(brooding music playing) After the truth about Fuchs came out, the FBI stepped up surveillance on him. He knew his phone was tapped, he was followed everywhere... his trash picked through.
Oppenheimer
25.6s
MARSHALL: If a Russian bomb is inevitable, perhaps we should invite their top scientists to Trinity. President Truman has no intention of raising expectations that Stalin be included in the atomic project. Informing him of our breakthrough and presenting it as a means to win the war need not make unkeepable promises. But the Potsdam peace conference in July will be President Truman's last chance to have that conversation. Can you give us a working bomb by then?
Oppenheimer
2.4s
(tense music building)
Oppenheimer
8.1s
As far as I know. As far as I know, yes. But there-there may have been more than one person involved.
Oppenheimer
2.8s
(suspenseful music continues)
Oppenheimer
7.2s
But never stopped speaking his mind. A man of conviction. And maybe he thought fame could actually protect him.
Oppenheimer
24.6s
In a great number of cases, I have seen Dr. Oppenheimer act in a way which was to me exceedingly hard to understand. I thoroughly disagreed with him in numerous issues, and his actions frankly appeared to me confused and complicated. To this extent, I feel, I want to see the vital interest of this country in hands which I understand better and therefore trust more. - MORGAN: Thank you, Doctor. - ROBB: Thank you.
Oppenheimer
3.7s
He was devastated when Truman rejected their recommendation.
Oppenheimer
7.7s
Where did you go? - I can't tell you. - Why not? Because you're a Communist.
KITTY: You shook his fucking hand? Oh, I would have spit in his face. Not sure the board would have appreciated that. KITTY: Is it not gentlemanly enough for you? Well, I-I think you're all being too goddamn gentlemanly. Gray must see what Robb is doing. Why doesn't he just shut him down? And you shaking Teller's hand. You need to stop playing the martyr.
Oppenheimer
32.9s
Under the current AEC guidelines, would you clear Dr. Oppenheimer today? (unnerving music playing) Under my interpretation (sighs) of the Atomic Energy Act, which did not exist when I hired Dr. Oppenheimer in 1942... I would not clear him today, uh, if I were on the commission. ROBB: Good. Thank you, General. That is all. But I don't think I'd clear any of those guys. That's all.
Oppenheimer
34s
That's all. HILL: The record demonstrates that Oppenheimer was not interrogated by impartial and disinterested counsel for the Gray board. He was interrogated by a prosecutor who used all the tricks of a rather ingenious legal background. SENATOR SCOTT: You are charging now that the Gray board permitted a prosecution. If I were on the Gray board, I would have protested against the tactics of the man who served, in fact, as the prosecuting counsel. A man appointed not by the board but by Lewis Strauss. (people exclaim) Who was this?
Okay. We shouldn't keep them waiting. She'll be here. Do you even want her here? Only a fool or an adolescent presumes to know someone else's relationship, and you're neither, Lloyd. (door shuts) Kitty and I, we're grown-ups. We've walked through fire together. She'll do fine. GARRISON: Would you describe your views on Communism as pro, anti, neutral? KITTY: Very strongly against. I-I've had nothing to do with Communism in... since... since 1936, since... since before I met Robert.
Oppenheimer
9.2s
Watch that needle. If the detonators don't charge or the voltage drops below one volt, you hit that button, you abort. - Understood? - Understood.
Oppenheimer
4.2s
ROBERT: Here comes the birthday boy. - To gloat. - RUTH: Have fun.
Oppenheimer
11.6s
Anything less, they won't get what it is. What did Fermi mean by "atmospheric ignition"? Well, we had a moment where it looked like the chain reaction from an atomic device might never stop.