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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later is told entirely from the first-person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors.

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James Erskine

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A+E Global Media,History,Hulu Japan,October Films

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It was based on
a millionth of a pound
of plutonium. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

It was based on a millionth of a pound of plutonium.

ALLISON: We decided
on the Columbia River
as the water supply - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

ALLISON: We decided on the Columbia River as the water suppl...

The army was very fearful - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

The army was very fearful

GROVES: What we were afraid of - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

GROVES: What we were afraid of

NARRATOR: Groves calls
in Stafford Warren
to conduct a study. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: Groves calls in Stafford Warren to conduct a study...

WARREN: It appeared that - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

WARREN: It appeared that

Because we didn't want
anything to happen - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Because we didn't want anything to happen

GROVES: We would
have been subjected
to terrific criticism, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

GROVES: We would have been subjected to terrific criticism,

NARRATOR: It's early 1943, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: It's early 1943,

At Stalingrad, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

In the Pacific, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

In the Pacific,

And in the United States, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

And in the United States,

But the project needs
a centralized laboratory
for the final stage, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

But the project needs a centralized laboratory for the final...

Oppenheimer suggests
Los Alamos, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Oppenheimer suggests Los Alamos,

OPPENHEIMER: We had a ranch,
Sangre de Cristo, New Mexico. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

OPPENHEIMER: We had a ranch, Sangre de Cristo, New Mexico.

It's about 3,000 meters high, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

It's about 3,000 meters high,

GROVES: It was in an area
isolated enough - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

GROVES: It was in an area isolated enough

NARRATOR: At Los Alamos, there is a boys' school that is struggling financially. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: At Los Alamos, there is a boys' school that...

GROVES: It was a school
for rich Easterners - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

GROVES: It was a school for rich Easterners

There were enough
buildings there, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

There were enough buildings there,

Didn't take me long to say,
"Well, this is it." - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Didn't take me long to say, "Well, this is it.&quo...

NARRATOR: Within
a matter of weeks, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: Within a matter of weeks,

MORRISON: I came to Los Alamos when many people came to Los Alamos. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

MORRISON: I came to Los Alamos when many people came to Los...

Many of my old friends
were there - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Many of my old friends were there

Of course, we worked
around the clock, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Of course, we worked around the clock,

Because every day we read
of the battles - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Because every day we read of the battles

And we were the bottleneck - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

And we were the bottleneck

NARRATOR:
In the fall of 1944, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: In the fall of 1944,

TIBBETS: I was called
to the office - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

TIBBETS: I was called to the office

He told me that
I had been selected - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

He told me that I had been selected

Needless to say that
I didn't comprehend
everything that was going on. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Needless to say that I didn't comprehend everything tha...

He said, "You've got to work
with General Groves,
you've got to satisfy him." - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

He said, "You've got to work with General Groves, ...

NARRATOR: The design
of the bomb
had not been finalized, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: The design of the bomb had not been finalized,

Meaning we were only allowed
to make a release
under visual condition. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Meaning we were only allowed to make a release under visual ...

So they gave us
some practice units. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

So they gave us some practice units.

The shape was
the actual shape
of the bomb. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

The shape was the actual shape of the bomb.

Our particular job
was to deliver one bomb. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Our particular job was to deliver one bomb.

NARRATOR: But at Los Alamos, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: But at Los Alamos,

Here it is,
General Groves,
plutonium. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Here it is, General Groves, plutonium.

NARRATOR: The bomb's design
is based on the scientists'
experiments with uranium. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: The bomb's design is based on the scientists&...

But the material
Groves has spent - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

But the material Groves has spent

Well, that's the, uh,
first I've ever seen, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Well, that's the, uh, first I've ever seen,

NARRATOR: But initial
tests show this plutonium
is so volatile, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: But initial tests show this plutonium is so volati...

MORRISON: The kind
of plutonium material
they were making - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

MORRISON: The kind of plutonium material they were making

NARRATOR: Physicist
Robert Bacher
witnesses the repercussions. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: Physicist Robert Bacher witnesses the repercussion...

BACHER: That then caused
the whole project to have
an enormous crisis. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

BACHER: That then caused the whole project to have an enormo...

The nature of the explosive
charge just needed
complete re-design. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

The nature of the explosive charge just needed complete re-d...

