Atomic bombs 40th anniversary

Title

Atomic bombs 40th anniversary

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Aug 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:05:47

Description

Interview with Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, official British observer to the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 remembering what he saw and why the decision to use the bombs was taken and on how they have changed the nature of war. Speaking on the 40th anniversary of the bombings. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Leonard Cheshire

Keywords

Deaths; Ethics; Conflict resolution; Nuclear weapons; Second World War (1939-1945); Japan; War (concept); Nuclear bomb; Atomic bomb victims; Hiroshima; Nagasaki; Reminiscence; War casualties; Anniversaries

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