --> 01:55:21,366
WITH INFORMATION
ALONG THE SAME LINES.
2325
01:55:21,435 --> 01:55:23,769
THE JAPANESE HAVE
ASKED THE RUSSIANS
2326
01:55:23,837 --> 01:55:26,204
TO MEDIATE AN END
TO THE WAR WITH US.
2327
01:55:26,273 --> 01:55:28,740
THIS IS FROM FOREIGN
MINISTER TOGO
2328
01:55:28,809 --> 01:55:31,476
TO THE JAPANESE
AMBASSADOR IN MOSCOW.
2329
01:55:31,545 --> 01:55:34,179
"HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR,
MINDFUL OF THE FACT
2330
01:55:34,247 --> 01:55:36,848
"THAT THE WAR DAILY
BRINGS EVIL AND SACRIFICE
2331
01:55:36,917 --> 01:55:39,484
"UPON THE PEOPLES OF
ALL BELLIGERENT POWERS,
2332
01:55:39,553 --> 01:55:42,820
"DESIRES FROM HIS HEART THAT
IT MAY BE QUICKLY TERMINATED.
2333
01:55:42,889 --> 01:55:45,990
"HIS MAJESTY IS DEEPLY RELUCTANT
TO HAVE ANY FURTHER BLOOD LOST
2334
01:55:46,059 --> 01:55:47,792
"AMONG THE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES,
2335
01:55:47,860 --> 01:55:49,293
"AND JAPAN IS DEFEATED.
2336
01:55:49,361 --> 01:55:52,063
"WE MUST FACE THE FACT
AND ACT ACCORDINGLY.
2337
01:55:52,131 --> 01:55:53,965
"AND SINCE THE LOSS OF ONE DAY
2338
01:55:54,033 --> 01:55:56,233
"MAY RESULT IN 1,000
YEARS OF REGRET,
2339
01:55:56,302 --> 01:55:59,369
IT IS REQUESTED THAT YOU
IMMEDIATELY HAVE A TALK"...
2340
01:55:59,438 --> 01:56:02,572
HENRY, IF THEY WANT TO
SURRENDER, LET THEM SURRENDER...
2341
01:56:02,641 --> 01:56:03,707
UNCONDITIONALLY.
2342
01:56:03,775 --> 01:56:05,875
YES, WE BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL,
2343
01:56:05,944 --> 01:56:09,045
IF YOU TELL THEM THAT THEY
CAN KEEP THEIR EMPEROR.
2344
01:56:09,114 --> 01:56:12,682
DULLES HAS BEEN APPROACHED
BY THE JAPANESE ALREADY
2345
01:56:12,751 --> 01:56:14,117
DIRECTLY IN SWITZERLAND.
2346
01:56:14,185 --> 01:56:17,220
THEY WANT TO SURRENDER IF
THEY CAN RETAIN THE EMPEROR.
2347
01:56:17,288 --> 01:56:19,122
WHO WAS THIS? MILITARY PEOPLE?
2348
01:56:19,190 --> 01:56:20,657
YES, SIR.
2349
01:56:20,726 --> 01:56:23,225
I DON'T THINK, AFTER
PEARL HARBOR,
2350
01:56:23,293 --> 01:56:25,728
JAPANESE HAVE
ANY MILITARY HONOR.
2351
01:56:25,796 --> 01:56:29,999
MR. PRESIDENT, THEY HAVE A DOZEN
DIFFERENT FACTIONS OVER THERE
2352
01:56:30,067 --> 01:56:31,900
SQUABBLING AMONG THEMSELVES
2353
01:56:31,969 --> 01:56:34,703
AND AN ARMY THAT DOESN'T
SUPPORT SURRENDER.
2354
01:56:34,772 --> 01:56:37,973
LET THEM COME TO SOME
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEMSELVES.
2355
01:56:38,042 --> 01:56:40,175
THEY KNOW WHERE TO FIND US.
2356
01:56:40,244 --> 01:56:43,577
IN THE MEANTIME, WHY
DON'T WE JUST WAIT AND SEE
2357
01:56:43,647 --> 01:56:45,880
WHAT HAPPENS IN
NEW MEXICO FIRST?
2358
01:57:35,063 --> 01:57:38,230
OPPENHEIMER!
2359
01:57:38,299 --> 01:57:39,965
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THAT TOWER
2360
01:57:40,034 --> 01:57:41,734
WITH ALL THIS LIGHTNING AROUND?!
2361
01:57:41,803 --> 01:57:43,869
CHECKING THE
ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS!
2362
01:57:43,938 --> 01:57:45,970
I'LL MEET YOU IN
THE WEATHER SHACK!
2363
01:57:46,039 --> 01:57:47,271
I BET THEY CALL IT OFF.
2364
01:57:47,340 --> 01:57:49,674
IT'D BE CRAZY TO GO
IN THIS WIND AND RAIN.
2365
01:57:49,743 --> 01:57:52,077
YOU BET THAT? I INVITE BETS.
2366
01:57:52,145 --> 01:57:55,880
AGAINST, FIRST, THE
DESTRUCTION OF ALL HUMAN LIFE,
2367
01:57:55,949 --> 01:57:59,718
AND SECOND, THAT OF HUMAN
LIFE JUST IN NEW MEXICO.
2368
01:57:59,786 --> 01:58:01,452
ATTEN-HUT!
2369
01:58:01,521 --> 01:58:02,687
CARRY ON.
2370
01:58:02,756 --> 01:58:04,396
GENTLEMEN, WOULD YOU
WAIT OUTSIDE, PLEASE?
