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TIBBETS: The night before we took off
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

The nightbefore we took off, the people from Trinityhad arrived in the Marianas, and they...

TIBBETS: The night
before we took off, the people from Trinity
had arrived in the Marianas, and they had with them
colored photographs of the Trinity explosion
in New Mexico

Full Transcript

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TIBBETS: The night before we took off,
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the people from Trinity had arrived in the Marianas,
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and they had with them colored photographs
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of the Trinity explosion in New Mexico.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
55
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:04
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.
TIBBETS: Gentlemen, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:11
TIBBETS: Gentlemen,
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,