Hiroshima and Nagasaki 40 years on

Title

Hiroshima and Nagasaki 40 years on

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

11 Aug 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:05:57

Description

Report from Japan on the week long commemorations of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings 40 years ago. Includes interviews with Jacob Beser, the only man to be on both planes that dropped the bombs; Barbara Reynolds who works with survivors; Ken McGinley, ex-serviceman fighting cancer after witnessing nuclear testing. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Barbara Reynolds; Jacob Beser; Ken McGinley

Keywords

Peace; Conflict resolution; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear disarmament; Second World War (1939-1945); Tourism; Japan; Anti-nuclear movements; Ceremonies; Nuclear bomb; Atomic bomb victims; Hiroshima; Nagasaki; Radiation injuries; War casualties; Nuclear weapons testing; Commemorative events; Radiation effects; Anniversaries

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