2371
01:58:04,424 --> 01:58:06,024
WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS
THE WEATHER IN HERE.
2372
01:58:06,059 --> 01:58:08,525
YOU WANT US TO WAIT IN THE RAIN?
2373
01:58:08,594 --> 01:58:10,360
YES.
2374
01:58:10,429 --> 01:58:13,363
PLEASE.
2375
01:58:13,432 --> 01:58:15,165
ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS IT
WITH THIS WEATHER?
2376
01:58:15,234 --> 01:58:16,266
IT'S PRETTY BAD, GENERAL.
2377
01:58:16,335 --> 01:58:17,901
ZERO HOUR IS ONLY
SEVEN HOURS AWAY,
2378
01:58:17,970 --> 01:58:19,703
AND WE'VE GOT RAIN,
WIND, AND LIGHTNING.
2379
01:58:19,772 --> 01:58:21,538
LIEUTENANT, I CAN
SEE THAT IT'S BAD.
2380
01:58:21,607 --> 01:58:22,607
WHAT'S YOUR FORECAST?
2381
01:58:22,641 --> 01:58:24,641
I'M NOT REALLY SURE.
I THINK IT MAY LIFT.
2382
01:58:24,710 --> 01:58:25,710
HOW ABOUT YOU, JACK?
2383
01:58:25,778 --> 01:58:27,344
Jack: I THINK IT'S
GOING TO CLEAR UP.
2384
01:58:27,412 --> 01:58:28,477
YOU THINK? YOU THINK?
2385
01:58:28,546 --> 01:58:30,012
CAPTAIN, I WANT YOU TO SIT DOWN,
2386
01:58:30,081 --> 01:58:32,248
I WANT YOU TO WRITE YOUR
FORECAST OUT IN LONGHAND,
2387
01:58:32,316 --> 01:58:33,750
AND THEN I WANT YOU TO SIGN IT.
2388
01:58:33,818 --> 01:58:36,119
AND IT BETTER BE ACCURATE,
OR I WILL HANG YOU WITH IT.
2389
01:58:36,187 --> 01:58:38,020
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? YES, SIR.
2390
01:58:38,089 --> 01:58:39,122
DO IT.
2391
01:58:42,727 --> 01:58:45,661
WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS
TESTING IN THIS WEATHER?
2392
01:58:45,730 --> 01:58:48,663
WELL, THE WIND OR RAIN COULD
BLOW THE RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT
2393
01:58:48,732 --> 01:58:49,998
AND DROP IT ON A TOWN...
2394
01:58:50,067 --> 01:58:51,900
OR ON OURSELVES.
2395
01:58:51,969 --> 01:58:54,736
THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO ESCAPE.
OUR EVACUATION ROUTES STINK.
2396
01:58:54,805 --> 01:58:58,206
HOW ARE THE ELECTRICAL
CONNECTIONS HOLDING UP?
2397
01:58:58,275 --> 01:58:59,641
SO FAR, ALL RIGHT,
2398
01:58:59,709 --> 01:59:01,810
BUT THEY'LL START
TO DETERIORATE SOON.
2399
01:59:01,879 --> 01:59:04,379
PROBABLY HOLDING UP A
LOT BETTER THAN YOU ARE.
2400
01:59:07,617 --> 01:59:09,251
AH, I HATE TO POSTPONE.
2401
01:59:09,319 --> 01:59:11,886
THEY'RE WAITING
FOR US IN POTSDAM.
2402
01:59:11,954 --> 01:59:14,688
YES, BUT IF IT DOESN'T
CLEAR UP, I THINK WE HAVE TO.
2403
01:59:17,426 --> 01:59:18,558
WHERE ARE THE GUARDS?
2404
01:59:18,627 --> 01:59:20,928
WE PULLED THEM AFTER
THE BOMB WAS ASSEMBLED
2405
01:59:20,997 --> 01:59:22,797
IN CASE LIGHTNING HIT THE TOWER.
2406
01:59:22,865 --> 01:59:24,598
WHERE'S KISTIAKOWSKY?
2407
01:59:24,667 --> 01:59:25,833
YOU CHASED HIM OUT.
2408
01:59:25,902 --> 01:59:27,935
GET HIM IN HERE. KISTIAKOWSKY!
2409
01:59:32,140 --> 01:59:34,407
YOU KNOW HOW TO USE A
RIFLE OR A MACHINE GUN?
2410
01:59:34,475 --> 01:59:35,675
A RIFLE, SIR? YES.
2411
01:59:35,743 --> 01:59:37,710
YOU AND YOUR MEN GET
RIFLES AND GUARD THE TOWER.
2412
01:59:37,779 --> 01:59:39,612
AGAINST WHAT, SIR?
2413
01:59:39,681 --> 01:59:41,114
AGAINST WHAT?
2414
01:59:41,183 --> 01:59:42,748
SABOTAGE... JAP PARATROOPERS,
2415
01:59:42,818 --> 01:59:44,483
YOUR OWN PEOPLE... I DON'T KNOW.
2416
01:59:44,552 --> 01:59:46,752
IT'S A PERFECT NIGHT
FOR THEM. JUST DO IT.
2417
01:59:54,795 --> 01:59:56,795
I'M GONNA SACK
OUT TILL ABOUT 1:00.
2418
01:59:56,864 --> 01:59:58,864
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
A LOOK AT IT THEN.
2419
01:59:58,933 --> 02:00:01,233
YOU OUGHT TO DO THE SAME.
2420
02:00:01,302 --> 02:00:03,135
YOU NEED TO RELAX.
