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Mrs. Tibbets.
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The plane is 30 min. Late.
Would you like to wait inside?
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Oh, no thank you.
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Here I am, waiting again. It seems like I'm
always waiting.
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Waiting for the sound of a plane that will
bring my husband home.
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Only, this time, I don't know
whether I still have a husband,
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whether he still wants his home, or whether
this is finally the end.
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The end of the road for Paul and me.
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But where did it start? When did it start?
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I suppose it was a little over 2 years ago in that
cold gray morning over North of Africa back in 1943.
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A squadron of B-17's, was flying a daylight
precision bombing mission against Bizerte at 6,000ft.
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Paul was leading that mission.
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That was the beginning.
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That was the first chapter in a story that
meant a lot to Paul and to me,
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but meant even more to everybody on this
Earth.
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Look at that stuff, Tibb! It's worse than
yesterday. You can walk on it.
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Group Commander to all pilots: Approaching
target. Keep the formation tight.
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Deputy to Group Commander:
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Group Commander: go ahead.
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That bunch up ahead's getting clobbered. If
we don't go upstairs, we'll get it worse.
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How about a change of flight plan?
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Group Commander to Deputy: We'll fly the
mission as briefed.
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Okay.
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Pilot to navigator: how're we doing, Dutch?
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Smack on course. Ferebee's on the target.
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Pilot to bombardier: let's make this a good
one, Tom.
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Bombs away!
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Let's get out of here.
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- 6,000ft. It's murderous bloody suicide.
- Who's trying to prove what?
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Field orders, Col., for this afternoon.
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Bizerte again.
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- What altitude?
- 6,000.
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- Is GEN Roberts in his office?
- Yes sir.
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I'm running two B-17 bombing missions over
Bizerte every day,
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using every plane and crew that we've got
left.
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Now, if we destroy Bizerte, we cut off
supplies and reinforcement by sea,
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and extend Rommel's line of supply by over
1,000mi.
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Yes, I ah see you have four 25-mission
commanders.
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- Johnson, Angstrom, Miller, and Tibbets.
- Yes, and I'm plenty short-handed at that.
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- All pretty good men?
- First rate.
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Now personally I've always held if you've got a
small pocket, you've got to go in low to get hits.
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Sam, I want to meet these men as soon as
possible.
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- You can't have them Verne.
- I just want to meet them.
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I don't care what this is, I'm not giving
them up.
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If you want hot shot fliers, go to England.
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- They've got personnel...
- I've been to England, that's why I'm here.
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Alright Verne, what've you got?
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Sam, we're getting the living tar
kicked out of us, on nearly every front,
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and that's official. I was at the Pentagon
last Thursday.
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England is taking a terrible pounding.
No one knows how long she can hold out.
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We may have to hit Germany and Japan direct
from U.S. possessions
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and that means an airplane with range, real
range.
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And Hap Arnold thinks we've
got the baby that can do it.
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Boeing designed it. It's called the B-29.
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And it'll fly higher, faster and farther
than any bomber you ever dreamed about.
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But there's one little hitch. The B-29 is a
death trap.
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It's already killed Eddie Allen and some of
Boeing's crack test pilots.
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We've got to get the bugs out of that airplane,
Sam, and every minute, every second counts.
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We need a man who can test fly it and modify it for
combat at the same time, and that's why I'm here.
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I want a four-engine combat commander for
that job,
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one with experience and guts.
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Underline guts.
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I wish I could help you, Verne.
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(knock on door) Well my hands are tied. I
haven't even got enough men or...
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- Well?
- Col. Tibbets would like to see you sir.
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- I'm busy.
- I told him, but he insists, sir.
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- He says it's very important.
- Alright, show him in. - Yes, sir.
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Alright Tibbets, what is it?
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- This field order, sir, is it correct?
- That's right.
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you're to go back over Bizerte this
afternoon.
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- At 6,000 ft.?
- That is correct.
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In my opinion, GEN Roberts, this order's a
mistake. At 6,000 ft. we're sitting ducks.
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I lost two crews this morning
and four in the past 24 hours.
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We can't expect to get results without
losses, Tibbets.
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We'll take our losses, sir, but I don't
believe in throwing crews away.
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I can get results, good results, and I can
get them at 21,000 ft.
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Your order says 6,0000.
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- An order can be changed, sir.
- Col. Tibbets,
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When a commander starts
blaming his troubles on his orders,
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I can't help wondering if he isn't
turning...
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Well, if he hasn't had a little more combat
than he can take.
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Alright GEN Roberts, let's go back over
Bizerte this afternoon at 6,000.
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I'll fly the lead plane and
you'll ride as my co-pilot.
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You'll fly the mission as briefed.
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That's all, Col. Tibbets.
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Yes, sir.
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Oh, Arnie,
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On that promotion of Tibbets to full COL,
disapproved.
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Yes, sir.
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Sorry, sir.
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- Has he popped off like this before?
- No, sir.
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I want to handle this personally.
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- Have Tibbets report to my quarters immediately.
- Yes, sir.
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I witnessed that exhibition you put on in
GEN Roberts office this morning.
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Can you think of any reason why
you shouldn't be court-martialed?
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I guess not, sir.
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It's behavior hardly consistent with your
record.
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25 missions over France and Africa;
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man chosen to fly Clark and Eisenhower down
here for the invasion...
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- Do you think you're suffering from combat fatigue?
- No, sir.
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- What's your defense?
- No excuse, sir.
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You know, Tibbets, I've always been a hunch
player.
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Oh, I've been kicked in the
pants a couple of times, but...
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by and large I've had a pretty fair country
average.
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I should throw the book at you, but instead
I'm going to give you a job,
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- a big job back in the states.
- Yes, sir.
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Get your gear together and
be on my airplane at 09:00.
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- Is that all, sir?
- That's all.
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Yes, sir.
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Oh, Tibbets,
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aren't you just a little curious about what
this job is?
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I assume, sir, when you're
ready to tell me, you'll tell me.
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See you on the plane.
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GEN Brent.
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Contact Larry Norstead.
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Request LTC Tibbets transferred to the
states.
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Coffee's on.
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Thanks, sir, just had one. My main diet.
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What're you doing there?
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It's a kind of a gag I have with my wife.
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Every time I come home, I always
bring her a bottle of her favorite perfume.
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Then why the paper bag?
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Oh, I don't know.
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First time I did it I guess I was a little embarrassed or something
anyway I just put it in a paper bag; tied a pink ribbon around it.
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- I guess it's a little corny.
- Oh, I don't know.
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I've known a lot of men who had great
difficulty revealing emotion.
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- It's a quality that's sometimes is indispensable.
- Yeah, I guess so.
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You know Tibbets there's one aspect of this
B-29 job I don't think I fully covered.
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- What's that, sir?
- Pretty touchy airplane, checking it out isn't going to be any tea party.
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We can't have any distractions.
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I'd prefer you didn't bring
your wife out to Wichita.
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That's pretty rugged, sir. I haven't seen
Lucy in over 2 years.
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- A little guy named Paul Jr. I've never seen.
- I know.
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How much leave do I get
before I head out to Wichita?
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How's 30 min. at the airport?
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I see.
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Sorry, Paul. Just tell her I'm the heavy.
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Now Lucy, brace yourself. He'll probably breeze
right by with a Moroccan kootch dancer on each arm.
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- Harry, please.
- Thin ones, you're only allowed 40lbs. of baggage.
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You're a million laughs, Harry, but why
didn't you stay home?
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Cause he's afraid Paul might spend one night with
his family before he can get him into a poker game.
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Lucy, there's Tibb!
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Marge, here, hold him.
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- Oh, Paul! Paul!
- Honey!
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- Oh, it's so good!
- I know, I know.
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Come on, Tibb, break it up!
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- Harry! How are you?
- Fine.
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- Well you're looking fine.
- And you too, boy.
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- Hello, Marge.
- Hi.
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- Hey, what's this? You got one too?
- Meet Paul Tibbets Jr.
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No kiddin'! So big! Hey how about that?
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Hey look he likes it up there. He's a real
bird man.
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- Hey, hey what about the chickens? When I left you were
up a full COL - Ah I run into a wrong hunk of brass.
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- Yeah, what happened?
- Ah, nothing much.
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Well he's a good fella. You
think we're going to get along fine?
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Oh, honey, honey it's past his nap time. You'll
have plenty of time to get acquainted at home.
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You tell your mommy that, we'll get
acquainted alright but not just now.
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You tell your mommy that daddy's
got to catch a plane for Wichita.
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- Wichita? When?
- 30 minutes.
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- Oh, no!
- I'm sorry, dear.
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Wichita? That's that B-29 job?
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Hey, you the guy's
going to fly those tests?
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Say, that's a rough one mate.
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- You know, Harry, you talk too much?
- Yeah, yeah, that's part of my charm.
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Special flight for Wichita, leaving in
20 min.
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You two will want to be alone. Why don't we
take the baby and you can pick him up later?
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Thanks, Marge.
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- Ah look, Tibb ah...
- It's over boy.
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Ah, if you could ever use me again, I mean,
well, I'm getting tired of that Pentagon.
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It's too big for Bratton...
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What I mean is if you ever need a
four-engine driver for any airplane...
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Yeah, I'll keep it in mind, Harry.
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- Okay, thanks, good luck, Tibb.
- Thanks.
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- Bye Marge.
- Bye.
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A little something for behind the ears.
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You never forget, do you, Paul?
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If I ever do...
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- How about a cup of coffee?
- Fine.
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I... I was happy to hear about Harry and Marge
moving in next door. It must have been a big help.
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Yes, they were.
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- How's the... How's the car holding up?
- Fine.
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- No wrinkled fenders?
- No, not yet.
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- Tires okay?
- Re-treads.
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Paul, is it really a death trap, the B-29?
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- Of course not. Whatever gave you the...
- It's the plane Eddie Allen and his crew were killed in last month. Isn't it?
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It's just another airplane, darling, only
bigger and safer.
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- Don't you go worrying about it.
- Paul, I...
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Special flight 209, loading at gate 9 for
Wichita.
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I'll be home, darling,
just as soon as I can.
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Don't make it long, Paul. We've
got a lot of catching up to do.
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Special flight 209 now ready for departure.
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Ready for departure.
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- The story of our lives.
- Yeah.
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Well...
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Well I...
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Well I ought to be real Air Force and say
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"Happy landings; flaps up; I'll be seeing
you" or something...
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I just can't.
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Lucy...
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I don't know if it ever came across in my
letters, but...
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if I didn't have you, I wouldn't have
anything.
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Oh, Paul!
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- Be careful, darling. Promise me you'll be careful.
- 'kay, sure, safety first that's Tibbets.
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- Promise me.
- Stop worrying sugar.
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It's just another airplane.
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Just another airplane...
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and that's what the B-29 was. Just another
enormous glittering airplane.
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67 tons of experimental bomber that
flew like a dream, under normal conditions.
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But Paul had to find out what the airplane
would do under combat conditions.
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What would happen, for instance, when you
took it up to 30,000 ft.? He soon found out.
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Gun blisters would go popping out, almost
taking some fine young turret gunner with them.
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And there was always fire. Fire in the
engines;
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fire in the bomb bays;
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fire on the ground. Constant emergency
landings.
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They had to know how the B-29 would perform
under all weather conditions.
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In snow; in hail; in rain.
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Days stretched into weeks, the weeks into
months.
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Oh yes, they let me come
to Wichita to visit him once.
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But once was enough.
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That was the day Paul lost an engine; his
landing gear jammed;
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and he had to attempt a crash landing.
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I'll never forget the terror I felt as I
stood there,
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unable to do anything but watch.
224
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Watch him as he made that
turn for his final approach.
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Fuel off, switches off!
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Fuel off, switches off!
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I just couldn't take it.
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I left Wichita that night, and I didn't
even see Paul again for three months.
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The next time we met was at a
little cabin I found near Hagerstown.
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It wasn't easy for Paul,
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but he managed to steal a few hours.
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I'm sure if GEN Arnold knew how dear those hours
were to Paul and me, he wouldn't have minded.
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You know, I'll never forget the way you
looked the first day I saw you
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selling dry goods.
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- What was the name of that store?
- GS Meekins, 9th and Main, cheesecloth a specialty.
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You looked cute behind that counter.
Pity, I could only see half of you.
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And a week later you proposed to that half.
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- Right across that counter.
- Yeah, but I got the whole girl.
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Thank heavens.
240
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So crazy. Here we are married 5 years;
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parents of a 2-year-old child; and yet all we've
really lived together is a total of about 7 weeks.
242
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Kinda get the feeling you're up here with a
stranger?
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Not in Columbus Georgia, no nice girl
244
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ever felt about a stranger, the way I feel
about you.
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So, winter turned to spring, spring to
summer,
246
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and Paul and his men worked on the B-29.
247
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They worked on the engine; the hydraulic
system;
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on every part of the airplane.
249
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What we didn't know was that all this time,
Paul was being watched.
250
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Every move he made was discussed by GEN Brent
with GEN Cavey Wolf, and COL Bill Irvine,
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Paul's immediate superiors on the project.
252
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Finally, it was over.
253
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The B-29 was modified. It was ready for
combat.
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The plane was in mass production,
255
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and Paul Tibbets could fly home to his
family.
256
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Which, incidentally, was
on its way to being enlarged.
257
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Oh, it was wonderful.
258
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The way I'd always dreamed it would be.
259
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The family together, Paul relaxed and
contented.
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Perfectly willing to fall in love with and
spoil his two-and-a-half-year-old son.
261
00:21:14,797 --> 00:21:18,884
And why not? That's what a two-and-a-half-
year-old son is for.
262
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I'll never forget the night it happened.
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We'd saved up our gas coupons and were
packing for a week in the mountains.
264
00:21:25,724 --> 00:21:30,313
A week of fishing and boating and... well a
week away from everything but each other.
265
00:21:30,772 --> 00:21:33,483
It gets cold up there at night. We'd better
take an extra blanket.
266
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Who needs blankets?
267
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- Don't answer.
- Ah, it's probably just Harry and Marge calling up to say goodbye.
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Hello,
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Yes, this is Col. Tibbets.
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Yes, sir.
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Yes, sir.
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Right.
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Yes, sir.
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00:22:06,684 --> 00:22:07,852
When?
275
00:22:08,394 --> 00:22:10,730
I have to report to Colorado Springs in the
morning.
276
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I know, I know, how much is a girl supposed
to take?
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Someday, I'm gonna have a baby
and you're gonna be there when he's born.
278
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Or when she's born.
279
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This time, I'll be there, sugar, I promise.
280
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Well, at least you're all packed.
281
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- Col. Tibbets sir?
- That's right.
282
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May I see your pass, sir?
283
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Right this way, sir.
284
00:23:35,108 --> 00:23:37,277
- Col. Tibbets?
