PBS is so heavily underrated. I hope public broadcast will get more of the attention it needs

I viewed this a couple of days after watching Oppenheimer, the film. Both are revealing.

PBS is one of the very few American information service programmes that here in England are thought to be reasonably honest and trustworthy.

Extremely well written and produced documentary. Sadly, this man was not a security risk or a madman but a rather sensitive and lost soul with a brilliant scientific mind. A patriarch who did what his cou try asked him to do and distressed at what the atomic bomb did to the civilian targets in Japan . He wanted to see some control over these weapons of mass destruction. A atomic scientist , not a military man he feared what the world knows know. Both Russia and the USA have enough destructive nuclear weapons to destroy the plant. It's weather those in power have the sense not to use them. Oppenheimer was a scapegoat for these military men and they wanted and did destroy him. It's sad and shameful. Thank you for this film that he was not the destroyer of worlds.😢

The country asked him to do what he did and it’s not as if he had not given a previous warning because he did! People with brilliance are used and then dumped!

After viewing this, I’m not sure I need to even view the movie now. Splendid job!

Fantastic documentary. Perfect accompaniment to the film at the cinema I watched last night. It's good to know the facts behind the dramatic licence in the film. Many thanks.

Excellent documentry.

This is an extraordinary piece of work. I hope J Robert would have liked it. There is no room for any complexity in politics especially in American politics. We often associate "If you are not with us, you are against us" with that very little man, George W Bush, but it is a cry from simpletons who do not know or care what he/she is doing.

In mid 50's, we lived on west coast of N America. As kids we found it whimsical when our mother would remark "they let off another bomb, kids" during unusual summer rains that soaked the land and coincided with news reports. Thus, we played indoors during those strange days

Amazing documentary. perfectly depicted the trial and the witch hunt against J Robert Oppenheimer.

David Strathairn is excellent actor. Very underrated!

Just watched the movie, now it's time for the documentary.

Wonderful!

This is far better than the movie

Not very much has changed, ego drove these people to commit unspeakable sins against an innocent world.

Dirty politics destroyed a great scientist

Nice documentary 😊

I love you, please keep up your good work and maintain your dry sense of humour.

Einstein advised Oppenheimer to ignore the whole lot of them.

Interesting Story , Never New So Many Things About This Man ...

You did a great job of telling a compelling story.

Unfortunately, always the US' Achilles heel; it cynically, corruptly consumes itself from within.

It reflect the conflict between the civilians and the military people

Yeah! So I think that life is hard. I have no inkling of hard. Much respect Mr Oppenheimer, "you were a man, my friend".

This was interesting.

If people like this, I highly recommend the 1980 BCC series Oppenheimer, starring Sam Waterson as Oppenheimer, it can be found on youTube

Nobody remembers Tellers or Straus!!! They had personal jealousy.

This documentary is somehow more poignant than the recent film

He gave a weapon to a civilization that did not have the intelligence to understand what they had, and went down the road of human extinction..

"Guilty until proven innocent" - that's a bizarre perversion of justice and VERY un-American ! The movie is great, but the US government put a guy through the meat grinder who had helped them win WW2. I'm not saying that JR Oppenheimer is a hero - and he wouldn't call himself this either - but his treatment during the trials was - politely speaking - grossly unfair, and viewed realistically absolutely scandalous. The McCarthy era is a black mark on American history !

So, this case was more about capitalist interests in the weapons industry than anything else. Wish the programme authors had explored the trillions the government spent and manufacturers made on the build-up.

The guy heavy eyebrow scientist who wanted to build the hydrogen bomb (instead of the atomic bomb) who worked with Oppenheimer should be interrogated. Why is nobody looking there???

You support me in my free time, I support your splendid film, thank you

The Science of Death

My Dad gave me the same thing, also a collection of the different mineral sands.

This demonstrates paranoia. If you do not trust a person, you cannot trust anything they say.