2421
02:00:18,351 --> 02:00:20,451
HERE COMES GENERAL PATTON.
2422
02:00:22,621 --> 02:00:24,488
TELL HIM THE JAPANESE
PARATROOPERS
2423
02:00:24,557 --> 02:00:26,057
JUST LANDED BEHIND THAT HILL.
2424
02:00:26,125 --> 02:00:27,225
YOU TELL HIM.
2425
02:00:27,293 --> 02:00:28,726
ATTEN-HUT!
2426
02:00:28,794 --> 02:00:30,728
YOU SAID IT WAS GONNA CLEAR.
2427
02:00:30,796 --> 02:00:32,864
I THOUGHT IT WAS. WE'RE
WAITING HERE ON THE PHONE.
2428
02:00:32,932 --> 02:00:35,098
IT STILL MIGHT, GENERAL.
IT'S HARD TO TELL FOR SURE.
2429
02:00:35,167 --> 02:00:37,267
GET OUT OF HERE.
YOU'RE NO USE TO ANYONE.
2430
02:00:37,336 --> 02:00:39,069
I'LL FORECAST THE
WEATHER MYSELF.
2431
02:00:39,137 --> 02:00:41,071
YES, SIR.
2432
02:00:47,579 --> 02:00:50,847
ALL RIGHT, LET'S LOOK
AT WHAT WE KNOW.
2433
02:00:50,916 --> 02:00:53,250
WE'VE GOT TO GO IN THE
DARK, WHEN PEOPLE ARE ASLEEP.
2434
02:00:53,318 --> 02:00:55,084
OTHERWISE, WE GOT
TOO MANY QUESTIONS.
2435
02:00:55,152 --> 02:00:57,119
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS
IF WE GO IN THE RAIN IS
2436
02:00:57,188 --> 02:00:58,988
OUR OBSERVATION
PLANES CAN'T TAKE OFF.
2437
02:00:59,056 --> 02:01:01,123
THE MEN HAVE BEEN UP
FOR TWO NIGHTS STRAIGHT.
2438
02:01:01,192 --> 02:01:03,259
IT WILL BE HARD TO GET
THEM UP TO PITCH AGAIN
2439
02:01:03,327 --> 02:01:04,327
IF WE CALL IT OFF.
2440
02:01:04,395 --> 02:01:06,095
I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT IT'S SAFE.
2441
02:01:06,163 --> 02:01:08,163
I WANT IT TO BE SAFE, TOO.
2442
02:01:08,232 --> 02:01:11,000
THEY'RE COUNTING
ON US AT POTSDAM.
2443
02:01:16,806 --> 02:01:17,972
OPPENHEIMER.
2444
02:01:20,076 --> 02:01:21,209
IT'S CLEARING.
2445
02:01:23,880 --> 02:01:25,914
THEY SAY THE RAIN AND
WIND WILL BOTH STOP
2446
02:01:25,982 --> 02:01:27,548
BETWEEN 5:00 AND 6:00 A.M.
2447
02:01:27,617 --> 02:01:29,683
HOW SURE ARE YOU?
2448
02:01:29,752 --> 02:01:31,953
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2449
02:01:32,022 --> 02:01:34,188
THEY SAY THEY'RE PRETTY SURE.
2450
02:01:38,527 --> 02:01:41,228
GENERAL?
2451
02:01:41,297 --> 02:01:42,963
WE'LL GO AT 5:30.
2452
02:01:52,041 --> 02:01:56,043
Man: COMING UP ON
"T" MINUS 2 MINUTES 30.
2453
02:01:56,111 --> 02:01:59,211
IF YOU WATCH, LOOK
THROUGH THIS SMOKED GLASS.
2454
02:02:01,149 --> 02:02:03,549
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY
DO WHAT I DO!
2455
02:02:03,617 --> 02:02:08,321
NOW, LAY DOWN BUT FACE
AWAY FROM THE TOWER.
2456
02:02:08,389 --> 02:02:11,623
AND KEEP YOUR EYES CLOSED
TIGHTLY UNTIL AFTER THE FLASH.
2457
02:02:11,692 --> 02:02:12,891
THEN, AND ONLY THEN,
2458
02:02:12,961 --> 02:02:16,495
USE THE SMOKED GLASS
TO LOOK AT THE FIREBALL...
2459
02:02:16,564 --> 02:02:18,230
ASSUMING THERE IS ONE.
2460
02:02:18,299 --> 02:02:21,466
OPPIE, LET'S GO.
2461
02:02:22,669 --> 02:02:24,802
"T" MINUS TWO MINUTES.
2462
02:02:29,042 --> 02:02:31,242
MINUS ONE MINUTE 50.
2463
02:02:36,283 --> 02:02:38,450
MINUS ONE MINUTE 40.
2464
02:02:40,552 --> 02:02:43,553
HERE... SUNTAN
LOTION TO PROTECT YOU
2465
02:02:43,622 --> 02:02:46,290
FROM THE ULTRAVIOLET EMISSIONS.
2466
02:02:46,359 --> 02:02:47,824
WHAT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN, OPPIE,
2467
02:02:47,893 --> 02:02:49,226
IS THAT AT MINUS 5 SECONDS,
2468
02:02:49,295 --> 02:02:51,528
I'LL PANIC AND SAY,
"GENTLEMEN, THIS CAN'T GO ON,"
2469
02:02:51,597 --> 02:02:52,529
THEN PULL THE SWITCH.
2470
02:02:52,598 --> 02:02:54,564
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
2471
02:02:54,633 --> 02:02:57,101
YEAH. SORRY.
