Hiroshima : a dramatised documentary exploring the humanity and the Horror of the first atomic attack
Publication details: BBC world wide Ltd. 2005Description: DVD (90 mins)Subject(s): LOC classification:- D767.25.H57 2005
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DVD | Strathmore University (Main Library) Open Shelf | DVD | D767.25.H57 2005 | Available | 90mins | 78038 |
TOC
Hiroshima
Negotiations
Moving the bomb
"Enola Gay"
Arming the Bomb
The final Approach
Survivors
A miracle
Rescue Efforts
Mystery illness
It was the defining moment of the 20th Century - the scientific, technological, military, and political gamble of the world's first atomic attack. This drama-documentary attempts to do what no other film has done before - to show what it is like to live through a nuclear explosion, millisecond by millisecond.
Set in the three weeks from the first test explosion in New Mexico to the eventual dropping of the bomb, the action takes viewers into the room where the crucial political decisions are made; on board the Enola Gay on her fateful voyage; inside the bomb as it explodes; and on the streets of Hiroshima when disaster strikes. Parallel storylines interweave, unfolding the action from both US and Japanese perspectives, and revealing the tensions and conflicts in the actions and minds of people who were making history. Special effects recreate the reality of the mission - even going inside the workings of the bomb - and archive film replays the horrific aftermath.
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