- Yes.
285
00:23:39,445 --> 00:23:40,914
- My name's Willy Uanna.
- Hiya MAJ.
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- Sit down, sir.
- Thank you.
287
00:23:44,409 --> 00:23:47,618
If there are any more of these birddogs,
I'm gonna have to get a new AGO card.
288
00:23:51,584 --> 00:23:53,961
On the night of September 17, 1942,
289
00:23:55,045 --> 00:24:00,801
in a restaurant of Claridge's Hotel in London, you had dinner
with a Gp Capt Bulton of the RAF and two American MAJ's. Right?
290
00:24:01,260 --> 00:24:02,269
Could be.
291
00:24:02,469 --> 00:24:04,930
Did you discuss that morning's raid on
occupied France?
292
00:24:05,264 --> 00:24:06,974
Possibly, in a general terms.
293
00:24:08,976 --> 00:24:15,232
On June 14, 1943, in the coffee shop at the airport
at Cincinnati you had breakfast with a Dr. Swanson.
294
00:24:15,774 --> 00:24:17,535
Did you discuss the North African campaign?
295
00:24:17,735 --> 00:24:19,787
- Perhaps, generally.
- Have you ever been arrested?
296
00:24:19,987 --> 00:24:20,787
No.
297
00:24:23,115 --> 00:24:26,586
September 2, 1927, Miami Municipal Court,
District 16.
298
00:24:26,786 --> 00:24:30,624
Defendant P. W. Tibbets arrested
doing 70mph in a 20mph zone.
299
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In custody 24hrs, fined $10.
300
00:24:32,876 --> 00:24:35,001
- Look I was only 16 years...
- Why don't you drink?
301
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It makes me sick.
302
00:24:38,381 --> 00:24:39,633
Alright Col., come with me.
303
00:24:45,263 --> 00:24:47,515
- Hello Paul. I'm glad to see you.
- Thank you, sir.
304
00:24:47,807 --> 00:24:50,936
I see you've met MAJ Uanna. Have a nice
friendly chat?
305
00:24:51,519 --> 00:24:53,739
Well I ah, I'm not sure.
306
00:24:53,939 --> 00:24:56,491
- Will that be all, sir?
- Yes, thank you MAJ. Uh, sit down, Paul.
307
00:24:56,691 --> 00:24:57,943
Thank you, sir.
308
00:24:59,111 --> 00:25:00,121
- How was the trip?
- Very nice, sir.
309
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Good
310
00:25:05,201 --> 00:25:07,328
Paul, we're looking for a man for a job.
311
00:25:07,828 --> 00:25:12,412
You've been under a microscope for 12 months now along
with several hundred senior commanders in the Air Force.
312
00:25:13,084 --> 00:25:15,920
The field narrowed itself
down to 20 men and finally 4.
313
00:25:16,671 --> 00:25:20,007
A Brigadier Gen, two full COL's and a light
Col., yourself.
314
00:25:20,716 --> 00:25:25,638
You're the youngest and lowest in rank, but we've
got to have the man least likely to make a mistake.
315
00:25:26,389 --> 00:25:28,933
On my strong recommendation, you're to get
first cut at it.
316
00:25:29,392 --> 00:25:30,434
What have you got, GEN?
317
00:25:31,894 --> 00:25:34,856
Well Paul, before I answer that,
I've got to ask you a question.
318
00:25:36,817 --> 00:25:37,859
What does that look like?
319
00:25:42,823 --> 00:25:45,617
- A buzzer.
- That's right, a buzzer.
320
00:25:47,202 --> 00:25:51,874
Suppose I told you that if you press that
little buzzer, you might stop the war tomorrow.
321
00:25:53,458 --> 00:25:57,129
That you'd save half a million American
lives and probably as many of the enemy.
322
00:26:00,507 --> 00:26:05,012
But by pressing that buzzer, you'd have to
kill 100,000 people in one flash.
323
00:26:08,098 --> 00:26:09,099
What would you do?
324
00:26:14,188 --> 00:26:15,398
Take your time.
325
00:26:19,068 --> 00:26:20,278
Be sure, Paul.
326
00:26:22,196 --> 00:26:24,240
From this point, there's no turning back.
327
00:26:43,885 --> 00:26:45,010
Have the gentlemen come in.
328
00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:51,277
- Good morning, CAPT.
- Hello.
329
00:26:51,477 --> 00:26:52,653
- Dr. Ramsey.
- Good morning.
330
00:26:52,853 --> 00:26:55,364
Gentlemen, I'd like you to meet LTC Paul
Tibbets.
331
00:26:55,564 --> 00:26:57,867
Paul, this is CAPT Parsons, our naval
representative.
332
00:26:58,067 --> 00:27:00,361
- How do you do?
- Good morning sir. - Dr. Ramsey.
333
00:27:00,694 --> 00:27:01,779
- Doctor.
- Col.
334
00:27:02,112 --> 00:27:02,788
Dr. Sloan.
335
00:27:02,988 --> 00:27:04,238
- How do you do?
- How are you?
336
00:27:04,448 --> 00:27:05,499
- Dr. Van Dyke.
- Hello.
337
00:27:05,699 --> 00:27:06,959
- How are you?
- This is Dr. Fiske.
338
00:27:07,159 --> 00:27:08,869
- Make yourselves comfortable.
339
00:27:09,995 --> 00:27:14,208
Paul, these men are all of the Manhattan District
Project. You'll learn more about that later on.
340
00:27:17,002 --> 00:27:18,512
Dr. Ramsey, suppose you lead off?
341
00:27:18,712 --> 00:27:23,385
Very well. Col. Tibbets. Have
you ever heard of atomic energy?
342
00:27:24,427 --> 00:27:26,427
- Yes sir, a little.
- What do you know about it?
343
00:27:27,389 --> 00:27:28,473
Wh... not much...
344
00:27:28,974 --> 00:27:32,849
I've heard that a small amount of it could drive
an ocean liner 2 or 3 times around the world.
345
00:27:33,395 --> 00:27:34,854
It can do more than that, Tibbets.
346
00:27:35,730 --> 00:27:40,285
The right amount of nuclear material; in the correct
projectile; dropped under the proper circumstances;
347
00:27:40,485 --> 00:27:45,156
would have the explosive
force of 20,000 tons of TNT.
348
00:27:48,618 --> 00:27:52,914
Our government is engaged, at this moment,
in developing just such an atomic bomb.
349
00:27:54,374 --> 00:27:55,834
CAPT Parsons.
350
00:27:56,669 --> 00:27:59,881
You understand, Col. Tibbets, that this is
still very much on paper?
351
00:28:00,590 --> 00:28:06,095
No atomic bomb has as yet been fired, but ah, we're
working on the assumption that the bomb will work.
352
00:28:06,470 --> 00:28:11,651
And it follows that, every part of the system; for flying
the bomb to the target; and releasing it on the target;
353
00:28:11,851 --> 00:28:14,937
must be as reliable as
human beings can make it.
354
00:28:16,314 --> 00:28:17,690
That's where you come in, Paul.
355
00:28:18,482 --> 00:28:23,905
You're to command a B-29 outfit charged with the responsibility
of delivering an atomic bomb over an enemy target.
356
00:28:24,906 --> 00:28:27,458
You will be solely responsible for the
selection of personnel;
357
00:28:27,658 --> 00:28:29,952
training of crews; and
development of flight tactics.
358
00:28:31,538 --> 00:28:35,792
CAPT Parsons and Dr. Ramsey will be your
liaison with the scientists in Los Alamos.
359
00:28:36,460 --> 00:28:40,923
I will be your only, underline only, link
with the air force.
360
00:28:41,381 --> 00:28:42,716
You have top priority.
361
00:28:43,175 --> 00:28:46,720
The code word is Silverplate, but don't use
it unless it's absolutely necessary.
362
00:28:47,387 --> 00:28:49,598
- Do you understand that?
- Yes, sir.
363
00:28:51,183 --> 00:28:53,227
MAJ Uanna will be your security officer.
364
00:28:55,562 --> 00:28:59,191
This must be the best
kept secret of the war.
365
00:28:59,942 --> 00:29:04,571
You're to talk to no one; write nothing down.
Commit all essential information to memory.
366
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:10,036
You will have to fake, steal, cajole, connive,
or whatever it takes to get what you'll need.
367
00:29:10,828 --> 00:29:13,998
But you'll have to do it without arousing
undue speculation.
368
00:29:15,333 --> 00:29:17,208
Do you gentlemen have anything further to
add?
369
00:29:18,711 --> 00:29:21,464
- No, I don't think so. Good luck, Col.
- Thank you, gentlemen, MAJ.
370
00:29:22,966 --> 00:29:23,850
Good luck.
371
00:29:24,050 --> 00:29:25,385
- See you, Col.
- Yes, sir.
372
00:29:27,887 --> 00:29:30,348
Paul, you're going to be dealing with a lot
of top brass.
373
00:29:30,765 --> 00:29:32,692
If you were a full COL, you'd have more
muscle.
374
00:29:32,892 --> 00:29:37,689
But I can't work it, not just yet. You sure
made yourself a beautiful enemy in Africa.
375
00:29:38,022 --> 00:29:42,111
- Roberts?
- Yes. If I barreled it through now, over his objection,
376
00:29:42,570 --> 00:29:45,529
there'd be too much talk. We can't
have that. Be patient, you'll get it.
377
00:29:45,781 --> 00:29:46,824
Thank you, sir.
378
00:29:48,284 --> 00:29:51,829
Oh uh, one final thing: No one's
ever dropped an atom bomb before.
379
00:29:52,288 --> 00:29:57,877
No one knows what happens when it goes off. I can't give
you any guarantee that your plane will ever come back.
380
00:29:59,169 --> 00:30:01,297
A guarantee didn't come with the uniform,
sir.
381
00:30:03,424 --> 00:30:07,799
All I can say is, I'd trade the entire Second Air Force
and these two stars for the chance you're getting.
382
00:30:08,929 --> 00:30:11,265
A chance to end this war
without an invasion of Japan.
383
00:30:13,684 --> 00:30:15,895
- Good luck.
- Thank you, sir.
384
00:30:32,454 --> 00:30:34,039
My God!
385
00:30:42,589 --> 00:30:47,886
When Paul called, he was very casual. He told
me it was just another routine assignment,
386
00:30:48,220 --> 00:30:51,431
nothing unusual. And that he'd be away a
couple of months.
387
00:30:51,932 --> 00:30:53,517
I was disappointed, of course.
388
00:30:54,310 --> 00:30:59,357
But when he promised he'd be home in time for the
baby, I guess I just didn't give it another thought.
389
00:31:00,650 --> 00:31:03,277
So, Paul went to work on operation
Silverplate.
390
00:31:03,569 --> 00:31:06,405
First, he had to find a base,
a million miles from nowhere.
391
00:31:06,697 --> 00:31:09,700
Where security could be controlled
and there was room to do your work.
392
00:31:10,159 --> 00:31:12,920
And that meant Wendover: Wendover, Utah.
393
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:18,459
With a delightful range in temperature:
Summer 110°; Winter 32° below.
394
00:31:19,085 --> 00:31:21,462
It meant handpicking the cream of the Air
Force.
395
00:31:21,837 --> 00:31:24,298
Bringing them to Wendover from all parts of
the world.
396
00:31:24,799 --> 00:31:30,105
It meant bringing in the best instructors in the
business, and to Paul, that meant Tom Ferebee:
397
00:31:30,305 --> 00:31:33,192
bombardier; Dutch van Kirk: navigator;
398
00:31:33,392 --> 00:31:37,321
Wyatt Duzenbury: flight
engineer; Bob Lewis: pilot instructor;
399
00:31:37,521 --> 00:31:40,065
and Harry Bratton: director of training.
400
00:31:40,566 --> 00:31:43,786
And it meant stealing the hottest combat
group in the Air Force,
401
00:31:43,986 --> 00:31:48,490
a crack squadron of 15 B-29's; their crews;
and personnel.
402
00:31:48,824 --> 00:31:50,409
All combat veterans, the talk was
403
00:31:50,701 --> 00:31:55,205
they could drop a doughnut into a cup of
coffee from 20,000ft.
404
00:32:00,878 --> 00:32:03,590
- Hey, these boys are pretty sharp.
- They will be.
405
00:32:05,133 --> 00:32:09,229
Alright Tibb, we broke our necks to get here, so,
we're here. Now, why all the hush hush? What's up?
406
00:32:09,429 --> 00:32:10,930
Price of butter.
407
00:32:11,264 --> 00:32:14,434
If this is such a big deal, Tibb, how come
they didn't make you a full COL?
408
00:32:14,767 --> 00:32:17,937
I couldn't take all that money. It'd put me
in too high a tax bracket.
409
00:32:19,898 --> 00:32:23,827
Tibbets to all the pilots: You'll land immediately
and assemble your crews in front of headquarters.
410
00:32:24,027 --> 00:32:25,278
Tibbets out.
411
00:32:40,711 --> 00:32:42,004
Alright give me your attention.
412
00:32:42,922 --> 00:32:45,841
you're now part of the
509th composite group.
413
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:52,009
I know you're all wondering what this outfit's up to. The first
thing I want you to do is to quit wondering and stop worrying.
414
00:32:52,848 --> 00:32:58,229
You're all combat veterans and you've been handpicked by me
because you rated the top B-29 squadron in the Air Force.
415
00:32:59,313 --> 00:33:01,607
Just watched you work and you're good, darn
good.
416
00:33:02,983 --> 00:33:06,862
But you're going to have to be twice that
good just to get washed out of this outfit.
417
00:33:08,697 --> 00:33:14,115
There's going to be a lot of talk about Wendover the next few months
and I expect each and every one of you to keep his mouth shut.
418
00:33:14,788 --> 00:33:18,833
You tell people that you're in a B-29 bomb
group and you're going overseas, but no more.
419
00:33:19,709 --> 00:33:22,462
Each of you has a job that can shorten the
war.
420
00:33:23,713 --> 00:33:26,216
The risks may be big, but the stakes are
bigger.
421
00:33:28,051 --> 00:33:31,179
Anybody wants out, he can ask
for a transfer, no questions asked.
422
00:33:33,098 --> 00:33:36,685
But mark my words, once
you decide to stay in 509th,
423
00:33:37,102 --> 00:33:42,399
any breach of security or letting down on the job will
get you into more trouble than you ever dreamed existed.
424
00:33:43,525 --> 00:33:44,776
Any questions?
425
00:33:47,654 --> 00:33:51,158
Now, a word from our chief
security officer, MAJ Uanna.
426
00:33:54,453 --> 00:33:59,876
Now, understand this. This base,
it is under strict military security.
427
00:34:01,043 --> 00:34:04,005
You will find there are many restricted
areas.
428
00:34:04,755 --> 00:34:08,634
Each with a separate pass, and each pass a
different color.
