Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The tragic fall of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Visit brilliant.org/Newsthink to get started learning STEM for FREE, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.
A huge thank you to @atomcentral for permission to air the amazing HD restoration footage of the Trinity test. Watch the full video here youtube.com/watch?v=wki4hg9Om-k&t=85s
Special thanks as well to the Institute for Advanced Study for supplying many photos of Oppenheimer for the story.
Watch our video on NASA's Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun
youtu.be/cRUxHZQqrWk
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1:16 Manhattan apartment image: Eden, Janine and Jim Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/2giAfSn (edited by Newsthink)
1:23 David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
1:43 John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
2:04 Science Museum London / Science and Society Picture Library, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
2:32 Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 via Wikimedia Commons (edited by Newsthink)
2:46 NiSaTi, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
3:02 Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1987-0703-507 / unbekannt / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en via Wikimedia Commons
3:09 Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-10541 / Georg Pahl / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en via Wikimedia Commons
3:14 Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-S55480 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en via Wikimedia Commons
4:05 brainchildvn on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
7:27 ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Mandelmann, Erling / Com_L13-0299-0001-0031 / CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
9:01 Unknown author Unknown author, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
12:39 PD-USGov-DOE (original), cc-by-sa-3.0 (this derivative)
13:56 - 14:07 Images sourced from JFK Library (public domain)
14:39 ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Mandelmann, Erling / Com_M13-0401-0001-0002 / CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
15:10 Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
15:15 Uwe Brodrecht, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The tragic fall of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Visit brilliant.org/Newsthink to get started learning STEM for FREE, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.
A huge thank you to @atomcentral for permission to air the amazing HD restoration footage of the Trinity test. Watch the full video here youtube.com/watch?v=wki4hg9Om-k&t=85s
Special thanks as well to the Institute for Advanced Study for supplying many photos of Oppenheimer for the story.
Watch our video on NASA's Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun
youtu.be/cRUxHZQqrWk
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
twitter.com/cindypom
Grab your Newsthink merch here: newsthink.creator-spring.com
Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Tom Eng
Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/Newsthink
Sources:
1:16 Manhattan apartment image: Eden, Janine and Jim Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/2giAfSn (edited by Newsthink)
1:23 David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
1:43 John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
2:04 Science Museum London / Science and Society Picture Library, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
2:32 Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 via Wikimedia Commons (edited by Newsthink)
2:46 NiSaTi, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
3:02 Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1987-0703-507 / unbekannt / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en via Wikimedia Commons
3:09 Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-10541 / Georg Pahl / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en via Wikimedia Commons
3:14 Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-S55480 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en via Wikimedia Commons
4:05 brainchildvn on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
7:27 ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Mandelmann, Erling / Com_L13-0299-0001-0031 / CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
9:01 Unknown author Unknown author, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
12:39 PD-USGov-DOE (original), cc-by-sa-3.0 (this derivative)
13:56 - 14:07 Images sourced from JFK Library (public domain)
14:39 ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Mandelmann, Erling / Com_M13-0401-0001-0002 / CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
15:10 Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
15:15 Uwe Brodrecht, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
