Jon else Robert Oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. He was this complex ball of contradictions. Oppenheimer they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror. Richard rhodes oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used. How else would the world know what it was . Eleanor roosevelt dr. Oppenheimer, are we creating something we may not be able to control . Oppenheimer in a world of atomic weapons, wars will cease. ticking Newsreel Narrator it is dminus one for the test of the worlds first atomic device. Else this cultured, nonviolent man was responsible for birthing the most violent weapon in human history. And he devoted the rest of his life to trying to control the monster that he had unleashed. Oppenheimer if there is another world war. This civilization may go under. Kai bird he became a political pariah. Edward r. Murrow is it true that humans have already discovered a method of destroying humanity . cameras clicking else and it finally ruined him. Oppenheimer now i am
- -(clock ticking) jon else: robert oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. he was this complex ball of contradictions. oppenheimer: they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror. richard rhodes: oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used. how else would the world know what it was? eleanor roosevelt: dr. oppenheimer, are we creating something we may not be able to control? oppenheimer: in a world of atomic weapons, wars will cease. (ticking) newsreel narrator: it is d-minus one for the test of the world s first atomic device. else: this cultured, nonviolent man was responsible for birthing the most violent weapon in human history. and he devoted the rest of his life to trying to control the monster that he had unleashed. oppenheimer: if there is another world war. .this civilization may go under. kai bird: he became a political pariah. edward r. murrow: is it true that humans have already discovered a method of destroying humanity? (cameras clicking) else: and
The telegraph claims senior Cabinet Ministers are in talks with labour counterparts to come up with a plan to force the government to soften its brexit strategy. The ft focuses on the warning from the eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier to get on with brexit talks, or face the prospect of the uk failing to secure a deal before the country leaves the union in march 2019. The i refers theresa mays comments to the 1922 committee as her mea culpa, saying the Prime Minister pledged to stay only as long as she was wanted. The times reports that mrs may told tory mps that she was prepared to scrap further cuts to public services, in a bid to win back support for the party. According to the guardian the Prime Minister was contrite at the 1922 Committee Meeting and that she sought to reassure back benchers more would be done to reach out to younger voters. The daily mirror portrays mrs may as Princess Leia from the star wars films, paraphrasing the movies famous line, may the force be with you.
create the first atomic bomb. you play general leslie groves, who is the military leader of the manhattan project. tollman thinks you have integrity, but he also strikes me as a guy who knows more about science than people. yet here you are. you don t take much in trust. i don t take anything on trust. groves was a bulldozer of a man who famously called the scientists children, crackpots, and prima donnas. why did you want to play this role this. the director, chris nolan, is one of the best directors to ever live. he makes extraordinary movies. it plays like a thriller, like you re on the edge of your seat the entire time. the groves character, i found him very funny. i found him humorous because he was humorless. there was such a kind of philosophical difference between the military mind and the scientific mind. the military guys were obsessed
carr: the manhattan project really was a huge national effort. rhodes: and to plot out the industrial scale of the operation, they chose a dynamic, burly, six-foot-three, 240-pound general named leslie richard groves. he hated leslie. he went by dick. general groves had a problem. he was entrusted to hire the people that would build the atomic bomb. but he knew that we re talking about the people who are the finest scientists in the world. these are prima donnas. and now you have to have somebody who s gonna be the whipmaster. you have to have somebody that understands the physics, who has a reputation, so that these prima donnas will follow you.