There is a little satisfaction to know that Edward Teller lived long enough to be 95 and despised for the rest of his life by the International Research World Scientific community as "Dr. Strangelove" ...

Oppenheimer is a brilliant boy, an handsome guy, and the renown scientist - greater than many. Live on Oppenheimer !!! God gave you that ability to stop (bomb) evil - look at that!!!

Oppenheimer broke the rules stipulated by his security clearance, so he lost that clearance. He knew scientists at Los Alamos were being approached by the soviets and didn't report it, but worse, he lied when asked. He wasn't "destroyed"; he went on to have a career at the top of the academic establishment and enjoyed a comfortable life. For a full and objective account, the Ray Monk biography is superb. This doco is very good but very one sided, in tone if not in substance.

He looked older than 62.

They should make a film about this geezer I think it would do okay at the box office

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Amazing Story I loved it. beautiful natrentaited. films of 1 and 2 showed originality. Need more Documentary's like this.?.

Oppenheimer's eyes are so black and dark. Its like his soul is totally gone and he is just a shell of a person.

McCarthy..... The Ken Starr of his day..... Problem solvers and problem makers , Ted Cruz comes to mind as a ^problem maker" among the others

A honestly humane man, hunted by his own brilliance was betrayed by the politics of his own country. Story of Robert J. Oppenheimer 😢

I feel sad for the man, but at the same time, because of men like him we live in fear of a nuclear war since 1945...

Oppenheimer understood that procession of nuclear weapons enabled countries to accomplish the darkest of goals and policies with no possible retribution, the lose of all humanity,

Since Oppenheimer thought about people, they didn’t want him in their military plan. He might stand in the way based on his godly Jewish conscience. Like I said, there are killers and then there is Oppenheimer with a consciences.

This great, well-made, and wonderful way to tell history's story. So many ways to tell stories, how lucky are we ? ☺🤓

Wait, this isn't the Barbie movie...

Oppie never smoked a pipe! Cigarette's were always hanging from his mouth or swinging in his fingers.

I feel not too much sorry for this man, what he unleashed was evil and he also had a big hand in dropping them

The role of various countries in the defeat of Nazi Germany is complex and multifaceted. While the United States did provide significant support to Britain and other Allied nations through the lend-lease program, it's true that the Soviet Union (Russia) played a crucial role in the defeat of Nazi Germany, particularly on the Eastern Front. The Soviet Union's sacrifices and victories, such as the Battle of Stalingrad and the Siege of Leningrad, were pivotal in turning the tide of the war against Germany. However, it's also important to acknowledge the contributions of all Allied nations, including the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, and others, in ultimately defeating the Axis powers. Historical narratives can vary depending on cultural and national perspectives, and it's not uncommon for different countries to emphasize different aspects of their own contributions to the war effort. Hollywood, as a cultural industry, often portrays events in a way that resonates with American audiences, which may sometimes lead to oversimplified or skewed representations of historical events.

Can we get the Eastern version of this. The western view is different and must be compared.

Such naughty little boys are no longer in charge of big toys , we have higher power protection

very good but far too many commercials, turned it off.

Like many others, I'm conflicted on the US's development of nuclear weapons. The Soviets had their own scientists working on the same thing - we'd have been in much worse shape had they gotten there first, I think. Of course I wish nobody had ever discovered this science, but we can say that about a lot of things. MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction, for sure!

The photo of his father, at about 7:11, am I the only one who sees a real resemblance to Lord Lucan? 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'd been thinking I would go see the recent movie, but after watching this there's no need. Along with the Trinity program and probably a few others I haven't yet discovered, PBS has documented a history that simply doesn't need hollywood. Indeed since I discovered PBS on youtube, I haven't yet seen a dud on any topic. Only one hitch - there was that one brief scene addressing why they didn't merely demonstrate the bomb to the Japanese. But the explanation given was a non-answer, made no sense at all. I was surprised the producers opted to go with it.

Coitadinho... Tão inocente quanto o tempo.

