What’s Left of Oppenheimer’s Los Alamos?
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We may be too excited about the Oppenheimer premiere; we admit it. But did you know that there was a whole town in New Mexico built from the ground just to gather the scientists that would work on the atomic bomb?
Did you also know that that town, Los Alamos (aka Atomic City), is still running today and that most of its population is made up of scientists who still work at Los Alamos National Laboratory?
We couldn't resist the urge to explore this place and uncover the history behind the creation of devastating weapons of war.
In this video, we shed some much-needed light on the long-term business of constructing these earth-shattering innovations.
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As a resident of Los Alamos for the past 25+ years, I'm happy to see our little town getting more attention. There is so much history here, most of it post-Manhattan project, I'm hoping Oppenheimer will inspire more people to make content on the town. Biggest gripe I have with this video is that they went to Boese Bros instead of Bathtub Row, in the same parking lot, right behind where Oppenheimer lived, and much more affiliated with the town.
Are you a scientist? 🤔
@@pritabratamallik5391 nope, majority of the town are not scientists. The bulk of employees at LANL are technologists or in a support role. A major gripe scientists have is that these support roles get paid almost as well. If you make below $80k in this Los Alamos, you're considered "low income"
love bathtub row brewing! yeah you can basically see oppenheimer’s house from there right across the street lol
I have visited a few times over the years and would love to live there
@@samfrank2401 👀yall hiring? lol
Oppenheimer died of throat cancer. He also smoked alot....
>alot
That would be "a lot", friend.
@@cwtrain I h8 grammer n speelin
@@H0mework The difference is that your "ignorance" is on purpose.
I hope it was a very painful death on Oppenheimer’s path to a special place in hell.
He also snorted a lot of coke
The sign at 15:34 says "Laboratory use road only By order of Dept of Energy"
Grew up in Los Alamos, my grandparents didn’t work on the Manhattan project, but my parents worked at the lab, and now I work at the lab. It’s the town’s “coal mine” if you will. It’s been thrilling to see more people learn about our little town. Also, as a side note, not all of us are millionaires, in fact there’s a significant portion of us who are not.
that's awesome! what do you do at the lab?
science, probably@@jambooski1836
That's awesome, hopefully no Democrats work there.. They give away secrets to the communists
I don think he can tell ya
@@QuirkyAxe.-. yeah I figured lol. Thought about that after I commented
As someone born and raised in Los Alamos it makes me really happy to see people enjoying the town and the history❤
Do any regular people live there? Like blue collar workers?
@@docastrov9013 I would say the majority of the workers at LANL are blue collar workers, especially when it comes to pit production. Not all employees at LANL are scientists. In town there is a small contingent of ppl who do not work directly or indirectly for the lab (such as myself)
@@samfrank2401 since they are rich could they give me a place to stay? I am disabled and old. He said there are no homeless and everyone is very rich.
@@Dan-xx5jq Google affordable housing Los Alamos and you'll get your answer
@@docastrov9013 Yes, blue collar workers are needed there. We lived there 1972-86 and still have friends there.
"What's Left of the Manhattan Project Town" is a way better title than the first one. Hope you get more engagement the video is great.
Thanks. 😌
- Caya
He changed it again to 'What's Left of Oppenheimer's Town' 😂
@@ChatGPT1111 never stop improving I guess.
This is incredible. I’m glad to see Oppenheimers vision come to fruition. The movie really painted the picture and solidified him as a misunderstood man that led science into a new age.
@17:40 his throat cancer was most likely from his abundant smoking, not radiation.
Kind of trippy to see when I've been working all summer in a video like this. A few tidbits from an intern:
1. There are even more young people about than usual in the summer because the lab takes something like 2000 interns every year.
2. How dare you neglect the Tub's existence as a bar when it has very nice outdoor seating and is in the exact same parking lot as BoeseBrosBrewpub.
3. Fun fact: The only houses with working bathtubs in the early days of the town were all in one row, giving those homes the name "Bathtub Row" (hence the name Bathtub Row Brewing).
4. You are correct in that practically nobody will talk to you on camera about their work, but maybe not for the reasons you think. Most people here are more than happy to talk about what they do... assuming that they are speaking exclusively to US citizens. Lots of information is export controlled under ITAR and EAR, even if it is technically unclassified. The definitions of what is export controlled or not encompass a lot of stuff and can feel pretty nebulous, so most people here just play it safe and assume that everything they do is export controlled. Even just verbal communication is considered "exporting", so talking about your work in a video that will be uploaded to UA-cam is a no-go (even for the interns). Without the cameras rolling though, assuming you are a US citizen, you could learn a lot of cool stuff from the unclassified portions of what people do here.
