VJ day commemoration plans

Title

VJ day commemoration plans

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

28 Jun 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:06:41

Description

Paul Chapman reports on plans for the commemoration of 50 years since VJ day at Westminster Cathedral. Speaking are Arthur Titherington, former Japanese POW, on inability to forgive; Japanese nuclear bomb survivors on a tour of Britain organised by the CND - Sakoo Shimohira, sole survivor of her family and Masao Morihara, who was sent into Hiroshima as a rescue worker; Janet Bloomfield, Chairwoman of the CND, on need for reconciliation.

Contributors

Paul Chapman; Janet Bloomfield; Arthur Titherington; Sakoo Shimohira; Masao Morihara

Keywords

Anniversary celebrations; Second World War (1939-1945); CND; Japan; Anti-nuclear movements; Nuclear bomb; Hiroshima; Nagasaki; Prisoners of War; Radiation injuries; VJ Day; Commemorative events; Veterans; Westminster Cathedral

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