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Part 1 of this BBC docudrama presents the story of the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima, featuring historical reenactments and tracking the bomb's progress from its testing in New Mexico, to Tinian Island, to its flight, to the moment the chain reaction occurred. Featuring eyewitness test...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wilmshurst, Paul (Screenwriter), Hurt, John, 1940-2017 (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [London] : BBC Worldwide, 2005.
Subjects:
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Atomic bomb > Blast effect.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Part 1 of this BBC docudrama presents the story of the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima, featuring historical reenactments and tracking the bomb's progress from its testing in New Mexico, to Tinian Island, to its flight, to the moment the chain reaction occurred. Featuring eyewitness testimony, it tells the story of the crew that dropped the bomb; of bombing survivors who recall events on the ground prior to the explosion, and of decision-makers in American and Japan.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (48 min., 51 sec.)) : sound, color
Production Credits:Director of photography, Graham Smith ; music by Daniel Pemberton ; film editors Luke Dunkley, Horacio Quero.