Both my mom and my aunt worked at the lab during the Manhattan Project. I was born and raised in Santa Fe and remember the stories as told to me when I was a kid. Enjoyed your video as well as Oppenheimer.
back in 2008 I went to Los Alamos then Hiroshima within a few weeks of each other. The contrasts between the two museums are starkly obvious. There is a photo of a clock in the Peace Park museum containing a poem about a Dragonfly - today I wrote lyrics to a song based on a song [by Frank Marino] coincidentally called "Dragonfly. Yesterday I watched Oppenheimer and today it all came together. Thanks for the awesome video - you should definitely get back to Hiroshima and if you can Berlin. Berlin has a unique perspective on its role in WW2 also.
Great vid!
FYI - not everyone at LANL is a scientist. Tons of regular jobs there along with manufacturing, engineering, etc.
There are occasional homeless in Los Alamos but they tend to be relocated pretty quickly when noticed. A few months ago I brought a lady sleeping behind a gas station on a ragged suitcase a pizza and some water.
Not everyone is a millionaire or sciencetist either 😂
Relocated we're ?
We decided to drive there from Santa Fe this past weekend. What really surprised me was how beautiful and green it was. Very cool historical town surrounded by natural beauty!
Oppenheimer died of throat cancer because he was a chain smoker, not radiation.
Well the radiation didn't help.
@@2148aa Oppenheimer almost certainly didn't work directly with the radioactive material. Besides, the uranium and plutonium didn't show up in any real quantity until fairly late in the process.
Yeah, my father did as well, in his 50s, ten years after quitting. He was never around any radioactive material. Oppenheimer wasn't really around the testing and radioactive material that much and smoking is really THAT bad for you. Tragedy isn't always interesting.
He also drank a lot. Alcohol can cause throat cancer too but most people don’t know that
Anyone who genuinely wants to experience the history would be far better off waiting for the labs to do one of the Manhattan Project Historical Tours, where the public gets guided tours of the labs.
I worked up there for 12 years and my wife currently works up there. Not everyone is a scientist in Los Alamos. Actually the majority of people working in Los Alamos are just normal people. But good job on this dude! How many times did you get told not to take pictures 😂?
Most of the people working there when it started were young. Younger people tend to be more ambitious and less likely to ask questions about what they're doing they're just excited to actually be getting to do something
I live in los alamos and I really hope that it doesn’t become a tourist attraction
We're coming from Denmark. But don't worry my american friend-we are white and loaded with money.
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How did you not venture to the caldera? Its like 40 minutes west of Los Alamos and one of the most beautiful landscapes you could ever see. There's also a hike on the way there called Cerro Grande. Great view at the top after you finish the hike.
We drove by it and would have loved to, but time was tight.
I considered talking about the geologic origin of the mesas, but didn’t want to end up with too long of a video.
Sorry for the excuses 🫠
Caya
@@slidebeanthe super volcano caldera near it is also very interesting
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- Caya
wow.. Oppenheimer is everywhere on my feed.. even slidebean is making videos about it. thanks for video
The hype is real.
- Caya
Editing on this video is fantastic!
Another brilliant documentary Caya. Going to Hiroshima must have been an amazing experience. If only all countries abolished their armies like Costa Rica did, we'd live in a different type of world. Maybe some day, but not in my lifetime.
Should have drank a Hoppenheimer IPA at Bathtub Row instead of Boese. Bathtub Row named for the houses behind the brewery (where Oppenheimer lived) called such because they were the only houses in Los Alamos to have bathtubs at the time.
OMG. This is one of the best presentations on youtube. I subscribed. Thank you creator for all of this editing and travel. Great job. wow.
Welcome to the club 🫶🏽
- Caya
Pretty cool video! Thank you for visiting our little town. My grandparents, parents, and I all grew up and work in Los Alamos (yes we are all scientists of different sorts, at least in my family) and its interesting seeing other peoples view of our little town. I have always been so interested in our history and I think it's awesome that now the rest of the country is learning more.