2472
02:02:57,169 --> 02:02:58,802
"T" MINUS ONE MINUTE.
2473
02:03:00,805 --> 02:03:02,472
MINUS 40.
2474
02:03:05,210 --> 02:03:06,575
MINUS 30.
2475
02:03:06,644 --> 02:03:08,144
I'M GOING OUTSIDE.
2476
02:03:08,213 --> 02:03:10,846
I WANT TO SEE THIS FOR MYSELF.
2477
02:03:10,915 --> 02:03:13,116
MINUS 20.
2478
02:03:16,721 --> 02:03:17,853
MINUS 15.
2479
02:03:22,059 --> 02:03:24,192
10, 9...
2480
02:03:24,261 --> 02:03:26,294
8, 7...
2481
02:03:26,363 --> 02:03:28,763
6, 5...
2482
02:03:28,832 --> 02:03:29,864
4...
2483
02:03:29,933 --> 02:03:33,035
3, 2, 1.
2484
02:04:04,699 --> 02:04:06,999
Man: MY GOD.
2485
02:04:16,778 --> 02:04:18,811
IT'S BRIGHTER THAN A STAR!
2486
02:04:18,880 --> 02:04:21,147
IT'S BRIGHTER THAN TWO STARS.
2487
02:04:31,292 --> 02:04:32,757
THE WAR IS OVER.
2488
02:04:32,826 --> 02:04:36,828
THE WAR'S OVER WHEN WE
DROP TWO BOMBS ON JAPAN.
2489
02:04:49,142 --> 02:04:50,274
WHOO-HOO!
2490
02:04:53,913 --> 02:04:55,179
WE DID IT!
2491
02:04:55,248 --> 02:04:58,983
I WON THE BET! YOU OWE ME $10!
2492
02:05:01,954 --> 02:05:03,121
I DON'T HAVE IT.
2493
02:05:04,424 --> 02:05:07,056
AHH.
2494
02:05:07,126 --> 02:05:09,359
I GOT TO GET BACK TO
LOS ALAMOS RIGHT AWAY.
2495
02:05:09,428 --> 02:05:12,162
THEY'VE GOT TO KNOW ABOUT
THIS IN POTSDAM FIRST THING.
2496
02:05:12,231 --> 02:05:14,897
YOU BETTER GET GOING, TOO.
YOU'VE GOT A DATE WITH A B-29.
2497
02:05:14,966 --> 02:05:16,333
YES, SIR.
2498
02:05:19,238 --> 02:05:22,038
MR. COLT, THEY'RE GONNA
TAKE THIS THING OVER
2499
02:05:22,107 --> 02:05:24,174
AND FRY HUNDREDS OF JAPANESE.
2500
02:05:26,978 --> 02:05:28,511
ALL RIGHT.
2501
02:05:40,458 --> 02:05:42,691
YOU KNOW THE BHAGAVAD-GITA?
2502
02:05:42,760 --> 02:05:45,628
"I AM BECOME DEATH...
2503
02:05:45,696 --> 02:05:49,797
THE SHATTERER OF WORLDS."
2504
02:05:49,866 --> 02:05:52,333
YEAH.
2505
02:05:52,402 --> 02:05:54,802
NOW WE'RE ALL SONS OF BITCHES.
2506
02:06:00,343 --> 02:06:02,143
I HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE FIGURES.
2507
02:06:03,946 --> 02:06:06,314
IT WORKED. IT WORKS.
2508
02:06:06,383 --> 02:06:09,350
AS POWERFUL AS
20,000 TONS OF TNT.
2509
02:06:09,419 --> 02:06:12,786
DETAILS ARE JUST COMING IN.
2510
02:06:12,854 --> 02:06:14,788
LISTEN TO THIS.
2511
02:06:14,856 --> 02:06:19,793
"FLASH SEEN 250 MILES
AWAY, HEARD 100 MILES AWAY.
2512
02:06:19,861 --> 02:06:21,761
"STEEL TOWER EVAPORATED.
2513
02:06:21,830 --> 02:06:26,466
"SOLDIER STANDING 10,000 FEET
AWAY WAS KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET.
2514
02:06:26,535 --> 02:06:29,169
"WINDOW BROKEN 125 MILES AWAY.
2515
02:06:29,238 --> 02:06:31,170
"LEFT A CRATER 1,200 FEET WIDE
2516
02:06:31,239 --> 02:06:33,673
"IN WHICH EVERYTHING
DISAPPEARED...
2517
02:06:33,741 --> 02:06:35,208
DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY."
2518
02:06:35,276 --> 02:06:37,343
WELL...
2519
02:06:39,547 --> 02:06:42,515
WELL, WELL, WELL, NOW.
2520
02:06:42,584 --> 02:06:45,017
I MET WITH STALIN THIS MORNING.
2521
02:06:45,086 --> 02:06:48,454
HE SAID HE HAD SOME MORE
QUESTIONS TO PRESENT,
2522
02:06:48,523 --> 02:06:51,823
AND I TOLD HIM TO FIRE
AWAY, AND HE DID, TOO.
2523
02:06:51,891 --> 02:06:53,124
IT WAS DYNAMITE.
2524
02:06:53,193 --> 02:06:56,728
BUT NOW I HAVE
SOME DYNAMITE, TOO.
2525
02:06:56,796 --> 02:07:02,334
THIS GIVES ME A COMPLETELY
NEW FEELING OF CONFIDENCE.
2526
02:07:02,402 --> 02:07:04,836
WELL, NOW...
