The Hidden RaLa Experiments: How Gamma Rays Perfected the Fat Man Bomb – WWII
75K views · Jan 13, 2026 · Education
Comments · 136
@SimonHollandfilms · 8 months ago
The information is excellent but the a.i. Imagery is totally distracting
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@markocebokli6565 · 8 months ago
"Disclaimer: Some scenes in this video use AI-created imagery...."<br>Well, I haven't seen a single real photo in this video. I don't like that.
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@kgmeten · 8 months ago
I do not like these AI created photos. It gives the wrong impression how it looked like.
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@Chris1776qey · 7 months ago
The gamma ray detector was not in a bunker. They had to be close to the test article. They were blown up after sending their signals to the oscilloscope in the bunker. The ion chambers were relatively cheap to make so they just made more.
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@nevtxjustin · 2 months ago
Speech-to-text fail with 8 misspellings of RaLa
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@GregMargraff · 8 months ago
I had a barium enema about 40 years ago. It caused an explosion when I got to the toilet.
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@barrywinters1142 · 8 months ago (edited)
I was raised in Los Alamos and am always interested in information about Manhattan Program
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@Paddler007able · 7 months ago
The use of AI here, made to look like old film footage is rather insulting
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@artsmith1347 · 8 months ago
The visual noise is stupid. Such lines appear whe movie film is scratched. These are still photos -- not movie film. The visual noise is fake.
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@GrahamHill-bm2ce · 8 months ago
No gamma rays from the explosion, only the claimed 1.6MV from the Lanthanium 140
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@stevestarcke · 8 months ago
Incredable video. The Manhattan project was amazing.
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@johntrottier1162 · 8 months ago
As you can tell from many of the comments, the AI images you are using detract greatly from the story you are telling. Please use real photographs when available and when you don't have an exact image showing the inside of a lab or the actual test setup, just use real photos of the scientists or engineers you are talking about. You could use 10 or 15 real photos for this entire program, and the end product would be better for it.<br>The crazy images the AI is producing to try and keep pace with the script is a huge distraction. It seriously detracts from the accuracy of your script, which is really quite good.<br> Your research into these stories is head and shoulders above what many channels are putting out. But the visuals are keeping you from rising above the rest of the AI crowd.
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