Groves, when
I told him first, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Groves, when I told him first,

NARRATOR: Uncertain now
if plutonium will work, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: Uncertain now if plutonium will work,

MORRISON:
There were two bombs, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

MORRISON: There were two bombs,

NARRATOR: It will be
a race against time - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: It will be a race against time

REPORTER: (ON RADIO)
The red army is
advancing street by street - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

REPORTER: (ON RADIO) The red army is advancing street by str...

On the other side
of the world
in the Pacific, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

On the other side of the world in the Pacific,

The toll of United States dead and wounded on the beaches and the jungles is rising. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

The toll of United States dead and wounded on the beaches...

FURMAN: As it became apparent
that the Germans
would be defeated, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

FURMAN: As it became apparent that the Germans would be defe...

NARRATOR: As the idea of using the atomic bomb to end the war gains traction, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: As the idea of using the atomic bomb to end the...

TIBBETS: I was called in
to a meeting in February
or March of '45, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

TIBBETS: I was called in to a meeting in February or March o...

And the reason was
they wanted to be able
to make bomb blast studies - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

And the reason was they wanted to be able to make bomb blast...

NARRATOR:
As the war progressed, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: As the war progressed,

In Tokyo, 100,00 perish
in a single night. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

In Tokyo, 100,00 perish in a single night.

FURMAN: There was
a great problem
of trying to find targets - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

FURMAN: There was a great problem of trying to find targets

They tossed around Kyoto
as a prime target - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

They tossed around Kyoto as a prime target

NARRATOR: The targets
shortlisted are Yokohama, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: The targets shortlisted are Yokohama,

But suddenly the project
is faced with
an unexpected twist. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

But suddenly the project is faced with an unexpected twist.

REPORTER: The grief
stricken nation
mourns the death - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

REPORTER: The grief stricken nation mourns the death

Vice-President Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office as 32nd President. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Vice-President Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office as...

NARRATOR: Groves is called
in to brief his new boss. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: Groves is called in to brief his new boss.

GROVES: As far as I know
and I've never heard
anything to the contrary, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

GROVES: As far as I know and I've never heard anything ...

NARRATOR: Groves quickly
receives the backing
of the new president, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: Groves quickly receives the backing of the new pre...

NARRATOR: On July 16th,
as fighting continues
in the Pacific, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: On July 16th, as fighting continues in the Pacific...

The entire team works
around the clock
to get the test ready, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

The entire team works around the clock to get the test ready...

The problem of getting ready
was pretty rough. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

The problem of getting ready was pretty rough.

NARRATOR: Designed
to be the most devastating
weapon in history, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: Designed to be the most devastating weapon in hist...

Most observers are positioned
20 miles from the bomb site. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Most observers are positioned 20 miles from the bomb site.

But Dr. Stafford Warren
fears that may
not be far enough. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

But Dr. Stafford Warren fears that may not be far enough.

So we began
to lay out a plan - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

So we began to lay out a plan

There was a ditch there
which had some dry leaves
and some hay in it, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

There was a ditch there which had some dry leaves and some h...

Oppie, he was in the bunker
where a lot of the control
equipment was. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Oppie, he was in the bunker where a lot of the control equip...

ISIDOR ISAAC RABI:
It's going to work
all right, Robert, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

ISIDOR ISAAC RABI: It's going to work all right, Robert...

MAN: (ON RADIO)
40, 39, 38, 37... - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

MAN: (ON RADIO) 40, 39, 38, 37...

26, 25, 24, 23... - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

26, 25, 24, 23...

Nine, eight, seven, six, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Nine, eight, seven, six,

WARREN: At first, of course,
there was a feeling
of great heat, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

WARREN: At first, of course, there was a feeling of great he...

BACHER: It was even
more impressive - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

BACHER: It was even more impressive

SERBER: It was as if somebody
had set off a flashbulb
right in your face. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

SERBER: It was as if somebody had set off a flashbulb right ...

OPPENHEIMER: I remembered
the Hindu scripture, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

OPPENHEIMER: I remembered the Hindu scripture,

REPORTER: During
a series of meetings
in Potsdam, Germany, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

REPORTER: During a series of meetings in Potsdam, Germany,

Delivering an ultimatum
of unconditional surrender
to the Nipponese war lords. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Delivering an ultimatum of unconditional surrender to the Ni...

NARRATOR: The day after
the test explosion
in New Mexico, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

NARRATOR: The day after the test explosion in New Mexico,

Let's not forget - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Let's not forget

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later is told entirely from the first-person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors.

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Director: James Erskine

Writer: N/A

Production: A+E Global Media,History,Hulu Japan,October Films

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 02 Aug 2020

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