2527
02:07:04,904 --> 02:07:06,904
THIS WILL KEEP THE
RUSSIANS STRAIGHT.
2528
02:07:06,973 --> 02:07:10,709
HENRY, YOU LEAVE
THOSE REPORTS WITH US,
2529
02:07:10,777 --> 02:07:12,610
BRING THE REST AS THEY COME IN.
2530
02:07:12,678 --> 02:07:15,346
YES. YES, OF COURSE.
2531
02:07:17,216 --> 02:07:19,015
THEY SAW THE FLASH
IN ALBUQUERQUE.
2532
02:07:19,084 --> 02:07:20,183
GOOD MORNING, GENERAL.
2533
02:07:20,253 --> 02:07:22,620
IT WAS SEEN IN EL PASO, TEXAS!
2534
02:07:22,688 --> 02:07:25,456
A GIRL IN A SMALL
TOWN 20 MILES AWAY
2535
02:07:25,524 --> 02:07:28,292
WHO'D BEEN BLINDED
AT BIRTH SAW THE LIGHT.
2536
02:07:28,361 --> 02:07:30,394
OH, MY. ISN'T IT AMAZING?
2537
02:07:30,463 --> 02:07:33,796
ALL RIGHT, TAKE A MEMO TO
GENERAL MARSHALL IN POTSDAM.
2538
02:07:33,865 --> 02:07:36,132
"PROBABLE DATE
OF FIRST BOMBING...
2539
02:07:36,200 --> 02:07:39,101
"ONE WEEK, WEATHER PERMITTING.
2540
02:07:39,170 --> 02:07:42,104
"AT LEAST THREE DAYS NEEDED
FOR EACH SUCCESSIVE BOMBING.
2541
02:07:42,173 --> 02:07:48,944
APPROVED TARGETS... HIROSHIMA,
NAGASAKI, KOKURA, NIIGATA."
2542
02:07:49,013 --> 02:07:51,714
THAT'S N-I-I-G-A-T-A. GET
THAT OUT RIGHT AWAY.
2543
02:07:51,783 --> 02:07:53,283
YES, SIR.
2544
02:07:53,351 --> 02:07:55,116
OH, IT WAS SOMETHING.
2545
02:07:55,185 --> 02:07:56,785
IT WAS... IT WAS...
2546
02:07:56,853 --> 02:08:00,955
IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT.
2547
02:08:01,024 --> 02:08:03,392
WE DID IT.
2548
02:08:03,460 --> 02:08:05,860
WE REALLY DID IT.
2549
02:08:05,929 --> 02:08:08,730
WE DEVELOPED A WEAPON
THAT COULD END THIS WAR.
2550
02:08:11,535 --> 02:08:15,936
WE COULD SAVE THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN LIVES.
2551
02:08:16,005 --> 02:08:18,038
AND ISN'T THAT SOMETHING?
2552
02:08:18,107 --> 02:08:19,507
IT IS AMAZING, GENERAL.
2553
02:08:19,575 --> 02:08:21,809
IT SURE IS. IT SURE
AS SHOOTING IS.
2554
02:08:24,013 --> 02:08:26,714
ALL RIGHT, SO, WHAT HAPPENED
HERE WHILE I WAS IN NEW MEXICO?
2555
02:08:26,783 --> 02:08:28,482
Nichols: WELL, WE
GOT THIS PETITION
2556
02:08:28,551 --> 02:08:29,750
THAT SZILARD HANDED AROUND
2557
02:08:29,819 --> 02:08:31,919
ASKING PRESIDENT TRUMAN
NOT TO DROP THE BOMB.
2558
02:08:31,987 --> 02:08:35,022
HE GOT 68 OF THE OTHER
SCIENTISTS TO SIGN IT.
2559
02:08:35,090 --> 02:08:38,124
WANT TO SEND IT TO THE
PRESIDENT IN POTSDAM?
2560
02:08:41,863 --> 02:08:44,364
LEO SZILARD AND HIS HOBBYHORSE.
2561
02:08:44,433 --> 02:08:48,134
WELL, OBVIOUSLY, THIS HAS
TO BE CLASSIFIED SECRET.
2562
02:08:48,203 --> 02:08:51,438
AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN,
THE SECURITY ACT STATES
2563
02:08:51,506 --> 02:08:52,706
THAT ALL SECRET DOCUMENTS
2564
02:08:52,774 --> 02:08:54,907
CAN ONLY BE MOVED FROM
ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER
2565
02:08:54,976 --> 02:08:56,242
UNDER ARMED MILITARY GUARD.
2566
02:08:56,311 --> 02:08:58,944
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T
SPARE ANY SOLDIERS RIGHT NOW
2567
02:08:59,012 --> 02:09:01,647
TO PROTECT THIS DOCUMENT.
2568
02:09:01,716 --> 02:09:03,882
SO, IN THE MEANTIME,
2569
02:09:03,951 --> 02:09:07,185
WHY DON'T I JUST
KEEP IT IN HERE...
2570
02:09:07,254 --> 02:09:09,020
FOR SAFEKEEPING?
2571
02:09:09,089 --> 02:09:11,289
SIR, DO YOU THINK YOU
OUGHT TO ASK THE PRESIDENT
2572
02:09:11,359 --> 02:09:13,692
FOR A SPECIFIC ORDER
AUTHORIZING DROPPING THE BOMB?
2573
02:09:13,761 --> 02:09:15,627
I'M NOT ASKING ANYONE
FOR A DAMN THING.
