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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

We did discuss whether perhaps what we were doing was morally wrong

We did discuss whether perhaps what we were doing was morally wrong

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We did discuss whether perhaps what we were doing was morally wrong.
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Timestamp in Movie
00:31:19
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.
MORRISON: There was a great deal of feeling of hesitancy, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:06
MORRISON: There was a great deal of feeling of hesitancy,
NARRATOR: With trademark charm, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
NARRATOR: With trademark charm,
MORRISON: Oppenheimer's view was that unless we found out - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:09
MORRISON: Oppenheimer's view was that unless we found o...
WILSON: On that logical basis, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:12
WILSON: On that logical basis,
NARRATOR: But that does not entirely settle the matter, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:15
NARRATOR: But that does not entirely settle the matter,
Not least the man whose job will be to drop the bomb, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
Not least the man whose job will be to drop the bomb,
TIBBETS: When we were on the island, I heard certain things. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:04
TIBBETS: When we were on the island, I heard certain things.
One of the things suggested was that we drop this weapon - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:13
One of the things suggested was that we drop this weapon
I would liken this to the fighter in the prize ring. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:04
I would liken this to the fighter in the prize ring.
I don't see any reason to telegraph your blow. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
I don't see any reason to telegraph your blow.
FURMAN: Everybody on the military side wanted to see it dropped. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
FURMAN: Everybody on the military side wanted to see it drop...
From where we sat, the Japanese were determined - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:08
From where we sat, the Japanese were determined
The whole country was being directed by the military, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:07
The whole country was being directed by the military,
REPORTER: At Okinawa alone, 50,000 American casualties. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:04
REPORTER: At Okinawa alone, 50,000 American casualties.
Their plans are carried out by the Kamikaze pilots. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
Their plans are carried out by the Kamikaze pilots.
Sworn to give their lives for the Emperor and the honor of the nation, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:09
Sworn to give their lives for the Emperor and the honor of t...
Sooner or later, in a congressional hearing, if nowhere else. - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:05
Sooner or later, in a congressional hearing, if nowhere else...
And then every mother whose son - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:10
And then every mother whose son
And a few days before the bomb is to be dropped, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:09
And a few days before the bomb is to be dropped,
TIBBETS: The night before we took off, - Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later 00:12
TIBBETS: The night before we took off,