LA is such a neat town...I've been fortunate to have basically grown up there (White Rock (ROVER BLVD REPRESENT :)atleast lol) from 1995- On...I grew up an hour from Oak Ridge, my mom moved to LA in the mid 90s and I went back and forth. Now I basically live in Oak Ridge, and still have my stepdad in LA...It's a very cool town. It's added a few things in the 25yrs or so, but it's very much the same. I worked at the Radio Shack in LA for a while, that was probably the most unique Radio Shack in the world...Sold everything from earbuds and cell phones, to the most unique electrical components they offered. Many of the scientists bought parts there for home projects, or work. Love N NM...such a beautiful place. Housing is SO expensive there. Pay is good in the specific area, but everything is pricey. What is also interesting, Alot of Olympians and athletes come to train in LA because of the extreme altitude. Very easy to get winded there until you get used to it. Also, sunscreen is a MUST due to the same. I'm so happy that the area is getting the attention it deserves. Great place full of great people.
Love New Mexico!! Lived there for six "enchanted" years and was able to explore every corner of the state including test sites. It is so beautiful. You can also feel the indigenous, Spanish, Mexican, and anglo cultural history poured into every crevice. Los Alamos and Trinity in White Sands continue to cast an oversized blanket over the mental landscape. The secret bomb project is silently connected to everything and still on the surface of people's imagination. The new film (should have had MORE shots of the NM landscape!) has just ramped that up. As Bugs Bunny used to say (Chuck Jones) - "...I knew I should have taken that left at Albuquerque."
Well done and informative! Welcome to New Mexico and our amazing history.
There were also homesteaders that were bought out. You can still see wagon tracks in the soft rocks in trails.
Best guess on the sign is "laboratory use road only by order of Dept of Energy"
This looks about right!
- Caya
Howdy from New Mexico! Excellent video. Thanks for getting it right.
Great job. this was so interesting and well shot
Just super well done! Thank You!
Thanks for the video, great stuff !
I really enjoy your HDR contents. Looks crisp af!
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- Caya
Video Coming out as the same day as the first test drop was a nice touch July-16
Not me just realizing this was a coincidence.
- Caya
Iwo Jima? They went to Tinian. Also: Oppenheimer got throat cancer because he was a heavy chain smoker for his entire adult life, nothing to do with radiation.
This is the first time I've watched a video from this channel and omg watching in 4k hdr the colors in this video are amazing.
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- Caya
The bombs altered history & ultimately saved humanity from ww3 and possibly many other wars, but the fact that bombs ended the 2nd world war is very disputable.
There's an opinion amongst WW2 historians that was more towards sending a message to the Soviet Union & being able to test a weapon in real conditions.
Other & traditional bombings were no less, if not more - destructive.
Not here to support any point, but to acknowledge that this point exists & is widespread.
Some more context:
"In the decades since World War II, historians have engaged in an often vitriolic debate over the decision to use the atomic bombs. “Traditionalists” have maintained that the bombs were necessary in order to save American lives and prevent an invasion that might have cost many more lives than the bombs took. They frequently argue that President Truman decided to use the bombs in order to bring the war to a speedy conclusion, and that the bombs were essential to forcing Japan to surrender.
“Revisionist” scholars generally posit that the bombs were unnecessary. Among other claims, they suggest that Japan was ready to surrender and that the use of the bombs could have been avoided if the United States had guaranteed that Emperor Hirohito could remain on his throne. They also argue that the Soviet invasion of Manchuria on August 8-9, 1945, rather than the use of the atomic bombs, was decisive in precipitating Japan’s surrender."
"Leahy, who was Truman’s personal chief of staff, wrote in his memoir that the “Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender…. The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan.” MacArthur went further. He told former President Hoover that if the United States had assured the Japanese that they could keep the emperor they would have gladly surrendered in late May.
It was not the atomic evisceration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended the Pacific war. Instead, it was the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and other Japanese colonies that began at midnight on Aug. 8, 1945 - between the two bombings."
Eventually, Japan surrendered only after their 1mln-strong Japanese army in Manchuria was destroyed by early September within a month.. that is a month after bombs were dropped & when Soviets started conquering Kuril islands, closing to the mainland.
This video’s awesome ! Edits are amazing !
Awesome video !!! Keep up the good work bro!!
A very interesting and well done video😊👍
really nice video man !
I just got back from vacationing in Los Alamos and Ghost Ranch. It was a beautiful area.
Los Alamos has the highest concentration of PhDs in the country.
Oh no they removed the octopus at the carwash in ABQ.