2574
02:09:15,696 --> 02:09:17,496
I'VE GOT ALL THE
AUTHORIZATION I NEED.
2575
02:09:17,565 --> 02:09:22,967
BESIDES, TRUMAN'S LIKE
A KID ON A TOBOGGAN.
2576
02:09:23,035 --> 02:09:25,236
WHAT'S BOTHERING YOU, IKE?
2577
02:09:25,304 --> 02:09:26,671
IT'LL END THE WAR.
2578
02:09:26,740 --> 02:09:29,707
HAS IT BEEN FINALLY
DECIDED TO USE IT?
2579
02:09:33,446 --> 02:09:37,047
I JUST FIND THAT VERY,
VERY DEPRESSING.
2580
02:09:37,116 --> 02:09:38,583
TELL ME WHY.
2581
02:09:38,651 --> 02:09:43,253
WELL, YOU KNOW, JAPAN
IS ALREADY DEFEATED.
2582
02:09:43,321 --> 02:09:46,690
DROPPING THE ATOMIC BOMB
NOW IS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.
2583
02:09:46,759 --> 02:09:49,626
WE DON'T NEED TO DO IT
TO SAVE AMERICAN LIVES.
2584
02:09:49,695 --> 02:09:52,262
JAPAN IS RIGHT NOW,
AT THIS VERY MOMENT,
2585
02:09:52,330 --> 02:09:55,665
TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO
SURRENDER WITHOUT LOSING FACE.
2586
02:09:55,734 --> 02:09:58,802
IT'S MORE THAN THAT.
2587
02:09:58,871 --> 02:10:01,537
I THINK AMERICA SHOULDN'T DO IT.
2588
02:10:01,606 --> 02:10:04,407
I THINK WE'LL SHOCK
WORLD OPINION.
2589
02:10:04,475 --> 02:10:06,575
WOULD YOU TELL
THE PRESIDENT THAT?
2590
02:10:06,644 --> 02:10:09,678
AFTER ALL, AS SUPREME
COMMANDER OF THE ALLIED FORCES
2591
02:10:09,747 --> 02:10:10,780
THAT WON THE WAR,
2592
02:10:10,848 --> 02:10:12,815
HE OUGHT TO KNOW YOUR FEELINGS.
2593
02:10:12,884 --> 02:10:15,117
I'LL TELL HIM JUST
WHAT I TOLD YOU.
2594
02:10:29,499 --> 02:10:30,799
Downey: ALMIGHTY FATHER,
2595
02:10:30,867 --> 02:10:33,535
WHO WILL HEAR THE PRAYER
OF THEM THAT LOVE THEE,
2596
02:10:33,603 --> 02:10:35,202
WE PRAY THEE TO BE WITH THOSE
2597
02:10:35,271 --> 02:10:37,338
WHO BRAVE THE
HEIGHTS OF THY HEAVEN
2598
02:10:37,407 --> 02:10:39,240
AND CARRY THE
BATTLE TO OUR ENEMIES.
2599
02:10:39,309 --> 02:10:42,709
GUARD AND PROTECT THEM AS
THEY FLY THEIR APPOINTED ROUNDS.
2600
02:10:42,778 --> 02:10:45,913
MAY THEY, AS WELL AS WE,
KNOW THY STRENGTH AND POWER,
2601
02:10:45,981 --> 02:10:47,514
AND ARMED WITH THY MIGHT,
2602
02:10:47,583 --> 02:10:50,150
THAT THEY BRING THIS
WAR TO A RAPID END.
2603
02:10:50,218 --> 02:10:53,520
MAY THE MEN WHO FLY THIS
NIGHT BE KEPT SAFE IN THY CARE.
2604
02:10:53,588 --> 02:10:56,957
MAY THEY BE
RETURNED SAFELY TO US.
2605
02:10:57,025 --> 02:10:59,159
WE SHALL GO FORWARD
TRUSTING IN THEE,
2606
02:10:59,227 --> 02:11:01,895
KNOWING THAT WE ARE IN
THY CARE NOW AND FOREVER.
2607
02:11:01,964 --> 02:11:04,897
IN THE NAME OF
JESUS CHRIST, AMEN.
2608
02:11:04,966 --> 02:11:08,701
Tibbets: Distance to
Iwo Jima, R.V. 622 miles.
2609
02:11:08,770 --> 02:11:10,202
This is the captain.
2610
02:11:10,271 --> 02:11:12,672
We are carrying the
world's first atomic bomb.
2611
02:11:12,740 --> 02:11:14,106
When the bomb is dropped,
2612
02:11:14,175 --> 02:11:16,809
Lieutenant Beser will record
our reactions to what we see.
2613
02:11:16,878 --> 02:11:18,644
This recording is
being made for history.
2614
02:11:18,713 --> 02:11:21,013
Watch your language and
don't clutter up the intercom.
2615
02:11:23,651 --> 02:11:26,618
Lewis: Cloud cover less
than 3/10 at all altitudes.
2616
02:11:26,687 --> 02:11:28,887
Advice, bomb primary.
2617
02:11:28,956 --> 02:11:33,625
Position north
tip Saipan, 4,700.
2618
02:11:40,166 --> 02:11:42,300
Hiroshima dead ahead.
2619
02:11:44,771 --> 02:11:46,136
10 minutes to A.P.
2620
02:11:46,205 --> 02:11:48,973
Bombs fully armed, Colonel.
2621
02:11:51,477 --> 02:11:53,010
Open bomb door.
2622
02:11:53,078 --> 02:11:55,412
We're about to
start the bomb run.
