Oppie, I don't think you want to go up against Strauss. If we both speak, they listen to me. When you speak, they hear a prophet. When Strauss speaks, they hear themselves. They'll listen to a prophet. A prophet can't be wrong. Not once. SENATOR McGEE: Didn't you accuse Oppenheimer of sabotaging the development of the Super? I was never one of those to bandy around terms like "sabotage." SENATOR McGEE: But Mr. Borden was? As I understand it, possibly. How was Mr. Borden able to put together such a detailed indictment? He was no longer a government employee, yet he appears to have had unlimited access to Dr. Oppenheimer's file. Might Mr. Nichols have given him access to the file? Or someone else, at the AEC? That's a very serious accusation, Senator. Is it your intention to suggest that Dr. Oppenheimer is disloyal to the United States? I've always assumed, and still assume, that he's loyal to the United States. I believe this. And I shall believe it until I see very conclusive proof to the opposite. ROBB: Do you or do you not believe that Dr. Oppenheimer is a security risk?
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SERBER: Donald, would you like to contribute here? Please, help me out. HORNIG: You're on your own, pal. Bob, I'm not quitting my job because plutonium is radioactive. We just don't know what it might do to the female reproductive system... Your reproductive system is more exposed than mine, presumably. Can we please? The implosion device is nowhere. Hey, you can't rush everything. - Oppie, please. - Well, there's rushing and there's getting on with it, so pick one. Wait. Neddermeyer's doing his job. Teller's not helping. You're not helping. I've been asking for calculations on the implosion lenses for weeks. The British can do it. Fuchs. Absolutely. It's your job, Teller. I'm engaged in research. On a hydrogen bomb we're not even building. (others laughing)
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15.9s
PHILIP MORRISON: And if I may, when Hitler blew his brains out in that bunker, it's my humble opinion that there is no need for that bomb to be seen anywhere - except for that test site. - (applause) HORNIG: But we at least have to take a moment to think about whether the means justify the ends any longer, because...
Oppenheimer
16s
Forget Hans. Forget fission. Stay here, research what you want. Fusion, the hydrogen bomb, whatever. We'll meet to discuss. You don't have time to meet. You're a politician now, Robert. You've left physics behind many, many years ago.
Oppenheimer
11.5s
Germany is about to surrender. (applause) It's no longer the enemy who are the greatest threat to mankind, it's our work. (people murmur)
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(suspenseful music plays)
Oppenheimer
2.9s
Hitler's dead, it's true.
Oppenheimer
25.5s
Just tell me your concerns, and I'll relay them. My concerns? Germany's defeated. Japan's not going to hold out alone. How could you know that? You got us into this. You and Einstein with your letter to Roosevelt - saying we could build a bomb. - (scoffs) Against Germany. That's not how weapons manufacture works, Szilard. SZILARD: Oppie, you have to help. ROBERT: Fermi's in the meeting. - Lawrence is in the meeting. - They're not you. You're the great salesman of science. You can convince anyone of anything.
Oppenheimer
26.1s
You're a long way from Chicago, Leo. If we don't act now, they're going to use this thing against Japan. We booked a meeting with Truman, but somebody killed it. You're meeting the Secretary of War. Just because we're building it, doesn't mean we get to decide how it's used. History will judge us, Robert. In Chicago, we put together a petition. I'm not... I'm not getting into that. (clattering) (sighs)
Oppenheimer
27.2s
I won't work for that man. (others exclaim) Let him go. He's a prima donna. SERBER: I agree. He should leave Los Alamos. Okay. Kisty, you replace Neddermeyer. Seth, I'm putting you on plutonium. Lilli, you go work for Kisty. Because he needs you. Fuchs, you take Teller's role. I'm putting you exclusively on the implosion device. And no one is leaving Los Alamos. (rousing music playing)
Oppenheimer
10.5s
Oh. Well, I hope you learned something. Yeah, we learned we're gonna need to be a lot further away. Well, figure it out. Fast. We leave for Washington in the morning. We're gonna give them a date.
Oppenheimer
3.8s
- They won't let me leave. - ROBERT: No. I won't let you leave.
Oppenheimer
5.5s
Hmm? (sniffs) - (spool winds) - Oh. (explosion)
Oppenheimer
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(telephones ringing)
Oppenheimer
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Even yourself.
Oppenheimer
1.6s
'Scuse me.
Oppenheimer
17.9s
ROBB: You insisted on bringing on your brother Frank, - a known Communist. - A former Communist. You brought a known former Communist onto America's most secret and important defense project. I knew my brother could be trusted. Absolutely. And you felt your judgment was sound on who on the team could be trusted?
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17.3s
ROBERT: Progress? Two years and a billion dollars' worth? Well, hard to put a price on it. Not really, just add up the bills. "Rural free deliveries." Eighty babies delivered the first year. This year, we've had ten a month. Birth control is a little out of my jurisdiction, General.