429
00:34:09,427 --> 00:34:14,098
The MP's on this base, are
specially trained and fully armed.
430
00:34:14,599 --> 00:34:16,726
They have specific orders:
431
00:34:17,101 --> 00:34:21,647
Should anyone be found in a restricted area
without a proper pass,
432
00:34:22,356 --> 00:34:24,150
they have orders to shoot.
433
00:34:24,943 --> 00:34:26,653
And shoot to kill.
434
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,582
What you've heard here today
you've heard for the first and last time.
435
00:34:38,874 --> 00:34:40,083
Remember it.
436
00:34:40,751 --> 00:34:45,464
It's not to be discussed: on the base; off
the base; or anyplace else.
437
00:34:46,632 --> 00:34:51,478
Alright, as of now you're all on a ten-day furlough.
Go anyplace you like but keep your mouths shut.
438
00:34:51,678 --> 00:34:53,013
Dismissed.
439
00:35:00,980 --> 00:35:03,942
So, the boys took off for home in all parts
of the country.
440
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:08,571
By bus; by plane; by train.
441
00:35:09,030 --> 00:35:12,242
But this was more than a vacation. It was a
security check.
442
00:35:12,617 --> 00:35:15,954
Special agents were assigned to
check points across the entire nation.
443
00:35:16,704 --> 00:35:19,507
Paul had to know who were the talkers, and
who weren't.
444
00:35:19,707 --> 00:35:22,335
- Where're you headed, Lt.?
- Home.
445
00:35:22,794 --> 00:35:25,296
- And where's that?
- Where my mother lives.
446
00:35:26,422 --> 00:35:27,549
Where's that?
447
00:35:29,008 --> 00:35:30,176
With my father.
448
00:35:31,219 --> 00:35:33,179
Most of the boys were on the beam,
449
00:35:33,513 --> 00:35:34,931
but there were a few who weren't.
450
00:35:35,431 --> 00:35:40,062
It must be big stuff. We got the best pilots; the best
navigators; the best bombardiers in the whole Air Force.
451
00:35:40,980 --> 00:35:42,865
Now you know those guys
aren't there to play tidily winks.
452
00:35:43,065 --> 00:35:45,076
And there were a few others: in Boston.
453
00:35:45,276 --> 00:35:49,238
- Whaddya fly?
- Well I used to be in fighters. Big stuff now, B-29's.
454
00:35:49,572 --> 00:35:50,289
In Minneapolis.
455
00:35:50,489 --> 00:35:52,992
- What kind of a bombsight do they use?
- Norden.
456
00:35:53,492 --> 00:35:55,369
But they didn't talk twice.
457
00:35:57,746 --> 00:36:00,674
When you left here, I told you to keep your
mouths shut, and I meant it.
458
00:36:00,874 --> 00:36:02,877
You're under arrest and subject to Court
Martial.
459
00:36:03,794 --> 00:36:06,463
Maybe you'll know now when
I say security, I mean security.
460
00:36:07,506 --> 00:36:08,757
Dismissed.
461
00:36:17,851 --> 00:36:21,726
- Let 'em sweat it out for a week then release them. See if this news gets around.
- Yes, sir.
462
00:36:27,110 --> 00:36:28,987
- How am I doing?
- You're learning.
463
00:36:29,738 --> 00:36:33,625
You know, Bill, you security boys are pretty thorough
but there's one little risk you're slipping up on.
464
00:36:33,825 --> 00:36:35,285
- What's that?
- Me.
465
00:36:35,619 --> 00:36:39,581
- Why so?
- Well I'm only human, maybe you ought to put a couple of your boys on me.
466
00:36:40,332 --> 00:36:46,881
Yesterday you were in Los Alamos in civilian clothes. At one o'clock
you were in the commissary with Dr. Ramsey and 4 other scientists.
467
00:36:47,715 --> 00:36:50,676
At 1:45 you lit a cigarette
and dropped these on the table.
468
00:36:52,053 --> 00:36:57,016
Air Force matches. The last thing we want to is
to tie up atomic energy and airplanes. Remember?
469
00:36:58,184 --> 00:37:00,645
My apologies. You're not slipping up on
anything.
470
00:37:01,270 --> 00:37:04,273
As a matter of fact, I am. Serious problem:
women.
471
00:37:05,066 --> 00:37:09,203
- You know most of our men are married.
- Well after all, this is war. We've all got to give up a little something.
472
00:37:09,403 --> 00:37:12,156
I'm referring to talk, woman talk.
473
00:37:12,531 --> 00:37:18,496
Speculation about this project by wives: in beauty shops, grocery
stores, and bridge parties from Portland, Oregon to Bangor, Maine.
474
00:37:18,871 --> 00:37:20,214
You can't police the whole country.
475
00:37:20,414 --> 00:37:25,124
Enough women in enough places do enough talking. Someone's
going to find out something we don't want them to know.
476
00:37:25,504 --> 00:37:27,473
What do you want me to do?
Bring 'em all out here to Wendover?
477
00:37:27,673 --> 00:37:29,516
- Exactly.
- I'm running an air base, not a country club.
478
00:37:29,716 --> 00:37:32,227
We can have those families
here in two weeks' time.
479
00:37:32,427 --> 00:37:36,357
Families, that means schools, playgrounds, hospitals.
Do you know what this place would look like?
480
00:37:36,557 --> 00:37:39,851
Just like any other ordinary Air Force
training center.
481
00:37:40,352 --> 00:37:44,147
Certainly not the key base of a top secret
atomic bombing mission.
482
00:37:46,233 --> 00:37:48,819
You're right, of course. I wish I'd thought
of it first.
483
00:37:49,236 --> 00:37:51,778
- Put it in the works. The women come out to Wendover.
- Good.
484
00:37:53,365 --> 00:37:55,826
I could use a home cooked meal myself.
485
00:37:57,328 --> 00:38:02,292
I wouldn't do that, Paul. You're one
man who shouldn't bring his wife out here.
486
00:38:03,251 --> 00:38:06,880
- Why not?
- I think you're going to be too tough to live with.
487
00:38:07,380 --> 00:38:11,968
Your wife can never be part of you. She can never
share what you know; what you think; or what you feel.
488
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,136
You're going to make a terrible
father and a worse husband.
489
00:38:15,471 --> 00:38:18,099
That plus Wendover is too
much to ask of any woman.
490
00:38:18,850 --> 00:38:20,151
- You don't know Lucy.
- She's a woman.
491
00:38:20,351 --> 00:38:23,438
- She's my wife.
- And you're going to bring her out here to have a baby.
492
00:38:23,688 --> 00:38:27,150
- After the baby.
- I'd think about that pretty carefully, if I were you.
493
00:38:30,403 --> 00:38:31,529
That's all MAJ.
494
00:38:45,336 --> 00:38:49,256
So, the wives came to Wendover, with one
notable exception.
495
00:38:49,965 --> 00:38:52,218
Paul didn't even write me about it.
496
00:38:52,635 --> 00:38:54,637
In fact, Paul didn't even write.
497
00:38:55,346 --> 00:39:00,226
I guess he was too busy with problems of his
own. Like that little matter of transportation.
498
00:39:01,060 --> 00:39:04,572
We need our own transports,
Paul, with speed and range.
499
00:39:04,772 --> 00:39:07,734
- And we need them fast.
- Aw, that's a pretty big order, CAPT.
500
00:39:09,110 --> 00:39:13,365
- Who's got some C-54's?
- GEN Davenport has 6 of them in Benson.
501
00:39:13,990 --> 00:39:17,118
Davenport's never turned me down yet. I'll
take a crack at it.
502
00:39:26,586 --> 00:39:29,548
- I won't be gone long. Clip papers to transport those 54's.
- Right.
503
00:39:40,725 --> 00:39:43,980
- Saw your door open, GEN, so I...
- Well, Tibbets!
504
00:39:45,022 --> 00:39:47,233
I was looking for GEN Davenport, sir.
505
00:39:48,234 --> 00:39:51,070
Davenport left last week. I'm in command
here.
506
00:39:51,737 --> 00:39:54,448
- That's fine. Your looking well, GEN.
- Thank you.
507
00:39:55,032 --> 00:39:59,620
- What can I do for you?
- Well, it's, it's nothing much, just ah, just another requisition.
508
00:39:59,996 --> 00:40:02,131
- Oh? What for?
- Some C-54's.
509
00:40:02,331 --> 00:40:05,543
- C-54's? Really, how many?
- About 6 of them.
510
00:40:06,419 --> 00:40:08,888
- Sure 6 will be enough?
- Just right, sir.
511
00:40:09,088 --> 00:40:11,716
- And how soon would you want them?
- Immediately.
512
00:40:13,384 --> 00:40:15,928
Why don't you ask for 6 battle ships?
513
00:40:16,345 --> 00:40:18,014
Or 6 carriers?
514
00:40:18,724 --> 00:40:23,228
- What are you building out there at Wendover, a one-man Air Force?
- It says there it's Silverplate sir.
515
00:40:23,604 --> 00:40:26,481
My instructions are to give Silverplate top
priority.
516
00:40:27,107 --> 00:40:31,028
But I also have a responsibility to see
that priorities are not abused, by anyone.
517
00:40:31,695 --> 00:40:34,698
This is one request you'll have to
justify to my complete satisfaction.
518
00:40:36,450 --> 00:40:39,670
Very well sir, I can't do my job properly
without those C-54's.
519
00:40:39,870 --> 00:40:42,172
If it's that urgent, why don't they send
somebody with rank?
520
00:40:42,372 --> 00:40:47,886
Look, GEN, I flew all last night and I still have to fly back to Wendover.
I'm tired, now if you'll please just sign this order I can jus...
521
00:40:48,086 --> 00:40:50,055
GEN Brent will have to verify this.
522
00:40:50,255 --> 00:40:53,058
- Get him on the phone.
- That won't be necessary, sir, GEN Brent gave me the job.
523
00:40:53,258 --> 00:40:57,889
All right, requisition refused,
insufficient justification.
524
00:40:59,015 --> 00:41:00,859
- Then, sir, you better get me relieved of my command.
- What?
525
00:41:01,059 --> 00:41:03,445
- For failure to carry out my mission.
- That's my problem.
526
00:41:03,645 --> 00:41:05,864
Unless you can give me a more specific
reason,
527
00:41:06,064 --> 00:41:07,732
this request is disapproved.
528
00:41:09,234 --> 00:41:10,401
Very well, sir.
529
00:41:14,572 --> 00:41:18,460
Tibb, I ought to have something in writing from
GEN Roberts before I release these planes to you.
530
00:41:18,660 --> 00:41:21,796
- I'll take full responsibility, Steve, verbal orders. Okay?
- But, Tibb!
531
00:41:21,996 --> 00:41:24,332
Don't worry. You'll hear from
GEN Roberts any minute now.
532
00:41:45,563 --> 00:41:47,106
GEN Roberts to Col. Tibbets, over.
533
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,986
This is Tibbets. I can barely hear you GEN,
over.
534
00:41:52,403 --> 00:41:53,778
Do you realize what you're doing?
535
00:41:54,196 --> 00:41:57,283
- I can't read you, GEN - Listen,
Tibbets, you're directly violating my...
536
00:41:57,700 --> 00:42:01,712
- I order you to land at once.
- That's right, sir, I'm sure the weather's going to be okay.
537
00:42:01,912 --> 00:42:04,164
I can explain everything when I land at
Wendover.
538
00:42:04,415 --> 00:42:06,585
For the last time, did you
understand what I said?
539
00:42:08,169 --> 00:42:12,382
Yes, sir, the papers are right on your desk.
I'm going on radio silence for security.
540
00:42:13,091 --> 00:42:14,301
Tibbets out.
541
00:42:29,524 --> 00:42:31,943
So, Paul got his C-54's.
542
00:42:33,028 --> 00:42:34,654
He got bigger airplanes.
543
00:42:35,238 --> 00:42:37,115
He got bigger problems.
544
00:42:37,991 --> 00:42:39,492
He got bigger headaches.
545
00:42:40,453 --> 00:42:45,374
Me? I just got bigger, and lonelier.
546
00:42:46,375 --> 00:42:51,213
Paul's letters and phone calls became less and
less frequent and told me absolutely nothing.
547
00:42:51,839 --> 00:42:56,636
If it hadn't been for Marge Bratton, I wouldn't even
have known that the wives were going to Wendover.
548
00:42:57,136 --> 00:42:58,312
Bye, honey.
549
00:42:58,512 --> 00:43:00,106
Take care of my fella and tell him write.
550
00:43:00,306 --> 00:43:03,693
You just have that baby and hurry out
there. We're going to have a lot of laughs.
551
00:43:03,893 --> 00:43:05,394
- Yeah.
- Bye.
552
00:43:11,817 --> 00:43:16,990
A lot of laughs. I couldn't tell her that I
probably wouldn't be coming to Wendover,
553
00:43:17,783 --> 00:43:20,452
that my husband hadn't even bothered to ask
me out.
554
00:43:21,620 --> 00:43:23,497
I guess that was my low point.
555
00:43:24,373 --> 00:43:30,170
I felt lonely and unwanted, and unattractive,
and pretty generally sorry for myself.
556
00:43:31,421 --> 00:43:33,590
I didn't have long to think about it.
557
00:43:34,091 --> 00:43:37,886
For just then, I knew I had to get to the
hospital.
558
00:43:38,262 --> 00:43:39,471
And fast.
559
00:43:42,099 --> 00:43:47,062
I don't remember much about that ride. Except that,
thank heaven I left Paul Jr. with his grandma Tibbets.
560
00:43:47,896 --> 00:43:52,777
Enola Gay Tibbets. Enola. What
a funny name, I kept thinking.
561
00:43:53,611 --> 00:43:56,948
Enola. Backwards, it spelled "alone".
562
00:43:57,490 --> 00:43:59,284
I guess that's why I thought of it.
563
00:43:59,826 --> 00:44:02,245
I never felt more alone in my whole life.
564
00:44:02,620 --> 00:44:06,749
- Did you call my husband?
- We tried several times, Mrs. Tibbets, he can't be reached.
565
00:44:07,166 --> 00:44:10,044
- Oh, no!
- I'll try again, soon.
566
00:44:12,297 --> 00:44:16,092
At that moment, I hated Paul. He
promised to be with me and he wasn't.
567
00:44:16,426 --> 00:44:18,887
It was careless and callous and thoughtless.
568
00:44:19,596 --> 00:44:24,225
I don't suppose it would have mattered even
if I'd known he was 6,000mi. away at Guam.
569
00:44:24,601 --> 00:44:27,229
Discussing flight tactics with GEN LeMay.
570
00:44:28,063 --> 00:44:31,609
At that moment, I wouldn't have cared how
hard was he working.
571
00:44:32,276 --> 00:44:35,154
How the burden of responsibility was
beginning to show.