2623
02:11:55,481 --> 02:11:56,914
Put on your goggles.
2624
02:11:56,983 --> 02:11:58,616
On glasses.
2625
02:12:02,955 --> 02:12:05,255
Bomb away. Stand
by for the tone break.
2626
02:12:06,458 --> 02:12:07,490
And the turn.
2627
02:12:12,130 --> 02:12:15,865
Look at that son of a bitch go.
2628
02:12:19,905 --> 02:12:20,937
Hell.
2629
02:12:21,006 --> 02:12:23,472
Okay, okay, that was
the reflected shock wave.
2630
02:12:23,542 --> 02:12:25,041
It bounced back from the ground.
2631
02:12:25,109 --> 02:12:26,576
Won't be any more. Stay calm.
2632
02:12:30,414 --> 02:12:33,181
My God. What have we done?
2633
02:12:48,465 --> 02:12:50,598
OH, THANK YOU.
EXCUSE ME, GENERAL.
2634
02:12:55,304 --> 02:12:58,906
DAMNED IF THIS ISN'T THE
GREATEST THING IN HISTORY.
2635
02:12:58,975 --> 02:13:04,445
GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE JUST
DROPPED AN ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPAN.
2636
02:13:04,513 --> 02:13:07,281
NOW, THAT'S 2,000
TIMES MORE POWERFUL
2637
02:13:07,349 --> 02:13:10,884
THAN ANY BOMB EVER USED
IN THE HISTORY OF WARFARE.
2638
02:13:10,953 --> 02:13:13,753
WE HAVE WON THE GAMBLE.
2639
02:13:13,822 --> 02:13:15,922
YOU'RE GOING HOME, BOYS!
2640
02:13:40,380 --> 02:13:43,248
Marshall: I THINK IN OUR
STATEMENT, WE SHOULD GUARD
2641
02:13:43,317 --> 02:13:46,051
AGAINST TOO MUCH
GRATIFICATION OVER OUR SUCCESS.
2642
02:13:46,120 --> 02:13:49,488
IT UNDOUBTEDLY
INVOLVES A GREAT NUMBER
2643
02:13:49,556 --> 02:13:51,589
OF JAPANESE CASUALTIES.
2644
02:13:54,293 --> 02:13:57,528
I WASN'T THINKING SO MUCH OF
JAPANESE CASUALTIES, GENERAL,
2645
02:13:57,597 --> 02:14:00,531
AS I WAS ABOUT AMERICANS
ON THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH.
2646
02:14:05,404 --> 02:14:07,805
FATHER, EXCUSE ME.
2647
02:14:07,874 --> 02:14:10,241
WOULD YOU SAY A SPECIAL PRAYER
2648
02:14:10,309 --> 02:14:13,243
FOR THE DEAD OF
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI,
2649
02:14:13,311 --> 02:14:16,412
AND START A COLLECTION
FOR THE SURVIVORS?
2650
02:15:37,158 --> 02:15:40,159
THE REACTION HAS BEGUN.
2651
02:15:40,228 --> 02:15:43,096
WHAT DID THEY EXPECT?
2652
02:15:44,866 --> 02:15:46,599
I MADE A GREAT MISTAKE
2653
02:15:46,667 --> 02:15:50,336
WHEN I SIGNED THE LETTER
TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
2654
02:15:50,404 --> 02:15:54,741
RECOMMENDING THAT
AN ATOMIC BOMB BE MADE.
2655
02:15:54,809 --> 02:15:59,211
THE WORLD IS NOT
YET READY FOR IT.
2656
02:15:59,279 --> 02:16:02,647
THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER
WE WANTED TO SAVE OUR PEOPLE
2657
02:16:02,716 --> 02:16:05,283
AND JAPANESE, AS
WELL, AND WIN THE WAR.
2658
02:16:05,352 --> 02:16:08,519
NOW, I'D SAY, YOU QUESTION ANY
YOUNG MAN WHO WAS OVER THERE
2659
02:16:08,588 --> 02:16:10,655
AND ASK HIM WHAT
HE THINKS ABOUT IT,
2660
02:16:10,724 --> 02:16:11,990
AND HE'LL TELL YOU OFF,
2661
02:16:12,059 --> 02:16:14,392
AND HE WON'T USE
POLITE LANGUAGE, EITHER.
2662
02:16:14,461 --> 02:16:16,661
ALL THESE YOUNGSTERS
I'M TALKING ABOUT
2663
02:16:16,730 --> 02:16:18,329
WOULD HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED.
2664
02:16:18,398 --> 02:16:21,899
THE JAPANESE ONLY SURRENDERED
BECAUSE THE BOMBS WERE DROPPED.
2665
02:16:21,968 --> 02:16:25,335
IN MY OPINION, THE USE OF
THIS BARBAROUS WEAPON
2666
02:16:25,404 --> 02:16:29,273
WAS OF NO MATERIAL ASSISTANCE
IN OUR WAR AGAINST JAPAN.
2667
02:16:29,341 --> 02:16:33,343
THE JAPANESE WERE ALREADY
DEFEATED AND READY TO SURRENDER
2668
02:16:33,412 --> 02:16:36,113
BECAUSE OF AN
EFFECTIVE SEA BLOCKADE
2669
02:16:36,182 --> 02:16:40,049
AND A SUCCESSFUL BOMBING
WITH CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS.
2670
02:16:40,118 --> 02:16:44,053
MY OWN FEELING IS THAT IN
BEING THE FIRST TO USE IT,
2671
02:16:44,122 --> 02:16:46,355
WE ADOPTED AN ETHICAL STANDARD
2672
02:16:46,424 --> 02:16:51,161
COMMON TO THE BARBARIANS
OF THE DARK AGES.
