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Peter Jennings takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Truman administration and the events that led to the atomic bombing of Japan in 1945. Includes footage of the incredible destruction, some of which has...
A provocative investigation into the historical motives that led to the U.S. decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan.
The events surrounding President Harry S Truman’s decision in August 1945 to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a decision for which he accepted full responsibility and which stirred enduring controversy.
A history of 20th century in 26 parts as seen from the point of view of ordinary people who have lived through the events. Includes interviews and extensive archive footage. 13 (producer: Jennifer Clayton):...
Two films by Peter Batty that piece together the story of the quest for an ultimate weapon, looking at how scientists and politicians in Germany, the UK, the USA and the Soviet Union battled to unleash a...
Adapted from Eleanor Coerr’s book this true story of a young girl from Hiroshima whose life and death gave rise to an inspirational peace project. The child, who contracted leukemia after the Hiroshima...
The implications of the escalating nuclear arms race. Moves from the ‘Hibakusha’ (survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in Japan to the computerised weapons systems of the US military, as it traces the...
The effects of the dropping of atomic bombs on the two Japanese cities. Contains material released from American government archives.
Follows the history of the war in the Pacific, tracing the American successes at Midway, the Solomons, the Gilberts, and the Marianas Islands, leading up to the decision to use the atomic bomb. Details the 6...
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