572
00:44:36,196 --> 00:44:37,865
How tired he was.
573
00:44:44,705 --> 00:44:46,040
Well, what's the verdict?
574
00:44:47,041 --> 00:44:49,126
- Tactics approved.
- Good.
575
00:44:51,295 --> 00:44:55,049
- I want to see the operational reports: flying and ordinance.
- They're all right here.
576
00:44:55,424 --> 00:44:58,844
Now, why don't you get some
sleep, Paul? Take care of it tomorrow.
577
00:44:59,511 --> 00:45:01,180
Tomorrow is yesterday.
578
00:45:03,683 --> 00:45:05,936
- Good night, Paul.
- Good night, Bill.
579
00:45:15,278 --> 00:45:18,540
I don't want to be disturbed. No
phone calls no interruptions, nothing.
580
00:45:18,740 --> 00:45:19,950
Yes, sir.
581
00:45:26,122 --> 00:45:28,622
- I thought I told you...
- Direct line from Washington, sir.
582
00:45:30,210 --> 00:45:31,419
Oh, okay.
583
00:45:33,630 --> 00:45:34,547
Hello.
584
00:45:35,131 --> 00:45:36,884
Hello, sugar, how are you?
585
00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:43,140
- A boy!
- 6lb. 8oz.
586
00:45:43,516 --> 00:45:47,687
Oh, he's so cute, Paul! He, he's got your
eyes and, and red hair and...
587
00:45:48,604 --> 00:45:50,773
I should have been there,
darling. I let you down.
588
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:53,317
But, believe me. I couldn't help it.
589
00:45:54,151 --> 00:45:59,448
It doesn't matter darling, not anymore.
Just tell me, when I'm coming to Wendover?
590
00:46:01,867 --> 00:46:05,913
Aw Luce, it's... it's pretty rugged
out here. With a new baby and all...
591
00:46:06,539 --> 00:46:09,875
Look, Paul, I don't care
how rugged it is or how rough.
592
00:46:10,209 --> 00:46:15,044
This family's going to get together and stay together. I'm
going to come out there just as soon as I'm strong enough.
593
00:46:15,257 --> 00:46:16,550
All right?
594
00:46:17,175 --> 00:46:18,260
Well...
595
00:46:21,555 --> 00:46:26,727
Sure, it's all right. Come out as soon as
you're strong enough. It'll work out fine.
596
00:46:27,895 --> 00:46:30,939
Oh, Paul. I... I want you
to do something for me.
597
00:46:31,398 --> 00:46:36,194
I want you to get some cigars and a bottle of
champagne and go out and really shake the town.
598
00:46:36,862 --> 00:46:39,781
I want the world to know we've got a brand-
new baby boy and...
599
00:46:40,574 --> 00:46:41,950
and how much I love his old man.
600
00:46:44,077 --> 00:46:45,462
I miss you, Lucy.
601
00:46:45,662 --> 00:46:48,258
Good night darling. See you soon.
602
00:46:48,458 --> 00:46:51,628
Sure, goodnight.
603
00:47:19,322 --> 00:47:21,032
Congratulations, pal.
604
00:47:51,772 --> 00:47:55,159
Oh, I'd have been lost without you, Mary. I
hope we didn't ruin your trip.
605
00:47:55,359 --> 00:48:01,491
Mrs. Tibbets, Billy and I were married just two days before he was
sent here. Nothing could ruin this trip. I'm on my way to a honeymoon!
606
00:48:01,950 --> 00:48:03,535
That makes two of us.
607
00:48:07,330 --> 00:48:08,331
Oh, that's Paul! Oh!
608
00:48:09,165 --> 00:48:11,251
- Would you like me to hold him?
- Would you, Mary?
609
00:48:11,668 --> 00:48:13,086
Oh, thanks dear. Thanks.
610
00:48:22,887 --> 00:48:24,180
Hello, sugar!
611
00:48:28,143 --> 00:48:29,853
Well, look who's here!
612
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:32,739
- Hi, daddy!
- How big can you get in 6 months?
613
00:48:32,939 --> 00:48:35,192
- Pretty big.
- Yes sir, show me your muscle.
614
00:48:35,985 --> 00:48:38,871
- Oh boy, you glad to see your daddy?
- Sure, my dad's the boss here.
615
00:48:39,071 --> 00:48:40,948
- Who said so?
- Mommy.
616
00:48:41,282 --> 00:48:42,700
Oh, well, she ought to know.
617
00:48:43,034 --> 00:48:44,702
- Come on, darling.
- Oh, Mrs. Tibbets!
618
00:48:45,745 --> 00:48:46,829
You forgot something!
619
00:48:47,288 --> 00:48:50,499
- What's that?
- Nothing much, just your youngest son.
620
00:48:53,544 --> 00:48:55,961
- Thank you, Mary. Thanks for everything.
- You're welcome.
621
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:00,927
Well say, we better give him a lift. It's a
pretty long walk.
622
00:49:10,437 --> 00:49:11,939
Well, there he is.
623
00:49:12,940 --> 00:49:16,777
A 1944 model Tibbets FOB Wendover.
624
00:49:19,154 --> 00:49:22,991
- So, this is Wendover?
- It's not exactly Palm Springs, but it'll do.
625
00:49:24,618 --> 00:49:29,915
Over there's what we laughingly call our officers club. There's
gonna be a dance there tonight, you'll meet all the bunch.
626
00:49:30,874 --> 00:49:33,961
- Well, what about a sitter?
- He's driving the car.
627
00:49:36,088 --> 00:49:40,008
There's the church. Used for
everything from novenas to Yom Kippur.
628
00:49:41,093 --> 00:49:42,552
Then the hospital.
629
00:49:43,220 --> 00:49:46,766
- Just about everything here you'll need.
- That's for sure.
630
00:49:50,478 --> 00:49:52,397
- What are those fellows over there?
- Where?
631
00:49:52,855 --> 00:49:56,150
- Over there, in the white suits.
- Oh, those fellas?
632
00:49:57,443 --> 00:50:02,490
Well they're um... Well they're um... They're
sanitary engineers. They're in charge of sanitation.
633
00:50:02,865 --> 00:50:06,953
- Whew, that's nice.
- And on this side is our new housing project.
634
00:50:24,430 --> 00:50:25,848
Well, here we are.
635
00:50:27,516 --> 00:50:30,695
It's just darling, Paul.
It's cute as it can be.
636
00:50:30,895 --> 00:50:35,116
- Daddy, where's the sidewalk?
- Well, this house doesn't have a sidewalk.
637
00:50:35,316 --> 00:50:37,526
- Why not?
- Just doesn't, dear.
638
00:50:38,152 --> 00:50:41,205
Oh ah, darling, this is Sergeant Wilson. He
just came over to straighten things up a little.
639
00:50:41,405 --> 00:50:44,325
- Thanks a lot, sergeant. It's very nice of you.
- Thank you, ma'am.
640
00:50:46,327 --> 00:50:49,380
- Did you get the drapes?
- Yes sir, the ones you picked out. Hung 'em just the way you wanted.
641
00:50:49,580 --> 00:50:50,623
Thanks.
642
00:50:52,708 --> 00:50:55,086
Mommy! I don't like this house!
643
00:50:55,420 --> 00:50:57,964
- Oh shh, honey.
- And it doesn't even have a sidewalk!
644
00:50:58,298 --> 00:51:01,551
Never mind dear. You, you run out and help
with the men. That's a good boy.
645
00:51:03,553 --> 00:51:07,265
'course it may need a little touching up,
here and there. They're, they're all alike.
646
00:51:08,266 --> 00:51:10,226
The other, the other couple just moved out.
647
00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:13,477
- If there's anything you don't like...
- No, it's fine Paul just fine.
648
00:51:13,855 --> 00:51:15,190
Nice and cozy.
649
00:51:15,690 --> 00:51:20,357
- 'course there's, there's just one little thing. These, these drapes...
- Yeah, well, well they've got to go. Ah
650
00:51:21,196 --> 00:51:22,197
they're pretty bad.
651
00:51:22,948 --> 00:51:27,619
And here's the ah, the dining
area down here. Good solid table.
652
00:51:27,911 --> 00:51:29,162
Yes.
653
00:51:29,621 --> 00:51:34,418
And, and the refrigerator of course, over
here, seems to be in pretty good shape.
654
00:51:36,921 --> 00:51:38,464
Ah, looks like it needs a little ice.
655
00:51:39,215 --> 00:51:44,512
And this is uh, this is a cute little gadget
here. This is ah, this is a coal stove.
656
00:51:44,804 --> 00:51:47,265
It throws a nice even heat.
657
00:51:48,516 --> 00:51:53,062
- Well ah, where do you get the coal, honey?
- Oh, that's, that's in a bin out in the, out in the back.
658
00:51:54,105 --> 00:51:57,733
And this ah, it's a great sink. Ah, hot and
cold running water.
659
00:52:01,028 --> 00:52:05,124
- Oh I, I can fix that. Just get a screw and tighten it.
- As long as the water's hot, that's all that counts.
660
00:52:05,324 --> 00:52:07,536
And... and the uh cupboards.
661
00:52:09,329 --> 00:52:12,207
The bedrooms, I think, are right around the
back here.
662
00:52:14,084 --> 00:52:15,459
- Any, anyplace there.
- Yes, sir.
663
00:52:15,794 --> 00:52:18,380
- Oh, and Paul let's, let's look at the bedrooms, huh.
- 'kay.
664
00:52:19,881 --> 00:52:21,090
- Can you make it?
- Yes, sir.
665
00:52:21,717 --> 00:52:27,815
- Ah you can just sit that anywhere.
- And you better be careful because my dad is the boss here.
666
00:52:28,015 --> 00:52:29,474
Never mind, dear.
667
00:52:31,685 --> 00:52:35,197
This is the ah, this is the
kids' room. It's clean and airy.
668
00:52:35,397 --> 00:52:38,817
- Oh, it's fine Paul, just fine.
- Mommy, where's my room?
669
00:52:39,067 --> 00:52:41,371
- This is it, honey.
- I want a room of my own.
670
00:52:41,571 --> 00:52:46,084
- Ah, never mind that. You go outside and play.
- But there's no sidewalk!
671
00:52:46,284 --> 00:52:48,494
That doesn't matter, sweetheart, go on.
672
00:52:50,163 --> 00:52:52,790
Ah, the ah bridal suite
is just around here.
673
00:53:01,007 --> 00:53:03,426
Well it, it isn't exactly the Waldorf, but
ah...
674
00:53:04,802 --> 00:53:07,805
It's got nice twin beds and ah...
675
00:53:08,473 --> 00:53:14,228
and good, good springs, and cross draft
ventilation.
676
00:53:16,356 --> 00:53:18,442
We'll have to get a
screen or something here.
677
00:53:21,445 --> 00:53:23,739
And of course, the ah,
the closet over there.
678
00:53:24,907 --> 00:53:26,533
And ah...
679
00:53:30,371 --> 00:53:31,830
Ah it's a mess, isn't it?
680
00:53:33,082 --> 00:53:36,293
Oh, darling, it's wonderful.
681
00:53:37,753 --> 00:53:40,714
As long as we're together, what difference
does it make?
682
00:53:43,592 --> 00:53:44,468
I'll get it.
683
00:53:48,013 --> 00:53:49,181
Tibbets.
684
00:53:50,766 --> 00:53:51,935
Yeah?
685
00:53:53,353 --> 00:53:54,312
Eh, okay.
686
00:53:55,397 --> 00:54:00,314
- I better get over to headquarters right away. Sorry to leave you alone.
- It's alright honey. Run along. I'll manage.
687
00:54:00,694 --> 00:54:05,073
- Goodbye, shorty.
- I sure wish we had a sidewalk.
688
00:54:08,952 --> 00:54:10,787
Right away.
689
00:54:18,753 --> 00:54:21,339
It's alright, honey. Mommy's coming.
690
00:54:33,769 --> 00:54:35,655
This I don't get at all.
691
00:54:35,855 --> 00:54:42,028
Well, it's not difficult, MAJ. He really wants to find out
what the maximum gross weight of this plane can be at takeoff.
692
00:54:42,361 --> 00:54:45,403
I thought that fact was established
when he took the plane out at Wichita.
693
00:54:45,907 --> 00:54:48,075
This airplane's been modified since then.
694
00:54:48,618 --> 00:54:50,036
Alright, fellas, let's go.
695
00:54:56,542 --> 00:55:01,130
- Four tons over maximum. You gotta be crazy to try this.
- Want to get out and watch?
696
00:55:01,672 --> 00:55:05,636
Just tell me one thing: Why couldn't the Wright
brothers have been interested in streetcars?
697
00:55:06,386 --> 00:55:10,223
- What do you say, Deuce?
- Cowl flaps 15¡, cylinder head temperatures normal.
698
00:55:23,820 --> 00:55:57,188
70,... 75,... 95,... 100,... 105,... 120, 125,...
130,... 130,... 130,... 135,... 135, 140,... 140
699
00:56:16,083 --> 00:56:17,251
Gear up.
700
00:57:01,212 --> 00:57:02,589
Missed it.
701
00:57:09,763 --> 00:57:11,514
- Sugar?
- Yes, please.
702
00:57:14,392 --> 00:57:16,478
Okay, spill it.
703
00:57:16,811 --> 00:57:20,482
- I'm glad you're here, Lucy, real glad.
- You said that before.
704
00:57:20,774 --> 00:57:24,570
For you, for Paul, and more important, for
the base.
705
00:57:25,154 --> 00:57:28,032
- What does that mean?
- Look, I'm going to lay this on the line.
706
00:57:28,824 --> 00:57:29,867
Alright.
707
00:57:30,326 --> 00:57:35,289
Well, there's a kind of a feeling around here
that Paul's playing this thing awfully big.
708
00:57:36,332 --> 00:57:40,544
- Paul?
- These men are seasoned combat veterans, the best in the business.
709
00:57:40,878 --> 00:57:43,139
Harry says Paul treats them like they're
still at Kelly Field.
710
00:57:43,339 --> 00:57:46,476
- But...
- The talk is they're good enough for Eisenhower but not for Tibbets.
711
00:57:46,676 --> 00:57:50,263
- That's standard sour grapes and you know it.
- Look, honey, Paul's only human.
712
00:57:50,680 --> 00:57:52,556
Everybody knows what happened in Africa.
713
00:57:53,516 --> 00:57:58,362
Well it's only natural that when he gets his first important
command, he'll try to make an impression and, get those eagles back.
714
00:57:58,562 --> 00:58:00,324
Don't you ever say anything like that to me
again, Marge!
715
00:58:00,524 --> 00:58:03,160
- Now, Lucy...
- Whatever Paul's done, he's done because it's part of his job.
716
00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:04,695
Believe me, he's way overboard.