Trinity site opens every year once in April and once in October. I think you have to sign up for a lottery list to get in. I lived in NM years ago and always forgot to sign up.
Sad to hear that you don't feel the need to stop by ABQ again. It's such a beautiful city rich with culture, history, landscape, and food. You just needed to meet the right local. It's not meant for city folk.
Are you serious? I live in NM (Los Alamos) and lived in ABQ for 5 years, it is an absolute shithole. You're safer in third world countries than you are in ABQ
I was there yesterday, and I did not like it. On the other hand, Santa Fe was really nice.
@@mkinvincible To each their own. ABQ is more fun for locals. Santa Fe seems to be where the tourists like.
If you get to know the culture and hang out with the locals you can feel like you're in a small town despite it being 500k+ people.
Oh man just the casual Breaking Bad references I love it how can it be that you don't have more subscribers these Videos are amazing! You have my follow for sure!
Welcome! 🙌
Just here waiting for the algorithm to discover our videos.
- Caya
I effing love your videos/ channel
This stuff keeps us going. Thanks.
- Caya
first time seeing your subscribed immediately for how great yall film.
Welcome to the gang 🙌
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Really great video, smashed it❤
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- Caya
Such a interesting vid!
“The people who worked at Los Alamos knew exactly what they were doing…”. Bzzt wrong. Only the top leaders of each section, the nuclear physicists who were doing the design work, and a handful of others who had to know enough sufficient details to put it together on their own knew what they were doing. Everybody else were completely in the dark other than knowing they were working on an incredibly secret military project. They had to know that because they all effectively disappeared until the war was over. Even their families were supposed to be kept in the dark where they were even located. The vast majority had no idea until the bombing of Hiroshima.
Muy interesante, gracias por compartir🎉
There are so many things in this video that he would have gotten in trouble for doing if they caught him. Namely you can't fly a drone in New Mexico with out a permit. And there are signs everywhere saying that any video recording beyond this point is prohibited.
Amazing video!
One error I saw in the video is that you said the town of Los Alamos is around 13,000 plus. I believe you are counting just the town site. There is also another area of Los Alamos County, a sort of suburban area called White Rock. White Rock’s two elementary schools, library branch and recreational facilities are also part of Los Alamos government. Los Alamos County when you include the White Rock area is closer to about 20,000 people, much the same as when we lived there, 1972-86.
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Should have gone to Alamogordo and Tularosa and measured the radiation levels. I grew up there. A lot of people started having all different types of cancers.
Radioactive Drew did take his meters to the Trinity Site, it's basically at background, as you would expect.
great video!
Hello from Albuquerque! Awesome video.
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Wish I had spent more time in ABQ
- Caya
Great vid
I was just back in my birthplace, Los Alamos, in June to bury my friend's ashes. Then I saw Oppenheimet once back to where I now live. Fuller Lodge was probably the only actual place in Los Alamos that was used for location shots. The location used for exterior representation of Los Alamos was in a more desert-like climate zone. Los Alamos is in the transition zone, characterized by ponderosa pine as the dominant species.
this video is so well made wow
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Phenomenal videography ❤
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- Caya
Another dope short 👍🏾
Born here work at the lab. Typing from LA. Thanks for the cool video. Hi Sam.... FYI the lab is still doing and has been doing incredible things since then.
Amazingly well produced vidéo, well dunn Siré, I tips Mé 'at 👍👍✔💯
I like your editing style
why don't you guys change the title to something Oppenheimer related? this is a great video and I think it'd get the attention it deserves if people know it's related to oppenheimer
Let’s give it a shot!
- Caya
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it's not hitting the tg, u did everything right.
i"m an employee of a start up by accelerating asia. while i was watching the video i thought for sure , this video hit the right tg. but it didn't hit the people it was supposed to hit. maybe the timing can be an issue
On some level it did make sense in the most remote place, Oppenheimer was right. however when harry Truman calls you a crybaby even in a movie it gets my attention.
Atomic Bomb: I am here to end humanity, bitches!!
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that topography transition to the the actual ridge was really f*kng cool
great, informative video...u did your homework/research, be proud. these history-making events are parts awe-inspiring, humbling, and thought provoking from both a scientific and moral POV. it's significance in World History is not lost on me.
Except for the research on Demon Core. Incidents were 9 months apart not years. And only one involved a screwdriver. Makes you wonder what else he got wrong besides pronouncing Iwo Jima correctly.
