![]() The bomb, which detonated with an energy of around 15 kilotons of TNT, was the first nuclear weapon. This program includes scenes of atomic bomb victims that some viewers may find disturbing.Īuthor and historian Greg Mitchell discussed a collection of films from the U.S. An atomic bomb, codenamed 'Little Boy,' was dropped over Hiroshima Japan on August 6, 1945. Soldiers, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and The Greatest Movie Never Made. Less than a minute later, a blinding flash was followed by a wave of destruction almost beyond human. Greg Mitchell is the author of Atomic Cover-up: Two U.S. The bomb dropped at 8:15 am on a clear August morning. ![]() Another set of color films were shot by Japanese and American teams, then were classified as well. military and hidden from the public for decades. Atomic Bomb Dome, ground zero About 30 minutes after the explosion, a heavy rain began falling in areas to the northwest of the city. One-quarter of the city’s population perished in the blast and a second quarter died in the months that followed. Some of the films were shot by Japanese newsreel teams, then confiscated by the U.S. The aftermath in Hiroshimawas unprecedented. National Archives documenting the aftermath of the atomic bombs of August, 1945. The prompt effects of a nuclear explosion and fallout are well known through data gathered from the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan from more than 500 atmospheric and more than 1,500 underground nuclear tests conducted worldwide and from extensive calculations and computer modeling. ![]() The nuclear bomb exploded over the center of the city. T21:28:21-04:00 Author and historian Greg Mitchell discussed a collection of films from the U.S. On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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