717
00:58:05,028 --> 00:58:09,487
Passes for this, passes for that. You can't buy a jar
of pickles around here without passing a loyalty test.
718
00:58:09,825 --> 00:58:12,127
Did it ever occur to you that this job
may be something really important?
719
00:58:12,327 --> 00:58:17,702
Did you ever hear of a really important assignment where they let
them bring wives and kids where they put a light COL in command?
720
00:58:18,834 --> 00:58:20,544
- Maybe Paul's just tired.
- Maybe.
721
00:58:20,919 --> 00:58:22,629
- And maybe you're wrong to!
- Maybe.
722
00:58:23,714 --> 00:58:25,173
Just keep your eyes open.
723
00:58:27,301 --> 00:58:31,638
Oh, look Lucy, you know Harry and I have
always been crazy about Paul.
724
00:58:32,264 --> 00:58:33,890
And we'd like to keep it that way.
725
00:58:35,393 --> 00:58:38,938
- I know, honey.
- I've gotta run. See you tonight at the club?
726
00:58:39,647 --> 00:58:40,857
Yeah, sure.
727
00:58:53,870 --> 00:58:56,297
- Did you enjoy your trip, Mrs. Tibbets?
- Very much, thank you.
728
00:58:56,497 --> 00:59:00,335
- How long you planning to stay?
- Oh, long as I'm welcome, I guess.
729
00:59:01,336 --> 00:59:05,924
- When does Col Tibbets say we'll be leaving?
- Guess you'll have to ask Col. Tibbets about that.
730
00:59:07,675 --> 00:59:08,676
Can I cut in?
731
00:59:15,017 --> 00:59:15,943
- Thank you, ma'am.
- Yes.
732
00:59:16,143 --> 00:59:17,227
Thank you, sir.
733
00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:23,075
You certainly have a nice bunch of boys here, Paul.
But they're the nosiest fellows I've ever seen.
734
00:59:23,275 --> 00:59:26,612
- Are they?
- The way they rushed me you'd think I was Miss America.
735
00:59:28,614 --> 00:59:32,043
- Should we tell the little lady the facts?
- Harry, I think you've had too much to drink.
736
00:59:32,243 --> 00:59:36,088
- Look, honey, far be it from me to detract from your personal charms...
- That's enough.
737
00:59:36,288 --> 00:59:41,043
- But those were security agents you were dancing with. Big handsome security agents...
- I said that's enough!
738
00:59:43,671 --> 00:59:46,714
Marge, you better take Harry home,
put him to bed. He has to fly tomorrow.
739
00:59:47,300 --> 00:59:51,054
- Is that an order, Col. Tibbets?
- If that's the way you want it.
740
00:59:51,763 --> 00:59:55,183
- Very well. Good night, Lucy.
- Good night, Harry.
741
00:59:55,558 --> 00:59:57,644
- Come on, honey.
- Good night.
742
00:59:58,645 --> 01:00:01,323
This guy's taking all the fun out of modern
warfare.
743
01:00:01,523 --> 01:00:04,234
Well, it's getting late. Come
on nurse, let's hit the sack.
744
01:00:04,776 --> 01:00:07,693
- Good night Tibb, good night Lucy.
- Good night, Lucy. Good night, MAJ.
745
01:00:09,322 --> 01:00:10,832
Would you care to dance, Mrs. Tibbets?
746
01:00:11,032 --> 01:00:16,371
Thank you, MAJ but we should run along too. Dear,
I think we should be at home by the children.
747
01:00:16,663 --> 01:00:19,457
- Right. Goodnight, Bill.
- Goodnight Paul, Mrs. Tibbets.
748
01:00:20,250 --> 01:00:21,252
Goodnight.
749
01:00:50,489 --> 01:00:54,827
Well, the kids are asleep. I guess the beds
must be comfortable.
750
01:00:57,873 --> 01:00:59,499
Paul! How sweet!
751
01:01:00,334 --> 01:01:04,796
- How did you ever find time to do this?
- Well, I'm the CO here. The CO has lots of privileges.
752
01:01:05,672 --> 01:01:07,341
So does the CO's wife.
753
01:01:10,260 --> 01:01:14,806
Paul, tell me something. It may
be none of my business, but...
754
01:01:15,599 --> 01:01:21,521
- Was it necessary to be quite that harsh with Harry tonight?
- The CO's wife has a beautiful neck.
755
01:01:24,316 --> 01:01:25,651
Tell me
756
01:01:27,736 --> 01:01:31,031
Lucy, look. We both have a big job, here.
757
01:01:31,741 --> 01:01:34,535
Mine's out there, and yours
is right here in the house.
758
01:01:35,787 --> 01:01:37,205
So, I'll make a deal with you.
759
01:01:37,705 --> 01:01:42,168
I'll keep my nose out of your job if you'll
keep your pretty little nose out of mine. Okay?
760
01:01:44,170 --> 01:01:46,297
- Paul...
- You have a such wonderful nose, too.
761
01:01:57,517 --> 01:02:00,103
You know, sometimes kids just have to cry.
762
01:02:59,247 --> 01:03:02,414
All right. Tell the boys to get a plane
ready. I meet you on the flight line.
763
01:03:03,001 --> 01:03:07,213
- Not again! Can't you eat one meal at home?
- Sorry dear, this is important.
764
01:03:07,505 --> 01:03:09,808
It's always important. Where are you going?
765
01:03:10,008 --> 01:03:14,271
Lucy, I've told you before: Where I go and what
I do outside this house is none of your business.
766
01:03:14,471 --> 01:03:17,098
- So, please don't ask any questions.
- Sorry.
767
01:03:17,390 --> 01:03:18,392
See you later.
768
01:03:26,275 --> 01:03:28,703
- P-K
- A
769
01:03:28,903 --> 01:03:35,451
- A-U-L. Paul.
- Paul! That's right.
770
01:03:36,494 --> 01:03:38,537
Ah! It's good?
771
01:03:41,457 --> 01:03:43,459
- Hi.
- Hi.
772
01:03:44,794 --> 01:03:47,129
You're going to have to help me with the
hors d'oeuvres.
773
01:03:47,630 --> 01:03:49,173
You'll serve the cold ones...
774
01:03:51,384 --> 01:03:52,593
Paul?
775
01:03:53,762 --> 01:03:55,430
What are you doing home so early?
776
01:03:56,640 --> 01:03:59,902
- Lucy, I don't know how to say this, but ah...
- You're not going to be here tonight.
777
01:04:00,102 --> 01:04:01,645
I'm sorry, dear.
778
01:04:02,104 --> 01:04:04,940
- Where are you going?
- I'll try to get back tonight.
779
01:04:05,941 --> 01:04:09,611
- Where are you going?
- Lucy, if I wanted you to know, I'd have told you.
780
01:04:09,945 --> 01:04:13,073
Oh Paul, for heaven's sake! Stop taking
yourself so seriously.
781
01:04:13,573 --> 01:04:16,782
- Why don't you stop all this cloak and dagger stuff?
- Do you know something?
782
01:04:17,911 --> 01:04:21,873
Six years ago, today, almost
to the minute, we were married.
783
01:04:23,083 --> 01:04:25,836
It been rough on you. It may get rougher.
784
01:04:27,087 --> 01:04:29,048
But try to stick it out. Will you sugar?
785
01:04:32,468 --> 01:04:34,721
- Try and get back early.
- I will.
786
01:04:37,223 --> 01:04:42,979
- What's that?
- Oh, I got a man to fix the pipes. I couldn't stand that knocking any longer.
787
01:04:43,646 --> 01:04:46,991
- That's using your head. Who'd you get?
- One of those sanitary engineers.
788
01:04:47,191 --> 01:04:49,652
- Who?
- One of those plumbers.
789
01:04:50,111 --> 01:04:51,861
You know, the fellas with the white suits.
790
01:04:56,034 --> 01:04:58,745
Poor man, I practically dragged him off the
street.
791
01:04:59,370 --> 01:05:00,788
He was terribly sweet about it.
792
01:05:02,415 --> 01:05:04,335
Well, your hot water's
all right now, Mrs....
793
01:05:05,544 --> 01:05:08,380
- Tibbets.
- Thank you very much, Mr. ah...
794
01:05:08,964 --> 01:05:12,676
- Oh, just ah, just call me Al.
- Al. Thanks a lot, Al.
795
01:05:13,177 --> 01:05:16,055
- Well, how much do we owe you?
- Oh, that's all right, Mrs. Tibbets.
796
01:05:16,472 --> 01:05:19,892
I should say it's not all right. How
much do you fellas get an hour?
797
01:05:24,188 --> 01:05:26,273
A couple of dollars, I guess.
798
01:05:27,650 --> 01:05:30,235
- $2? You sure that's enough?
- Oh, plenty.
799
01:05:30,986 --> 01:05:33,530
Alright, honey? Would you give Al $2?
800
01:05:36,158 --> 01:05:38,995
- Nice work, Al.
- Oh, anytime, Col.
801
01:05:40,205 --> 01:05:43,166
Well, good day, Mrs. Tibbets.
802
01:05:53,134 --> 01:05:55,095
He's really terribly sweet.
803
01:05:55,929 --> 01:05:57,764
He's not very bright, is he?
804
01:05:59,474 --> 01:06:01,142
Yeah, well...
805
01:06:01,601 --> 01:06:02,778
- Hurry home, honey.
- I will.
806
01:06:02,978 --> 01:06:06,740
And Lucy, next time anything goes wrong
with the plumbing, you better let me fix it.
807
01:06:06,940 --> 01:06:08,358
$2 is a lot of money.
808
01:06:08,817 --> 01:06:09,859
- Alright.
- Bye.
809
01:06:10,110 --> 01:06:11,236
Bye.
810
01:06:35,469 --> 01:06:41,183
Gentlemen, as you know, for some time we've been wrestling
with the problem of the actual exploding of the bomb.
811
01:06:42,101 --> 01:06:44,145
A very tricky problem it's been, indeed.
812
01:06:44,604 --> 01:06:50,777
For a while we assumed that the atomic bomb, like
any conventional bomb, would be exploded on contact.
813
01:06:51,320 --> 01:06:57,784
Gentlemen, we know now, that for maximum efficiency,
an atomic bomb must be exploded in the air.
814
01:07:01,079 --> 01:07:04,374
When we explode in space, we
have to consider two elements:
815
01:07:04,791 --> 01:07:09,463
One, heat and radiation from the ball of
fire at the center of the nuclear explosion.
816
01:07:09,963 --> 01:07:13,967
Two, the shock wave
created by the explosion.
817
01:07:14,801 --> 01:07:17,888
As you can see, the shock wave is enormous.
818
01:07:18,430 --> 01:07:21,692
And the area of it, as it hits the earth's
surface,
819
01:07:21,892 --> 01:07:26,814
is determined by the altitude at which the
bomb is exploded.
820
01:07:28,191 --> 01:07:30,360
According to our most recent calculations,
821
01:07:30,652 --> 01:07:36,449
our bomb must be detonated at the precise
altitude of 1,600ft.
822
01:07:37,408 --> 01:07:43,957
Such an explosion, should produce an area
of about 3sq. mi. of total destruction.
823
01:07:45,625 --> 01:07:50,088
As to the immediate problem of triggering
this bomb, I turn you over to CAPT Parsons.
824
01:07:52,465 --> 01:08:00,098
GEN Brent, Col. Tibbets, bearing in mind the principle
of an atomic explosion, in its simplest terms,
825
01:08:01,350 --> 01:08:03,978
this is a mass of fissionable material.
826
01:08:04,895 --> 01:08:07,439
This is an additional mass of nuclear
material.
827
01:08:08,107 --> 01:08:10,859
This is the trigger, on
which we're working.
828
01:08:11,735 --> 01:08:15,706
When activated, this material is forcibly
driven into the mass,
829
01:08:15,906 --> 01:08:17,992
setting off a chain reaction.
830
01:08:19,243 --> 01:08:21,745
Now, our specific
problem is to achieve this
831
01:08:22,037 --> 01:08:28,085
merger within the shell of a falling
bomb at exactly 1,600ft. above the target.
832
01:08:29,253 --> 01:08:33,048
We will perfect this trigger either
electronically or barometrically.
833
01:08:34,174 --> 01:08:38,471
And Col. Tibbets, we intend to do the bulk of
the work, and of course the testing at Wendover.
834
01:08:39,264 --> 01:08:41,516
That'll mean an added
work load on the entire outfit.
835
01:08:42,309 --> 01:08:43,393
We'll handle it.
836
01:08:44,060 --> 01:08:46,563
- That's all I have, GEN.
- Thank you, Capt.
837
01:08:47,647 --> 01:08:49,858
Gentlemen, may I have a moment with
Col. Tibbets?
838
01:09:01,661 --> 01:09:04,581
- Not a very pretty thought, is it?
- No, sir.
839
01:09:05,874 --> 01:09:09,377
You know, for a moment there, I thought I
caught you looking a little uncomfortable.
840
01:09:10,086 --> 01:09:11,172
I was.
841
01:09:11,631 --> 01:09:15,840
- That morning back at Colorado Springs I was under the impression that...
- May I say something, GEN?
842
01:09:17,887 --> 01:09:20,514
I was flying B-17's, overseas.
843
01:09:21,057 --> 01:09:24,477
Before every mission I used to walk through
the bomb bay on my way to the cockpit
844
01:09:25,061 --> 01:09:27,311
and I could... I could reach out and touch
those bombs.
845
01:09:28,022 --> 01:09:31,776
And every time I knew that, even though our
targets were industrial,
846
01:09:32,860 --> 01:09:36,197
there'd be people down there who'd
get killed by those bombs and I...
847
01:09:37,698 --> 01:09:39,450
I felt uncomfortable.
848
01:09:41,285 --> 01:09:44,914
But I flew the airplanes,
dropped the bombs.
849
01:09:46,625 --> 01:09:49,044
Sure, I felt uncomfortable just now.
850
01:09:51,630 --> 01:09:53,757
I wouldn't think much
of myself if I didn't.
851
01:09:55,676 --> 01:09:56,885
Neither would I, Paul.
852
01:10:34,882 --> 01:10:36,801
- Hi.
- Hi.
853
01:10:37,677 --> 01:10:41,889
- Happy Anniversary.
- Happy anniversary, sweetheart.
854
01:11:14,506 --> 01:11:15,591
They're pretty wonderful.
855
01:11:17,843 --> 01:11:20,596
- So are you.
- They are wonderful.
856
01:11:21,889 --> 01:11:24,642
But you know, every time I look at them
asleep, I get sad.
857
01:11:25,059 --> 01:11:27,269
- Terribly sad.
- Why?
858
01:11:28,270 --> 01:11:30,648
Oh, I keep thinking of this war and how...
859
01:11:31,440 --> 01:11:37,030
somewhere, at this very moment, bombs are being
dropped. Children like that are being killed.