With all due respect to the narrator, but there is a far superior version of this documentary with Zoe Wanamaker doing the narration. Her fabulous voice adds an authentic, sensitive gravitas to the accompanying action. It was on KZfaq about 10 years ago but it must have dematerialised into the 11th dimension. Shame.

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PBS at their best. Strange that my American friends can NOT watch this video :\

Strauss I’m went through his Karma experience.

Why they talk so bad about the guy??? He is a German Jew not a English American. He knew that Hitler was killing his Jewish people and he had to do something about it. Think about that !!!

20yrs of psychic torture; they selected him intentionally to spit on him in any case;

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what the hell is AJ Soprano's guidance counselor doing playing Oppenheimer? Has the world gone mad??!

All i can say is that in my life time this man did hid job, gave what was asked of bim , but reflected on just what it was that he had put into the hands of total idiots wbo frankly i would not trust with a box of matches far less a weapon of such destruction. Everything i have come to completely dislike completely is refected in everything the U.S. has done since. A nation that above all has far greater degrees than one could every imagine become everything that is dispicable, though far stronger word still fall short of describing a nation so full of its own importance purely in its own eyes, and tbousands of niles away from anything or person could say they are proud of, it has become the very thing it convicted this great man of being, with one very huge difference, it is a tbousand times worst than anything they could accuse this guy of being. In short it is without doubt the most dispicable nation on earth by far, and goes out of its way to prove the point daily. I can only say that Mr. Oppenheimer at least rest in peace in the sure knowledge that he did his HONEST best for his country and i think knew well before the rest of us became aware that his country from day one had no moral fibre what so ever, and never would have. I am just waitingbfor the day when thecworld finds it impossible to continue without first getting rid of the biggest component of lies and decept the world has ever had the misfortune to allow to grow thus far, if we are to servive we need to bring down to size this monster which is America, ifvwe dont none will servive.

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This is my personal opinion only and I could be wrong for oversimplifying this whole situation but I believe he was targeted for being a Jew

Its not unclear if its nuclear

yugoslavi was never part of soviet union so this map was wrong

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the federation made mr Oppenheimer a patsy

monster

I Robot. and end

Americans like commercial news

Totally anoying soundtrack in the first part.

CIA = KGB

Just shows how much filth there is and always has been in American politics

Are we supposed to feel sorry for this guy? Is he being presented as being humane? Bur the highest achievement of his life was totally inhumane.

Government behave always like a gangster.

So Japan was never in the race of "getting the bomb" ?

Great video. Communism for beginners. Thanks Zach for your explanation.

The facts say, however, that because of this man and those who followed him, two cities like Hiroshima and Nagasaki were dissolved and 300,000 people evaporated; plus the hundreds of thousands of contaminated people who died as a result. And that would be a good man. There was no need to drop the bombs, which were built in the event that Hitler got there first. When the atomic bombs were dropped, Germany had already surrendered and Hitler dead. The dropping was just a show of force, like saying, _now in the world, from now on we rule_ . Continue to be fooled by propaganda!

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Greatest world criminal ever existed on planet earth . Fully deserved in name of his victims whatever happen to him or his family . He knew very well what he was doing and killing milions with his ''baby'' bomb ,there is no excuse for him , whatever he said afterwards .Great and brilliant scientists put their knowledge in a good use to prosper the world , not to kill and destroy .War criminals , they do .

Hollywood spin, the real eye colour of Oppo's BROWN ,,, C.Murphy plays him Peircing BLUE eyes..

Fun fact most of his poems dealt with fantasies of rape and he also forced himself upon a girl in England great historical figure though.

no hitler no hirohito = no bomb

Ya.... we need to go on another communist round up.

Opperenheimer is evil.

Perhaps he was on the autism spectrum?

He was cry baby 😢

I feel sorry that he appearenly never read the Holy bible.

You know what this documentary needs? A few more adverts. I was only getting an advert every 7- 8mins. Wish they were every 4 mins.