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PRESIDENT TRUMAN: A short time ago
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

A short time ago, an American airplane dropped one bombon Hiroshima and destroyedits...

PRESIDENT TRUMAN:
A short time ago, an American airplane dropped one bomb
on Hiroshima and destroyed
its usefulness
to the enemy

Full Transcript

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PRESIDENT TRUMAN: A short time ago,
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an American airplane
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dropped one bomb on Hiroshima
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and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
89
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:58
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
A+E Global Media,History,Hulu Japan,October Films

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Movie Summary

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later is told entirely from the first-person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors.
That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of TNT. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of TNT.
It is an atomic bomb - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
It is an atomic bomb
NARRATOR: To the leader of the Manhattan Project, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
NARRATOR: To the leader of the Manhattan Project,
GROVES: After I got the first news of the dropping, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
GROVES: After I got the first news of the dropping,
MORRISON: When the aircraft came back from the raid, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
MORRISON: When the aircraft came back from the raid,
NARRATOR: In Tokyo, the newspapers report - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
NARRATOR: In Tokyo, the newspapers report
There are no details and the government is skeptical, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
There are no details and the government is skeptical,
HISATSUNE SAKOMIZU: President Truman first mentioned - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
HISATSUNE SAKOMIZU: President Truman first mentioned
COLONEL SABURO: On the following day, August 7th, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:17
COLONEL SABURO: On the following day, August 7th,
GENERAL ARISUE: When the plane flew over Hiroshima, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:09
GENERAL ARISUE: When the plane flew over Hiroshima,
There was nothing there, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:04
There was nothing there,
GENERAL ARISUE: But Dr. Nishina, the nuclear physicist, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
GENERAL ARISUE: But Dr. Nishina, the nuclear physicist,
NARRATOR: But in spite of this discovery, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
NARRATOR: But in spite of this discovery,
And three days later, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
And three days later,
But bad weather forces the pilot to divert - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
But bad weather forces the pilot to divert
Exploding over Nagasaki at 1,650 feet, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:12
Exploding over Nagasaki at 1,650 feet,
NARRATOR: In spite of pressure from his generals to continue the war, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
NARRATOR: In spite of pressure from his generals to continue...
NARRATOR: In Hiroshima, the surrender has come too late - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
NARRATOR: In Hiroshima, the surrender has come too late
NARRATOR: At Los Alamos, news of the bomb's explosion - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:09
NARRATOR: At Los Alamos, news of the bomb's explosion
But at this point, little is known about the effects - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
But at this point, little is known about the effects