860
01:11:37,739 --> 01:11:40,116
Lucy, don't ever say that again, not to me.
861
01:11:46,247 --> 01:11:47,424
Darling! What's wrong?
862
01:11:47,624 --> 01:11:49,417
- What did I say?
- Look...
863
01:11:50,043 --> 01:11:51,636
- Paul, I... I didn't mean to...
- Look!
864
01:11:51,836 --> 01:11:54,130
Let's clear up one little piece of morality
right now.
865
01:11:54,881 --> 01:11:58,677
It's not bombs alone that are horrible, it's
war. War is what's wrong, not just its weapons.
866
01:11:59,261 --> 01:12:02,973
- Paul, all I...
- Sure, were in a war and innocent people are dying, and that's horrible.
867
01:12:04,099 --> 01:12:08,362
But lose this war to the gang we're fighting would be the
most immoral thing we could do to those kids in there.
868
01:12:08,562 --> 01:12:10,231
Don't you ever forget it!
869
01:12:37,091 --> 01:12:38,884
- Here he comes.
- Turn 'em boys.
870
01:12:41,762 --> 01:12:42,888
Okay, Tom, let her go.
871
01:12:49,896 --> 01:12:52,232
- Way off!
- Missed by 2,000ft.
872
01:12:59,948 --> 01:13:01,490
Well, that's getting a little closer.
873
01:13:18,133 --> 01:13:20,970
Lucy! Lucy!
874
01:13:21,471 --> 01:13:22,313
Lucy! Where's Paul?
875
01:13:22,513 --> 01:13:25,024
- I don't know. Why?
- Little Tommy Wilson fell off the swing.
876
01:13:25,224 --> 01:13:28,486
He's a bad concussion and he's hemorrhaging.
They've got to fly him to Salt Lake City.
877
01:13:28,686 --> 01:13:31,448
And the hospital can't reach Paul to get
permission to use the plane.
878
01:13:31,648 --> 01:13:33,399
Left orders not to be disturbed.
879
01:13:35,193 --> 01:13:38,363
Look, you take the kids. Don't worry, I'll
find him.
880
01:13:43,660 --> 01:13:47,205
Jimmy! Jimmy, do you know where Col.
Tibbets is? I have to see him right away.
881
01:13:47,497 --> 01:13:49,883
I'm sorry, Ma'am, he's in a restricted area
and can't be disturbed.
882
01:13:50,083 --> 01:13:53,586
- Well but, can I call him?
- We're to put no calls through except from Washington.
883
01:13:53,836 --> 01:13:56,432
- Oh, I see. What area is he in?
- Area B.
884
01:13:56,632 --> 01:14:00,352
- May I borrow the Col.'s jeep?
- I... I guess it's all right.
885
01:14:00,552 --> 01:14:01,720
Thanks, Jimmy.
886
01:14:18,737 --> 01:14:20,748
- Pass, ma'am?
- I don't have one. I'm Mrs. Tibbets.
887
01:14:20,948 --> 01:14:25,669
- I have to see the Col. right away. It's very important.
- Sorry, Mrs. Tibbets, you can't get by without a blue pass.
888
01:14:25,869 --> 01:14:28,589
- Can't you run in and tell him I'm here?
- I can't leave this post.
889
01:14:28,789 --> 01:14:30,842
- Look, it's a matter of a child's life. I...
- Sorry.
890
01:14:31,042 --> 01:14:33,503
- I'll take full the responsibility.
- Mrs. Tibbets!
891
01:14:34,879 --> 01:14:36,807
- Your pass, ma'am.
- I've got to see Col. Tibbets right away.
892
01:14:37,007 --> 01:14:38,517
- Please, your pass.
- Look, I've got to see him.
893
01:14:38,717 --> 01:14:41,395
Now will you just knock on the door and tell
him his wife is here and it's very important?
894
01:14:41,595 --> 01:14:44,940
- Sorry ma'am, this is a restricted area.
- I can't help that, a child's life is in danger
895
01:14:45,140 --> 01:14:47,109
and I have to see my husband about it right
away.
896
01:14:47,309 --> 01:14:51,187
Oh Paul, Tommy Wilson's had a bad accident. They
needs a plane to take him to Salt Lake City.
897
01:14:51,605 --> 01:14:52,906
Could you do something about it right away?
898
01:14:53,106 --> 01:14:55,483
- Get on the phone. Set it up. Use my plane.
- Right.
899
01:14:56,026 --> 01:14:58,153
- Thank you, darling.
- Sergeant!
900
01:14:58,695 --> 01:15:00,163
- Did you let in Mrs. Tibbets in here?
- No, sir.
901
01:15:00,363 --> 01:15:01,081
I did, sir.
902
01:15:01,281 --> 01:15:04,042
- Well, it was my fault...
- See that this man is taken to security headquarters immediately.
903
01:15:04,242 --> 01:15:06,078
- Cover his post.
- Yes, sir.
904
01:15:08,497 --> 01:15:11,384
Paul, you can't blame that boy. It was my
fault. I rushed right by him.
905
01:15:11,584 --> 01:15:15,179
Now listen, there are ways for that man to get
in touch with me. He knows them as well as I do.
906
01:15:15,379 --> 01:15:18,391
Well, if he made a mistake, it was such a
little one. You can't punish him for that.
907
01:15:18,591 --> 01:15:22,136
Lucy, go home; stay home; and
keep your nose out of this base.
908
01:15:24,847 --> 01:15:27,558
Is it really necessary to play it this big,
Paul?
909
01:15:30,603 --> 01:15:35,107
They told me not to bring you out here
in the first place. Maybe they were right.
910
01:15:49,957 --> 01:15:53,168
Hey, Deuce! Take this to operations.
911
01:15:59,174 --> 01:16:00,716
Paul, I've just come from Washington.
912
01:16:01,134 --> 01:16:05,343
The Japanese have again turned down our ultimatum
to surrender and slaughter in the Pacific continues.
913
01:16:06,765 --> 01:16:09,810
After long conferences with our allies, and
many hour of soul-searching,
914
01:16:10,394 --> 01:16:15,858
President Truman has regretfully but definitely authorized
the use of the atomic bomb against the Japanese empire.
915
01:16:17,068 --> 01:16:19,904
- I see.
- Well, that puts it squarely in our laps.
916
01:16:21,489 --> 01:16:23,416
Pretty soon, now, that trigger is going to
be perfected.
917
01:16:23,616 --> 01:16:26,703
The bomb will be completed and final
flight plans will begin to take shape.
918
01:16:27,453 --> 01:16:31,453
Just about that time, somebody's going to have
put all these pieces together and say we're ready.
919
01:16:32,125 --> 01:16:33,209
We're ready to try it.
920
01:16:34,669 --> 01:16:36,796
And that somebody, is going to have to be
you, Paul.
921
01:16:39,757 --> 01:16:42,174
- Well, that's a pretty big order, sir.
- You'll handle it.
922
01:16:43,219 --> 01:16:44,596
The code word is Blue Light.
923
01:16:45,221 --> 01:16:47,596
When you're ready, flash me that and I'll
tell Hap Arnold.
924
01:16:47,932 --> 01:16:50,018
Ten minutes later, Silverplate is in
operation.
925
01:16:50,894 --> 01:16:52,644
And from then on, there's no turning back.
926
01:16:53,856 --> 01:16:56,775
But, be sure we're ready, Paul, dead sure.
927
01:16:57,276 --> 01:17:00,276
Because when the time comes, you're
going to have to make the decision...
928
01:17:01,655 --> 01:17:05,451
you, and you alone. And no
one on this earth can help you.
929
01:17:07,369 --> 01:17:08,579
Yes, sir.
930
01:17:10,789 --> 01:17:12,958
Oh, by the way, this came through this
morning.
931
01:17:14,793 --> 01:17:18,547
You've been approved for full COL. And
there's a little favor you can do me.
932
01:17:19,923 --> 01:17:23,436
These have been kicking around in my drawers
for years, now, always getting in the way.
933
01:17:23,636 --> 01:17:25,886
They're a little tarnished,
but you can polish them up.
934
01:17:29,935 --> 01:17:33,813
I'd kinda like to think of those sitting on
your shoulders, up there in that plane.
935
01:17:35,357 --> 01:17:37,692
Thank you, GEN, for everything.
936
01:17:38,818 --> 01:17:41,863
- Get out of here and get busy on Blue Light.
- Yes, sir.
937
01:17:59,005 --> 01:18:00,590
- Hi, daddy.
- Hi shorty.
938
01:18:02,718 --> 01:18:05,221
- I'm impossible. Ain't I?
- Fine.
939
01:18:05,930 --> 01:18:10,017
- Hello, peewee. Hi.
- Hello.
940
01:18:10,893 --> 01:18:14,063
Hey ask your mommy if she notices anything
different on daddy's collar.
941
01:18:16,357 --> 01:18:17,400
Hey!
942
01:18:19,568 --> 01:18:21,988
- Well?
- Very nice.
943
01:18:30,204 --> 01:18:33,800
- Look, I told you to keep that truck out of here. Now take it and put it in your room.
- I will not!
944
01:18:34,000 --> 01:18:38,505
Don't you talk back to me. Put it in your room.
Don't ever do it again or I'll take it away from you.
945
01:18:45,387 --> 01:18:47,598
It's all right. It's all right.
946
01:18:48,765 --> 01:18:50,684
It's okay. It's okay.
947
01:18:57,816 --> 01:18:59,026
Not even him, Paul.
948
01:19:00,110 --> 01:19:03,363
Not even a 3-year-old child. Can't even he
make a mistake?
949
01:19:05,073 --> 01:19:08,952
Where does it come from; this need for
perfection; this absolute intolerance of error.
950
01:19:09,953 --> 01:19:11,830
People are human, they make mistakes...
951
01:19:12,457 --> 01:19:17,253
but not around Paul Tibbets, no mistakes. Not
in the air; not on the base; not in the home.
952
01:19:17,879 --> 01:19:19,464
Not even in the nursery.
953
01:19:21,090 --> 01:19:25,887
Well congratulations, you've got your Eagle
now. When do you start bucking for GEN?
954
01:19:29,933 --> 01:19:31,809
I'm working tonight.
I'll eat at the office.
955
01:19:43,738 --> 01:19:45,406
It's all right, sweetheart.
956
01:20:05,803 --> 01:20:07,930
Gentlemen, I'm just a guy who flies
aeroplanes.
957
01:20:08,430 --> 01:20:12,097
The development; testing; and criteria for
the success of the bomb is strictly your baby.
958
01:20:13,060 --> 01:20:17,060
But I've been the responsibility of committing
this unit to action at the earliest possible time.
959
01:20:18,107 --> 01:20:22,528
You've demonstrated 9 successful
drops. In my opinion, we're ready.
960
01:20:23,154 --> 01:20:24,823
I'm sorry, COL, but I don't agree.
961
01:20:25,323 --> 01:20:28,827
It's true that we've made a start
and a good one. It's worked 9 times.
962
01:20:29,452 --> 01:20:32,330
But what about the 10th?
Or the 15th? Or the 20th?
963
01:20:32,956 --> 01:20:36,459
What if it fails then? When you're over a
Japanese city.
964
01:20:37,460 --> 01:20:40,922
- Why should it fail?
- We don't say that it will, but...
965
01:20:41,589 --> 01:20:43,266
we can't guarantee that it won't.
966
01:20:43,466 --> 01:20:47,562
We've been charged with the responsibility of
developing a bomb that has a negligible... that is...
967
01:20:47,762 --> 01:20:51,099
1 to 10,000th chance of failing to fire.
968
01:20:51,891 --> 01:20:53,977
9 drops can hardly be
considered conclusive.
969
01:20:56,062 --> 01:21:01,068
- How much further testing will you require?
- Hard to say. Possibly several months.
970
01:21:04,280 --> 01:21:06,657
A lot of men can die in several months.
971
01:21:07,491 --> 01:21:12,163
Well that's true COL, but an unsuccessful
detonation would achieve nothing; save no lives.
972
01:21:12,663 --> 01:21:16,083
And waste 5 years of work;
20 billion dollars in research.
973
01:21:18,169 --> 01:21:20,880
- Well, what does this all add up to?
- Simply this,
974
01:21:21,756 --> 01:21:26,844
without further and exhaustive tests, we cannot
scientifically guarantee the success of Silverplate.
975
01:21:27,386 --> 01:21:33,601
If the unit must be brought into action, the
responsibility must be completely and solely yours.
976
01:21:39,983 --> 01:21:41,818
I ah...
977
01:21:42,319 --> 01:21:43,862
I'll have to think about this.
978
01:21:46,406 --> 01:21:47,282
Thank you, gentlemen.
979
01:22:04,257 --> 01:22:06,301
Get me GEN Brent in Colorado Springs.
980
01:22:08,303 --> 01:22:11,263
I can't make this decision. It's too big.
He'll have to make it himself.
981
01:22:11,516 --> 01:22:13,725
Take it easy, Paul. No one
expects you to be superman.
982
01:22:19,440 --> 01:22:21,940
When the time comes, you're
going to have to make a decision.
983
01:22:23,403 --> 01:22:26,990
you, and you alone. And no
one on this earth can help you.
984
01:22:35,373 --> 01:22:36,541
Cancel that call.
985
01:22:40,003 --> 01:22:41,129
I don't know.
986
01:22:42,714 --> 01:22:43,715
See you later, Bill.
987
01:22:51,265 --> 01:22:53,058
Paul, your chicken's getting cold.
988
01:22:54,435 --> 01:22:57,279
- Stop doing that and eat your potatoes.
- I don't like potatoes!
989
01:22:57,479 --> 01:22:59,198
Well, they're good for
you, now you just eat them.
990
01:22:59,398 --> 01:23:00,408
I will not!
991
01:23:00,608 --> 01:23:04,817
- No nonsense, now, I don't want to hear another word out of you...
- Can't we have one meal in peace?
992
01:23:08,073 --> 01:23:10,451
All right, all right, don't eat them.
993
01:23:22,714 --> 01:23:23,798
Paul...
994
01:23:24,591 --> 01:23:29,521
Paul, we... we just can't go on like this.
What's bothering you?
995
01:23:29,721 --> 01:23:31,056
Nothing.
996
01:23:31,848 --> 01:23:35,432
- You're so stubborn. If you'd just let me help...
- Lucy please, go back to the table.
997
01:23:35,644 --> 01:23:38,939
- But... but why won't you let me...
- Lucy, will you just leave me alone!
998
01:23:39,230 --> 01:23:40,357
No, I won't!
999
01:23:40,732 --> 01:23:44,194
I'm not going to stand by and see you
destroy yourself and me and the children.
1000
01:23:44,694 --> 01:23:47,361
I don't care what this job is, you're not
going to kill yourself.
