Oppenheimer: The Man Behind the Bomb -- A "Countdown to Zero" Exclusive

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On July 16, 1945, the U.S. government tested their first nuclear bomb, led by J. Robert Oppenheimer. As the blast went off, Oppenheimer became aware not only the terrifying power of the nuclear bomb but also our inability to entirely comprehend the implications of this invention. His attempts to warn the public were silenced and ridiculed, though today, over 65 years later, his voice is a haunting reminder of our very real nuclear threat.

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On July 16, 1945, the U.S. government tested their first nuclear bomb, led by J. Robert Oppenheimer. As the blast went off, Oppenheimer became aware not only the terrifying power of the nuclear bomb but also our inability to entirely comprehend the implications of this invention. His attempts to warn the public were silenced and ridiculed, though today, over 65 years later, his voice is a haunting reminder of our very real nuclear threat.

Featuring interviews from the documentary film "Countdown to Zero," this short is a look into the man who created the bomb...and a frightening new world. Find out more about the movie, and how you can demand a world without nuclear weapons, at TakePart.com/zero.

Produced by TakePart with Participant Media
Directed by Mariana Blanco at Hoodablah
Score by Austin Wintory
Featuring Grizelda by Yeasayer

Special Thanks to Lisa Remington, Susan Ricketts

Footage provided by:
Arnold Newman Collection/Getty Images, AP Image Source, BBC Motion Gallery, Corbis, Fish Films, Harvard University Archives, J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Library of Congress, National Archives Records Administration, NBC News Archives , Paul Popper/Popperfoto/Getty Images, Streamline Films, Trinity and Beyond, VCE, Inc., World Security Institute

Oppenheimer: The Man Behind the Bomb -- A "Countdown to Zero" Exclusive
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[TheColorfulPube]

You should learn more about nuclear energy and the specifics of the Chernobyl disaster before you post something like that.

[andries vds]

because of the a-bomb we did not have a world war III. if you know your opponent is realy strong, you will not start a fight. it's as simple as that. oppenheimer should become the peace nobel price posthume.

[Jan Badinski]

Unit 731.  There were no innocent countries in WWII.

[insane6784]

not only atom bomb But also japanese politicians did cruel acts to chineses and koreans...maybe I'm sure that their acts was more truculent than bombs.

[ReignReviews]

Seems like everybody forgot about the Korean War where China, Russia and N.Korea fought western countries. Which saw over 2 million civilians and up to between 500,000 to 1 million soldiers killed

and forgot the American General that wanted to create nuclear fallout on the China-Korea boarder

and the Russo-Sino forgot what the US did to their biggest enemy a few years to end ww2, right?

Cause that stopped that whole korean war, right?....right...

[kuruantigenic]

where can i find this movie online to show my kids

[Renato Bortolucci Renato]

Oppenheimer and Nicola Tesla were the greatest inventors of all the world, I am Brazilian and I love sciences since six years ... Yes they were the greatest !!!

[evileyesneo12]

Atomics bombs(war) and a super virus will end us i am sure

[Lindsay Stewart]

why do they call this guy the father of Abombs he was only the man the yanks put in charge a money man because all the yanks contrib to the atom b was money no know how that was from all the brit and euro scientists

[skillsNJ]

band is Yeasayer

[Omar Vega]

Absolutely. The bomb stopped the war. Before the bomb, wars were considered something "natural". A decent way to resolve conflicts. Today, the only kind of wars that still remain are guerrilla-style wars, but wars among superpowers are out of fashion for good.

Man doesn't learn. Only the fear to extinction produced the change of mind that no religion could make.

[happygoluckymickey]

music anyone ?