Hiroshima and Nagasaki 40 years on

Title

Hiroshima and Nagasaki 40 years on

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

15 Aug 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:07:00

Description

Report on the war in Japan and the Pacific on the 40th anniversary of VJ day. Looks at the war effort in the Pacific and the prisoner of war camps and the effect of the atomic bombs on Japan. Speeches from the time from US Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman and from Lord Louis Mountbatten. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Louis Mountbatten; Harry S. Truman; Franklin D. Roosevelt

Keywords

Peace; Conflict resolution; Second World War (1939-1945); Japan; Anti-nuclear movements; Nuclear bomb; Atomic bomb victims; Hiroshima; Nagasaki; Prisoners of War; VJ Day; War casualties; War damage; Anniversaries

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