1001
01:23:47,572 --> 01:23:51,326
- Well, you're exhausted, Paul. You need a rest.
- There's nothing I can do about it.
1002
01:23:51,952 --> 01:23:56,415
Look, you need a change. Anything, just
24 hrs. away from this horrible place.
1003
01:23:57,041 --> 01:23:59,001
And it's so ridiculously easy.
1004
01:23:59,961 --> 01:24:04,507
- What are you talking about?
- Cold Springs, they have cabins and a good trout stream.
1005
01:24:04,840 --> 01:24:08,382
We can run up with Marge and Harry and be
back Sunday. No one would ever have to know.
1006
01:24:08,594 --> 01:24:11,222
- Where is this Cold Springs?
- Outside Salt Lake.
1007
01:24:11,639 --> 01:24:13,357
Oh darling, just for the weekend.
1008
01:24:13,557 --> 01:24:17,111
- Marge says the trout are that big. You don't even have to know the spot...
- When was Marge up there?
1009
01:24:17,311 --> 01:24:22,775
Last week. Harry flew up to Salt Lake about something or
other and he developed a little convenient carburetor trouble
1010
01:24:23,109 --> 01:24:25,611
Marge drove up to meet him.
She said they had the most...
1011
01:24:26,696 --> 01:24:29,448
- What're you doing?
- This is COL Tibbets get me MAJ Henderson.
1012
01:24:29,991 --> 01:24:31,201
Paul, what're you doing?
1013
01:24:32,327 --> 01:24:36,707
MAJ, I want Harry Bratton relieved of his
duties and confined to base.
1014
01:24:37,624 --> 01:24:40,249
You will take over as Director of Training
until further notice.
1015
01:24:40,502 --> 01:24:41,545
That's right.
1016
01:24:42,546 --> 01:24:43,931
If it wasn't for you and Marge,
I'd have him court-martialed.
1017
01:24:44,131 --> 01:24:45,849
- Are you out of your mind?
- Lucy, I've told you before...
1018
01:24:46,049 --> 01:24:50,437
- You believe you can violate my confidence to do a thing like this to Harry?
- For the last time, will you stay out of my business?
1019
01:24:50,637 --> 01:24:54,233
It's my business too. And I'm beginning to
understand a few things I couldn't face before.
1020
01:24:54,433 --> 01:24:56,685
- That's enough.
- Everything they say is true.
1021
01:24:57,019 --> 01:25:00,739
You're not the man I married, not anymore.
You're ambitious. You're cold, and unfeeling.
1022
01:25:00,939 --> 01:25:02,774
- Lucy, listen to me.
- You listen to me!
1023
01:25:03,233 --> 01:25:06,162
I've had all I can take of this place. I
can't live this nightmare any longer!
1024
01:25:06,362 --> 01:25:09,991
You've killed every ounce of love or
affection I ever felt for you, and I want out.
1025
01:25:10,325 --> 01:25:12,160
You hear. I want you to get me out of here!
1026
01:25:19,125 --> 01:25:20,293
All right.
1027
01:25:21,419 --> 01:25:25,381
As soon as I can arrange
transportation. I'll get you out of here.
1028
01:25:26,257 --> 01:25:27,550
You and the children.
1029
01:26:08,509 --> 01:26:10,260
- Sergeant.
- Yes, sir?
1030
01:26:10,844 --> 01:26:15,094
Set up my airplane for immediate take off. Notify
GEN Brent I'll be in Colorado Springs in the morning.
1031
01:26:15,391 --> 01:26:16,517
Right.
1032
01:26:46,381 --> 01:26:48,591
- What happened?
- Engine failure on takeoff.
1033
01:26:50,552 --> 01:26:53,556
- Anybody get out?
- Pilot, co-pilot killed.
1034
01:26:54,265 --> 01:26:57,393
- The GEN's in pretty bad shape.
- The GEN?
1035
01:26:57,852 --> 01:26:59,437
Not GEN Brent?
1036
01:26:59,979 --> 01:27:00,980
Let's go.
1037
01:27:02,732 --> 01:27:04,275
COL Tibbets.
1038
01:27:06,694 --> 01:27:10,489
- You may see him now. Just for a minute.
- How is he?
1039
01:27:11,115 --> 01:27:14,493
Alive. Remember, just for a minute.
1040
01:27:36,016 --> 01:27:40,062
- Hello Paul.
- I hear you ran into a little hard luck, sir.
1041
01:27:40,896 --> 01:27:43,565
Oh, a couple of scratches, nothing to worry
about.
1042
01:27:48,779 --> 01:27:53,116
Well Paul, I know this isn't any
social call. What's on your mind?
1043
01:27:55,243 --> 01:27:57,037
I ah...
1044
01:27:57,454 --> 01:27:59,206
I came to see you sir to ask...
1045
01:28:04,462 --> 01:28:06,547
To tell you it's Blue Light, GEN.
1046
01:28:08,633 --> 01:28:09,884
Good work, son.
1047
01:28:11,302 --> 01:28:13,429
Wire Hap Arnold "Blue Light".
1048
01:28:14,722 --> 01:28:17,934
Tell him old Brent's still got
a pretty fair country average.
1049
01:28:19,435 --> 01:28:21,396
- Yes sir.
- Tibb,
1050
01:28:24,023 --> 01:28:26,526
don't drop that thing in some old rice
paddy.
1051
01:28:30,321 --> 01:28:31,572
God bless you, sir.
1052
01:29:00,769 --> 01:29:03,022
- Yeah?
- Mrs. Tibbets to see you, MAJ.
1053
01:29:03,689 --> 01:29:05,983
- Oh, show her in.
- Yes, sir.
1054
01:29:11,322 --> 01:29:12,448
Lucy!
1055
01:29:12,948 --> 01:29:15,035
- Hello Bill.
- Well this is a pleasant surprise!
1056
01:29:15,452 --> 01:29:17,912
- Sit down.
- Thank you.
1057
01:29:19,623 --> 01:29:21,875
- Cigarette?
- No thanks.
1058
01:29:22,292 --> 01:29:25,128
- How are those kids of yours?
- Oh, they're fine, just fine.
1059
01:29:25,670 --> 01:29:28,723
- Bill, where's Paul?
- Away.
1060
01:29:28,923 --> 01:29:31,635
- Where?
- I think he'll be back this afternoon.
1061
01:29:31,926 --> 01:29:33,595
I didn't ask you that.
1062
01:29:34,596 --> 01:29:36,231
I know you didn't.
1063
01:29:36,431 --> 01:29:37,566
Did you see him before he left?
1064
01:29:37,766 --> 01:29:40,110
- Why?
- Did he mention anything about us?
1065
01:29:40,310 --> 01:29:42,020
- Should he have?
- Did he?
1066
01:29:43,104 --> 01:29:46,616
Why can't I ever get an answer around
here? A simple answer to a simple question.
1067
01:29:46,816 --> 01:29:51,364
- Lucy, what's wrong?
- Paul and I just had a fight last night. We decided to split up.
1068
01:29:52,073 --> 01:29:53,624
But I'm not leaving, not yet.
1069
01:29:53,824 --> 01:29:57,078
Not until you give me the answer to a
question, a big question.
1070
01:29:57,411 --> 01:29:59,914
- What is it?
- What's Paul doing here at Wendover?
1071
01:30:01,290 --> 01:30:02,500
Why do you want to know?
1072
01:30:03,292 --> 01:30:09,173
Because if... Because if it's just another job, then...
then Paul's changed, and I can't live with him anymore.
1073
01:30:09,632 --> 01:30:15,096
But if what he's doing is really important, there
might be some reason for this act he's putting on.
1074
01:30:17,431 --> 01:30:18,766
You've got to tell me, Bill.
1075
01:30:19,850 --> 01:30:22,520
It means my home, my husband, my family.
1076
01:30:24,398 --> 01:30:29,194
Lucy, I know it's tough. But be patient.
It'll work itself out.
1077
01:30:30,654 --> 01:30:34,074
- Then you won't help me?
- I couldn't.
1078
01:30:37,411 --> 01:30:41,373
All right, if I don't find out from
you, I'll find out from somebody else.
1079
01:30:41,665 --> 01:30:45,385
But mark my words: Before I break up my home, I'm
going to find out what's going on, on this base.
1080
01:30:45,585 --> 01:30:47,096
And you can put that on your security list.
1081
01:30:47,296 --> 01:30:49,089
- Lucy, look...
- Good afternoon, MAJ.
1082
01:30:53,468 --> 01:30:54,478
- Larry.
- Yes, sir?
1083
01:30:54,678 --> 01:30:56,855
I want a complete 105 on Mrs. Tibbets.
1084
01:30:57,055 --> 01:30:58,524
- Mrs. Tibbets?
- That's right, the COL's wife.
1085
01:30:58,724 --> 01:31:02,278
- I want to be notified the moment COL Tibbets steps off that plane.
- Yes, sir.
1086
01:31:02,478 --> 01:31:03,646
Right.
1087
01:31:11,070 --> 01:31:14,407
MAJ Uanna wants to see you in his office
right away, sir. He says it's important.
1088
01:31:14,699 --> 01:31:15,700
Okay.
1089
01:31:33,051 --> 01:31:36,805
I just wanted you to know that I've taken the
precaution of putting her under surveyance.
1090
01:31:37,973 --> 01:31:42,269
- Do you really think Lucy's a security risk?
- In this frame of mind, she could be.
1091
01:31:44,021 --> 01:31:48,233
- What do you want me to do?
- I see no alternative to sending her back to Washington.
1092
01:31:48,901 --> 01:31:50,152
Immediately.
1093
01:31:51,236 --> 01:31:54,740
Paul, another thing: now that we'll be
shoving off in a couple of weeks,
1094
01:31:56,033 --> 01:31:59,453
her leaving like this might cause
speculation that the outfit's ready to move.
1095
01:32:01,372 --> 01:32:06,126
I'd like it to get around that you and she have had a
family squabble; and she took the kids and went home.
1096
01:32:07,962 --> 01:32:09,838
It might be better if she thought that too.
1097
01:32:12,467 --> 01:32:13,551
Think you can arrange it?
1098
01:32:18,431 --> 01:32:22,060
How much? How much is she supposed to take?
1099
01:32:23,645 --> 01:32:26,229
Why don't I just go home and kick her teeth
in? That'd be easy.
1100
01:32:26,606 --> 01:32:27,941
What do they want from me?
1101
01:32:28,274 --> 01:32:32,028
Keep your mouth shut. Keep a secret. Lose your
friends. Break up your family. What's next?
1102
01:32:32,570 --> 01:32:34,614
How much can a man take? How much?
1103
01:32:47,586 --> 01:32:48,921
She'll be out of here tonight.
1104
01:32:54,427 --> 01:32:56,012
Call Washington. Clear a plane.
1105
01:32:57,513 --> 01:32:59,974
- Get me A2 in Washington.
- Yes, sir.
1106
01:33:29,755 --> 01:33:31,715
- Hello Paul.
- Hi.
1107
01:33:35,260 --> 01:33:40,182
- Have you had your lunch? I... I kept things warm.
- I ate on the plane.
1108
01:33:42,976 --> 01:33:45,896
Oh, Paul! I... I said such
awful things last night!
1109
01:33:47,022 --> 01:33:49,191
I was wrong, darling, so wrong.
1110
01:33:50,525 --> 01:33:56,031
I don't want to leave. I want to be with you, Paul.
All the time with you, every second that I can.
1111
01:34:02,372 --> 01:34:04,747
I want you to take the children and go back
to Washington.
1112
01:34:05,625 --> 01:34:06,876
I've arranged for a plane.
1113
01:34:09,295 --> 01:34:10,296
A plane?
1114
01:34:11,714 --> 01:34:13,841
- When?
- This afternoon.
1115
01:34:20,306 --> 01:34:21,474
I'll help you pack.
1116
01:34:52,006 --> 01:34:55,843
- Take care of your mummy and be a good boy, now.
- Daddy, why aren't you coming?
1117
01:34:56,302 --> 01:34:59,471
Daddy'll be home just as soon as he can.
1118
01:35:06,228 --> 01:35:08,148
Goodbye.
1119
01:35:10,859 --> 01:35:14,070
- Well?
- Take care of yourself, Paul.
1120
01:35:15,488 --> 01:35:16,698
Yeah, I'll be seeing you.
1121
01:35:18,074 --> 01:35:19,617
Come on, shorty.
1122
01:36:46,665 --> 01:36:47,666
Hey!
1123
01:36:50,585 --> 01:36:53,923
Ah, that's it fellas, Tinian.
You can call it home, for a while.
1124
01:37:37,926 --> 01:37:40,929
- Circuit A.
- I read continuity.
1125
01:37:41,680 --> 01:37:43,482
- Circuit B.
- Circuit continues.
1126
01:37:43,682 --> 01:37:44,900
- Excuse me, Dr. Ramsey.
- Uh huh.
1127
01:37:45,100 --> 01:37:48,696
- Hello Bill. Any change in the weather?
- No, that storm center is still moving towards the coast of Japan.
1128
01:37:48,896 --> 01:37:50,030
- This just came in.
- What is it?
1129
01:37:50,230 --> 01:37:52,399
GEN LeMay wants to see you at Guam
immediately.
1130
01:37:53,651 --> 01:37:55,527
- Radio back I'll be there in an hour.
- Right.
1131
01:37:56,403 --> 01:37:57,863
- See you later, Dr. Ramsey.
- Right.
1132
01:38:09,167 --> 01:38:11,211
We've been given four alternate targets:
1133
01:38:11,461 --> 01:38:14,047
Niigata, Kokura, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki.
1134
01:38:15,256 --> 01:38:18,468
Which city we bomb will be determined by
weather reports received in flight.
1135
01:38:19,803 --> 01:38:24,307
Briefly, the plan calls for three weather
ships precede me by two hours.
1136
01:38:24,766 --> 01:38:28,603
Two camera ships will accompany me and get
a record if... well, if anything goes wrong.
1137
01:38:29,604 --> 01:38:34,109
I'll bomb from 30,000ft and execute the steepest
possible turn to head away from the blast area.
1138
01:38:35,652 --> 01:38:38,029
The essence of the plan is simplicity:
1139
01:38:38,613 --> 01:38:40,074
One bomb, one airplane.
1140
01:38:40,533 --> 01:38:46,080
You mean to say you're going in there with a single
unescorted B-29? With an atomic bomb at stake?
1141
01:38:46,580 --> 01:38:50,668
Why, I'd surround your aeroplane with every
fighter and B-29 we've got.
1142
01:38:51,002 --> 01:38:54,514
- Hundreds of them.
- Well, that sir, would alert all the Jap defenses. We're counting on surprise.
1143
01:38:54,714 --> 01:38:57,258
Well, what if you're jumped by a flock of
Jap zeroes?
