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

As the war progressed, US planes had fire bombed the industrial cities that fed the...

NARRATOR:
As the war progressed, US planes had fire bombed the industrial cities that fed the Japanese military machine but the loss of life
has been staggering

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NARRATOR: As the war progressed,
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US planes had fire bombed the industrial cities that fed the Japanese military machine
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but the loss of life has been staggering.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
99
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:01
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
A+E Global Media,History,Hulu Japan,October Films

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later is told entirely from the first-person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors.
In Tokyo, 100,00 perish in a single night. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
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 00:06
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 00:08
They tossed around Kyoto as a prime target
NARRATOR: The targets shortlisted are Yokohama, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
NARRATOR: The targets shortlisted are Yokohama,
But suddenly the project is faced with an unexpected twist. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
But suddenly the project is faced with an unexpected twist.
REPORTER: The grief stricken nation mourns the death - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
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 00:06
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 00:04
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 00:12
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 00:08
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 00:13
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 00:13
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 00:06
The problem of getting ready was pretty rough.
NARRATOR: Designed to be the most devastating weapon in history, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:09
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 00:04
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 00:05
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 00:08
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 00:10
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 00:05
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 00:06
ISIDOR ISAAC RABI: It's going to work all right, Robert...