When was Oppenheimer's “Now, I am become Death ” recorded?

Posted by anta40 on Thursday March 16, 2023 @08:43AM
from the self-post dept.

This is the video showing Oppenheimer quoting the famous line "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds..." taken from the Bhagavad-Gita: http://www.trinityremembered.com/video/quote.html

Any hint when was the video recorded? On which event?

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Re:When was Oppenheimer's “Now, I am become Death ” recorded? by JoeDaDude on Thursday March 16, 2023 @09:21AM (#35181568)

I don't have a definitive answer, but for a clue, my fuzzy memory seems to recall that it was recorded in an interview in the 50's, sometime after Oppenheimer lost his clearance. The clip appears in the film The Day After Trinity, so there may be some indication in the credits about the source or when that clip was filmed.

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Re:When was Oppenheimer's “Now, I am become Death ” recorded? by JoeDaDude on Thursday March 16, 2023 @09:41AM (#35181835)

I took my own advice. The credits for the film The Day After Trinity (1981) mention NBC which my fuzzy memory told me was the original interviewer. Further digging led me to this source:

https://www.historyvshollywood.com/video/robert-oppenheimer-...

which claims the interview was aired on NBC television in 1965.

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Re:When was Oppenheimer's “Now, I am become Death ” recorded? by causi on Thursday March 16, 2023 @09:12AM (#35181460)

The interview is from The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965).

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Re:When was Oppenheimer's “Now, I am become Death ” recorded? by Overtonwindow on Thursday March 16, 2023 @09:12AM (#35181463)

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/manhattan-project-robert-opp...

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Re:When was Oppenheimer's “Now, I am become Death ” recorded? by tastemykungfu on Thursday March 16, 2023 @09:07AM (#35181399)

Why is this even relevant? Letmegooglethisforyou may be more relevant.

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