1144
01:38:57,591 --> 01:38:59,802
Our ship is stripped down: no armor, no
turrets.
1145
01:39:00,136 --> 01:39:04,432
We can fly and bomb at 31,000ft. A zero
stalls out at 25,000.
1146
01:39:05,182 --> 01:39:06,776
That's cutting it pretty fine COL.
1147
01:39:06,976 --> 01:39:10,730
We think that speed, altitude, and surprise
are a better defense than guns.
1148
01:39:11,856 --> 01:39:13,941
The plan has been approved by GEN Spots.
1149
01:39:16,611 --> 01:39:19,114
COL, you get yourself back
to Tinian and stay at ready.
1150
01:39:19,781 --> 01:39:21,658
You'll hear from me just as soon as I...
1151
01:39:24,578 --> 01:39:29,082
Storm center moving off coast. Should clear
by 07:00.
1152
01:39:31,585 --> 01:39:33,253
Well, that's it.
1153
01:39:35,714 --> 01:39:36,965
Tonight's your night.
1154
01:39:38,675 --> 01:39:40,844
- Better get going, Paul.
- Yes, sir.
1155
01:39:46,683 --> 01:39:51,022
Our father, we pray thee that
the end of the war may come soon.
1156
01:39:51,814 --> 01:39:54,442
And that once more we may know peace on
Earth.
1157
01:39:55,777 --> 01:39:59,364
May the men who fly this night be kept safe
in thy care.
1158
01:39:59,739 --> 01:40:01,949
And may they be returned safely to us.
1159
01:40:02,992 --> 01:40:09,415
We go forward, trusting in thee. Knowing
that we are in thy care, now and forever.
1160
01:40:10,583 --> 01:40:13,086
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
1161
01:40:19,467 --> 01:40:22,595
Take off will be at
02:15. Go get some rest.
1162
01:40:31,689 --> 01:40:36,527
- Bill, if ah... if anything happens, see that Lucy gets that.
- You bet.
1163
01:40:38,445 --> 01:40:40,614
You got four hours. Try to get some sleep
yourself.
1164
01:42:17,547 --> 01:42:18,590
Dear mother,
1165
01:42:20,092 --> 01:42:22,886
I'm writing you tonight because I've got
something to say.
1166
01:42:23,762 --> 01:42:25,514
You're the only one I can say it to.
1167
01:42:27,849 --> 01:42:31,687
I've never said it to Lucy, and I never
want to say it to my sons,
1168
01:42:33,063 --> 01:42:34,940
I've never been able to say it to dad.
1169
01:42:36,900 --> 01:42:38,276
Mom, I'm scared.
1170
01:42:44,908 --> 01:42:49,414
I don't know why I'm scared. I suppose it could be
that there's a good chance I'll be killed tomorrow.
1171
01:42:51,916 --> 01:42:54,377
I've faced that before, often. It's never
easy.
1172
01:42:57,046 --> 01:42:58,423
But I'm not sure that's it.
1173
01:43:00,717 --> 01:43:02,760
Maybe I'm scared of making a mistake.
1174
01:43:05,555 --> 01:43:08,182
So many details, so
much to keep in my head.
1175
01:43:10,518 --> 01:43:13,229
Have I forgotten anything? Have I something
undone?
1176
01:43:16,232 --> 01:43:18,693
That one little slip that could ruin the
mission.
1177
01:43:22,281 --> 01:43:24,742
Maybe that's it, but I don't think so.
1178
01:43:30,914 --> 01:43:35,419
Maybe I'm scared of the idea of dropping
one bomb that can kill thousands of people.
1179
01:43:37,379 --> 01:43:41,091
It's a hard thing to live with, but it's
part of my job, and I've gotta do it.
1180
01:43:42,092 --> 01:43:45,926
Just been looking for you COL. The boys are
wondering what name you want to put on the plane.
1181
01:43:49,933 --> 01:43:52,436
It's probably a little of
all these things, mom.
1182
01:43:54,897 --> 01:43:57,567
But I think mostly I'm more scared for my
sons...
1183
01:43:58,610 --> 01:43:59,986
for their world.
1184
01:44:01,321 --> 01:44:05,784
I'm scared of what could happen if this thing
we're unleashing tomorrow doesn't stop this war...
1185
01:44:06,826 --> 01:44:08,495
and all others.
1186
01:44:11,956 --> 01:44:15,794
I feel better now, mom. I'll be all right.
1187
01:44:23,176 --> 01:44:28,431
- Sergeant. Did... did you just ask me something?
- Well, yes sir. The name for the plane?
1188
01:44:32,060 --> 01:44:35,907
Oh, just um... just name it "Enola Gay."
1189
01:44:36,107 --> 01:44:41,821
"Enola Gay"? Is that someone's name, sir?
Who is she, sir? One of your old girls?
1190
01:44:42,446 --> 01:44:45,574
Yeah, one of my old girls.
1191
01:45:22,362 --> 01:45:27,284
- Never even got off the runway.
- 40,000 men and 300 planes on this island.
1192
01:45:27,659 --> 01:45:31,371
- What if that happens to us?
- You'd make quite a mess of things around here.
1193
01:45:31,788 --> 01:45:35,375
It's not going to happen to us. We're
taking off with the bomb unarmed.
1194
01:45:37,127 --> 01:45:39,296
CAPT Parsons will arm it once we're in
flight.
1195
01:45:40,547 --> 01:45:42,424
This decision was made some time ago.
1196
01:45:43,718 --> 01:45:48,640
- Well, gentlemen. Good luck.
- Thanks, GEN. All right fellas.
1197
01:46:03,112 --> 01:46:04,831
- PBS 8 - PBS 8
1198
01:46:05,031 --> 01:46:06,791
- Flaps 25°.
- Flaps 25°.
1199
01:46:06,991 --> 01:46:08,618
- High RPM.
- High RPM.
1200
01:46:09,160 --> 01:46:10,161
Checklist complete.
1201
01:46:11,287 --> 01:46:13,623
The camera ships are taking off now, COL.
1202
01:46:25,469 --> 01:46:28,013
North Tinian Tower, this is
Dimples 82, ready for takeoff.
1203
01:46:28,639 --> 01:46:30,975
Dimples 82, from North Tinian Tower.
1204
01:46:31,642 --> 01:46:35,771
- Clear for immediate takeoff on runway no.1.
- Roger, Dimples 82.
1205
01:46:46,907 --> 01:46:48,867
- Okay, Duze?
- All set, COL.
1206
01:47:46,761 --> 01:47:49,096
Looks like we're past the worst of the
turbulence, CAPT.
1207
01:47:50,056 --> 01:47:51,182
Any time, now.
1208
01:47:52,808 --> 01:47:54,018
And good luck.
1209
01:48:55,540 --> 01:48:56,624
Circuit A.
1210
01:49:04,841 --> 01:49:06,009
Circuit B.
1211
01:50:33,975 --> 01:50:35,685
Pilot to crew, give me your attention.
1212
01:50:36,602 --> 01:50:40,644
Up to this time you've only been told you what you
needed to know to help accomplish this mission.
1213
01:50:41,023 --> 01:50:43,065
You're now entitled to know the rest of the
story.
1214
01:50:44,986 --> 01:50:47,571
We're on our way to Japan
to bomb one of four cities.
1215
01:50:48,072 --> 01:50:50,950
Niigata, Kokura, Hiroshima, or Nagasaki.
1216
01:50:52,201 --> 01:50:54,879
Weather ships ahead of us are surveying
conditions over those cities
1217
01:50:55,079 --> 01:50:58,874
and will relay that information to us as we
approach the coast of Japan.
1218
01:51:01,127 --> 01:51:04,423
I know you're all wondering what that thing
is back there in the bomb bay.
1219
01:51:05,090 --> 01:51:06,258
Well, I'll tell you.
1220
01:51:07,592 --> 01:51:09,302
It's an atomic bomb.
1221
01:51:13,974 --> 01:51:17,686
When we release it today, you're going
to see the biggest explosion in history.
1222
01:51:18,812 --> 01:51:20,314
You've all been given dark goggles.
1223
01:51:20,814 --> 01:51:23,481
But I don't want anybody I looking in the
direction of the flash.
1224
01:51:23,734 --> 01:51:25,819
Face away from it until
we've made our turn.
1225
01:51:27,321 --> 01:51:29,196
We know we're going to be hit by a shock
wave.
1226
01:51:29,823 --> 01:51:32,409
We don't know how
hard. So stay on your toes.
1227
01:51:35,287 --> 01:51:36,663
We've come a long way, fellas.
1228
01:51:39,083 --> 01:51:41,627
Let's pray to God we finish the job right.
1229
01:51:43,338 --> 01:51:44,756
That's all.
1230
01:52:02,065 --> 01:52:03,858
Weather ships are coming in, sir.
1231
01:52:06,569 --> 01:52:09,155
Niigata, 8/10 cloud cover, hazy.
1232
01:52:13,410 --> 01:52:15,537
Kokura, solid overcast
1233
01:52:17,206 --> 01:52:21,919
Nagasaki, broken clouds, rain, visibility
poor
1234
01:52:25,422 --> 01:52:27,841
Hiroshima, clear,
1235
01:52:29,051 --> 01:52:30,594
visibility unlimited.
1236
01:52:32,262 --> 01:52:35,015
It looks like Hiroshima draws the short
straw, COL.
1237
01:52:37,184 --> 01:52:39,018
Pilot to navigator, did
you hear that, Dutch?
1238
01:52:39,436 --> 01:52:41,105
Your primary target is Hiroshima.
1239
01:52:41,689 --> 01:52:43,481
I'll split it down the
middle for you, Tibb.
1240
01:52:43,941 --> 01:52:47,820
- Tom, get a visual run if you can.
- Visual bomb run, wilco.
1241
01:52:49,030 --> 01:52:51,074
- Let's take her up, Duze.
- Okay skipper.
1242
01:53:01,543 --> 01:53:04,796
Pilot to crew, we're
approaching target area.
1243
01:53:05,672 --> 01:53:07,590
Check your equipment and get ready.
1244
01:53:31,407 --> 01:53:37,371
Navigator to pilot, we're over the IP and
should hit the bomb release point at 09:15.
1245
01:53:45,046 --> 01:53:47,673
Tibbets to camera ships: three minutes.
1246
01:54:26,380 --> 01:54:29,466
- Tom, you see anything yet?
- Negative.
1247
01:54:34,889 --> 01:54:35,973
There it is!
1248
01:54:41,396 --> 01:54:43,648
- You've got it, Tom.
- I got it.
1249
01:54:44,357 --> 01:54:46,567
Plunger away. Doors open.
1250
01:54:50,363 --> 01:54:53,199
All right everybody, get your dark goggles
on.
1251
01:54:54,075 --> 01:54:55,493
Remember, don't look at the flash.
1252
01:54:55,994 --> 01:54:57,286
Get ready for the shock wave.
1253
01:54:58,037 --> 01:54:59,372
20 seconds
1254
01:55:03,126 --> 01:55:04,210
15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9,
1255
01:55:09,633 --> 01:55:10,968
8, 7, 6, 5,
1256
01:55:13,637 --> 01:55:14,972
4, 3, 2, 1.
1257
01:56:11,571 --> 01:56:12,822
God!
1258
01:56:37,473 --> 01:56:39,850
Stand by! Here comes the shock wave.
1259
01:56:49,735 --> 01:56:52,446
- Everybody okay back there?
- Everything okay back here, COL.
1260
01:56:52,738 --> 01:56:55,324
- Okay.
- Engines, okay.
1261
01:57:16,722 --> 01:57:18,098
Take it for a while, Bob.
1262
01:57:20,767 --> 01:57:23,186
Pilot to radio operator. Take a strike
report.
1263
01:57:24,688 --> 01:57:27,316
Results good.
1264
01:57:44,000 --> 01:57:46,961
Results good.
1265
01:58:16,659 --> 01:58:20,120
- When did you sleep last, COL Tibbets?
- Oh, I got a little sleep last night.
1266
01:58:20,663 --> 01:58:22,873
- How long was the flight?
- Approximately 14 hours.
1267
01:58:23,248 --> 01:58:25,959
- How big was the bomb?
- Sorry, no comment.
1268
01:58:26,210 --> 01:58:28,220
- All right COL, we're ready for you on the air.
- All right.
1269
01:58:28,420 --> 01:58:29,546
Who knew about the project?
1270
01:58:30,631 --> 01:58:31,348
No comment.
1271
01:58:31,548 --> 01:58:33,592
- Did you feel any heat from the flash?
- No.
1272
01:58:33,884 --> 01:58:36,178
COL Tibbets how do you feel
personally about this bomb?
1273
01:58:37,012 --> 01:58:38,389
Sorry, no comment.
1274
01:58:38,931 --> 01:58:40,140
Just a minute, COL.
1275
01:58:40,516 --> 01:58:43,853
I represent a news service that's
read by 16 million Americans.
1276
01:58:44,187 --> 01:58:48,441
You've just dropped a bomb that's killed 80,000
people. My readers want to know how you feel about it.
1277
01:58:50,860 --> 01:58:52,445
How do they feel about it?
1278
01:58:58,576 --> 01:59:01,037
Lucy! Lucy!
1279
01:59:01,788 --> 01:59:04,883
Lucy! Lucy, turn on the radio! It's Paul!
1280
01:59:05,083 --> 01:59:09,295
He's on Guam. They just wiped out
a Japanese city. It may end the war.
1281
01:59:12,132 --> 01:59:13,725
May we have some pictures, Mrs. Tibbets?
1282
01:59:13,925 --> 01:59:15,435
This is KWGA on Guam.
1283
01:59:15,635 --> 01:59:22,393
You've been listening to COL Paul W. Tibbets Jr. who has just made
history by leading a mission which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan.
1284
01:59:22,810 --> 01:59:24,904
Flying a B-29 named the "Enola Gay".
1285
01:59:25,104 --> 01:59:28,774
COL Tibbets and his crew of 9, landed at
Tinian at 3:15 P.M.
1286
01:59:29,191 --> 01:59:33,446
where GEN Spots personally decorated COL
Tibbets with the Distinguished Service Cross.
1287
01:59:33,738 --> 01:59:37,166
For further details, we return you to New
York. Come in, New York.
1288
01:59:37,366 --> 01:59:39,460
- Did he tell you about the mission?
- Did he tell you it was an atomic bomb?
1289
01:59:39,660 --> 01:59:44,090
- How do you feel about his getting the DSC?
- Is there any truth to the rumor that you and the COL are splitting up, Mrs. Tibbets?
1290
01:59:44,290 --> 01:59:47,832
- Please, Mrs. Tibbets, just one picture.
- One with the babies, please. - Ad nauseam.
1291
02:00:07,397 --> 02:00:08,815
Paul...
1292
02:00:09,858 --> 02:00:11,026
Paul!
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