I had 3 ct scans in one week unfortunately, addisons disease, finally diagnosed in 2016. Ive lost count but its somewhere around 50 ct scans since 2007
Bro, that sound that started at 14:21 scared the shit out of me. That's literally exactly how our air-raid sirens sound. And i got back from watching Oppenheimer like an hour ago.
Born and raised in Los Alamos right here
very good video!
Thanks 🙏🏽
Fun fact. over 20 years ago a bunch of Los Alamos National Lab employees won the lottery.
There was a group of Sandia Lab (Albuquerque) employees who also won the lottery.
Japen was also working on the atomic bomb. It was stopped because the Japanese Navy decided to work on radar instead. Also the project wasn't going very well. However, Germany was actually sending a submarine load of Uranium when the war ended.
Great video. I find it interesting that Japan itself has a different viewpoint than many Americans today. They seem to take responsibility for their actions in WWII, which is why there’s not a blame game going on. People there aren’t second-guessing the choices of those who lived it. Wisdom that a lot of Americans need to learn nowadays. History doesn’t need to be revised to fit today’s narratives. It is what it is.
TPTB don't want truthful American history known to people which means facts are problematic, for a variety of reasons, to them.
Americans? Accountability for one’s actions? Pshhh not gonna happen, unfortunately.
Our city has a sign coming in stating a no drone zone. you guys also went down a road on lab property that states only authorized personnel , and you guys recorded on that street. people get fired from the lab by doing that - it's taken pretty seriously here, you guys are brave xDD
My brother is actually an engineer that works in Los Alamos
That's an amazing story. Do you have any others, perhaps without so much detail?
Man this video deserves far more views for 9 days. 38k should be 300k
Here’s hoping the algorithm smiles on us 🤞🏽
- Caya
Maybe I’m misremembering, but I thought the first incident with the Demon Core wasn’t a screwdriver slipping but a brick falling onto the core?
Good video.
My grandmother Mildred Presley worked on the project and battled cancer for many yrs until she could fight no longer.
The higher melanoma rates could be because of the UV index. The whole state is desert but the elevation is high in Los Alamos so the UV index is really, really high. You burn quick without sunscreen.
I've been there three times and may move there for a job at the lab. It's a beautiful place and has a fascinating history, but if you're not into camping or hiking, there's a not a whole lot to do
It's hard to tell if smoking or working around the nuclear material. Was the case of his cancer.
His work did save a lot of GI lives. On not invading Japanese home island.
One of these sailor was my Mother cousin. An he dead of heart illness.
This video is outstanding. The internet is full of so much crap that makes me feel guilty because I wasted a portion of my life watching it . Well done! I subscribed . Expect more of the same. Great video, humor etc.
Wohoo. Welcome to the club.
- Caya
Excellent production! Wonderful opinionated editorial. 🎉🎉😊
Stayed there during the Balloon festival in 2018. Had to buy a wind shield wiper at the Autozone.
I grew up in Alamogordo which is right by white sands; i remember a few times when my grandparents would take me on the Trinity sight {tho at that time i usually just wanted to go home and play video games haha}
You’re lucky you didn’t lose your drone 😂 as a Los Alamos resident I’ve seen a lot of drones get confiscated or shot down or just go missing all together, we have designated areas where you can and can’t fly drones here :)
Believe it or not I stood clear or restricted areas. It’s just some clever editing
- Caya
On that shot of you saying “Are they scientists”(9:31). That was me working on my eagle project
With my mom
nuh uh
yeah i saw that
One of my friends is a nuclear waste tech at LANL, and another one of my friends is an electrical engineer there
People who work at the lab are paid well. They can't talk about what they really do for a living depending on clearance level. Very nice video. Love it
radioactive waste doesnt leak, radioactive material is metal, ita a solid thing, not the glowing green goo hollywood potrays it as. when disposed it is mixed with inert material such as concrete.
Liquid Radioactive Waste does exist. It’s can be created in light water reactors because of radioactive isotopes of Iron, Chromium, Cobalt, and Manganese being suspended in solution in the coolant water. Also, LWRs slowly make their coolant water radioactive as the hydrogen atoms absorb more neutrons and become the radioactive isotope of Tritium. However this waste generally outputs low levels of radiation and likely not present at Los Alamos.
Hey I'm experiencing an issue with this video. I try to open this video and the video goes on a buffering kind of circle(not buffering) all the other videos I play instantly I click. Switched the phone on and off yet the same.😪😪