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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Gentlemen, when we metat Wendover for the firsttime about tenmonths ago, I told you at...

TIBBETS: Gentlemen, when we met
at Wendover for the first
time about ten
months ago, I told you at that
time that I had
great hopes that the mission
that we are about to undertake
could end the war

Full Transcript

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TIBBETS: Gentlemen,
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when we met at Wendover
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for the first time about ten months ago,
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I told you at that time that I had great hopes
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that the mission that we are about
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to undertake could end the war.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
50
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:17
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.
We did not use that. But we said, "Okay. Now this is the bomb." - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:11
We did not use that. But we said, "Okay. Now this is th...
NARRATOR: As the Americans prepare to use the weapon, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:12
NARRATOR: As the Americans prepare to use the weapon,
On Tinian Island, pilot Paul Tibbets - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
On Tinian Island, pilot Paul Tibbets
After months of practice in the Utah desert, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
After months of practice in the Utah desert,
It had been agreed that we would not take off with the bomb armed - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:11
It had been agreed that we would not take off with the bomb ...
NARRATOR: Among the planes accompanying the Enola Gay, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:11
NARRATOR: Among the planes accompanying the Enola Gay,
TIBBETS: We climbed up to our altitudes, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
TIBBETS: We climbed up to our altitudes,
NARRATOR: With 1,500 miles to Japan, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
NARRATOR: With 1,500 miles to Japan,
TIBBETS: Once we were airborne, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:11
TIBBETS: Once we were airborne,
NARRATOR: One concern is the aftershock could knock the plane - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
NARRATOR: One concern is the aftershock could knock the plan...
TIBBETS: About 30 minutes from our landfall on Japan, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:10
TIBBETS: About 30 minutes from our landfall on Japan,
NARRATOR: Oblivious to what is coming, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
NARRATOR: Oblivious to what is coming,
NARRATOR: Takako's family are planning to leave the city, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
NARRATOR: Takako's family are planning to leave the...
NARRATOR: Having circled the city at 8:15 a.m., - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
NARRATOR: Having circled the city at 8:15 a.m.,
We continued our turn to head directly back towards Hiroshima. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
We continued our turn to head directly back towards Hiroshim...
It was kind of inconceivable as to what we were looking at there. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
It was kind of inconceivable as to what we were looking at t...
This explosion was so big that it seemed almost unreal. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
This explosion was so big that it seemed almost unreal.
NARRATOR: Exploding 1,870 feet above the ground, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:13
NARRATOR: Exploding 1,870 feet above the ground,
PRESIDENT TRUMAN: A short time ago, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:12
PRESIDENT TRUMAN: A short time ago,
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.