2673
02:16:51,229 --> 02:16:56,465
I-I WAS NOT TAUGHT TO
MAKE WAR IN THAT FASHION.
2674
02:16:56,534 --> 02:17:00,769
WARS CANNOT BE WON BY
DESTROYING WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
2675
02:17:00,838 --> 02:17:03,471
BEFORE THE ATOM BOMB WAS
USED, I WOULD HAVE SAID, YES,
2676
02:17:03,540 --> 02:17:05,874
I WAS SURE WE COULD
KEEP THE PEACE WITH RUSSIA.
2677
02:17:05,943 --> 02:17:07,109
I DON'T KNOW.
2678
02:17:07,178 --> 02:17:10,478
PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED
AND DISTURBED ALL OVER.
2679
02:17:10,547 --> 02:17:12,747
EVERYONE FEELS INSECURE AGAIN.
2680
02:17:12,817 --> 02:17:16,919
IT WASN'T NECESSARY TO HIT
THEM WITH THAT AWFUL THING.
2681
02:17:18,755 --> 02:17:22,290
NOBODY IS MORE DISTURBED OVER
THE USE OF THE BOMB THAN I AM,
2682
02:17:22,358 --> 02:17:23,958
BUT I WAS GREATLY DISTURBED
2683
02:17:24,027 --> 02:17:27,494
OVER THE UNWARRANTED ATTACK
BY THE JAPANESE ON PEARL HARBOR
2684
02:17:27,563 --> 02:17:30,097
AND THEIR MURDER OF
OUR PRISONERS OF WAR.
2685
02:17:30,166 --> 02:17:32,399
THE ONLY LANGUAGE THEY
SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND
2686
02:17:32,468 --> 02:17:34,401
WAS THE ONE WE USED
TO BOMBARD THEM.
2687
02:17:34,470 --> 02:17:35,837
WHEN YOU DEAL WITH A BEAST,
2688
02:17:35,905 --> 02:17:38,039
YOU HAVE TO TREAT
THEM AS A BEAST.
2689
02:17:50,485 --> 02:17:53,220
IT IS WITH APPRECIATION
AND GRATITUDE
2690
02:17:53,288 --> 02:17:56,556
THAT I ACCEPT THIS
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
2691
02:17:56,624 --> 02:17:58,558
FOR THE LOS ALAMOS LABORATORY,
2692
02:17:58,626 --> 02:18:03,230
FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE
WORK AND WHOSE HEARTS HAVE MADE IT.
2693
02:18:03,298 --> 02:18:06,365
IT IS OUR HOPE THAT
IN YEARS TO COME,
2694
02:18:06,433 --> 02:18:10,836
WE MAY LOOK AT THIS CERTIFICATE
AND ALL THAT IT SIGNIFIES
2695
02:18:10,905 --> 02:18:12,104
WITH PRIDE.
2696
02:18:12,173 --> 02:18:15,341
TODAY, THAT PRIDE
MUST BE TEMPERED
2697
02:18:15,409 --> 02:18:17,542
WITH A PROFOUND CONCERN.
2698
02:18:17,611 --> 02:18:20,179
IF ATOMIC BOMBS ARE TO BE ADDED
2699
02:18:20,248 --> 02:18:22,714
TO THE ARSENALS OF
NATIONS PREPARING FOR WAR,
2700
02:18:22,783 --> 02:18:27,018
THEN A TIME WILL COME WHEN
MANKIND WILL CURSE THE NAMES
2701
02:18:27,087 --> 02:18:29,653
OF LOS ALAMOS AND HIROSHIMA.
2702
02:18:29,722 --> 02:18:35,026
THE PEOPLES OF THIS WORLD
MUST UNITE, OR THEY WILL PERISH.
2703
02:18:35,095 --> 02:18:37,362
THIS WAR THAT HAS RAVAGED
SO MUCH OF THE EARTH
2704
02:18:37,430 --> 02:18:39,364
HAS WRITTEN THESE WORDS.
2705
02:18:39,432 --> 02:18:44,435
THE ATOMIC BOMB HAS SPELLED
THEM OUT FOR ALL MEN TO UNDERSTAND.
2706
02:18:44,504 --> 02:18:48,471
OTHER MEN HAVE SPOKEN
THESE WORDS IN OTHER TIMES,
2707
02:18:48,540 --> 02:18:51,074
OF OTHER WARS, OF OTHER WEAPONS.
2708
02:18:51,143 --> 02:18:53,076
THEY HAVE NOT PREVAILED.
2709
02:18:53,145 --> 02:18:57,881
AND THERE ARE SOME MISLED BY
A FALSE SENSE OF HUMAN HISTORY,
2710
02:18:57,950 --> 02:19:01,651
WHO WILL HOLD THAT WE
WILL NOT PREVAIL TODAY.
2711
02:19:01,720 --> 02:19:03,553
IT IS NOT FOR US
TO BELIEVE THAT.
2712
02:19:03,622 --> 02:19:07,456
BY OUR WORKS, WE
ARE COMMITTED...
2713
02:19:07,525 --> 02:19:12,028
COMMITTED TO A WORLD UNITED
BEFORE THIS COMMON PERIL
2714
02:19:12,096 --> 02:19:15,164
IN LAW AND IN HUMANITY.
2715
02:19:15,233 --> 02:19:17,900
CAPTIONING MADE
POSSIBLE BY ACORN MEDIA
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