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Hiroshima. Part 1
Title
Hiroshima. Part 1 [electronic resource (video)] / BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2014], c2005.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 21, 2014.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Part 1 of this BBC docudrama presents the story of the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima, featuring historical reenactments and tracking the bomb's progress from its testing in New Mexico, to Tinian Island, to its flight, to the moment the chain reaction occurred. Featuring eyewitness testimony, it tells the story of the crew that dropped the bomb; of bombing survivors who recall events on the ground prior to the explosion, and of decision-makers in American and Japan.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2005.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Hiroshima
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
7 & up.
Contents
Introduction: Hiroshima: Part 1 (2:12)
Testing Atomic Bomb (2:45)
Military Context (2:00)
War Direction Council (1:35)
Japan Prepares for Invasion (1:58)
Truman Informs Stalin of Bomb (2:26)
Last Chance to Surrender (2:25)
Tinian (1:45)
Flying into Wind (1:02)
Hiroshima's Importance (1:18)
Briefing Soldiers on Bomb (3:18)
Parsons (2:31)
Tibbets Takes Enola Gay (1:09)
Dr. Hida (1:52)
Three Airplanes on Hiroshima Mission (0:55)
Cyanide Pills (1:52)
Takeoff (2:05)
Parsons Assembles Bomb (1:58)
Flight Continues (2:43)
Hiroshima Air Raid Alert (1:57)
Morning of Bombing (3:37)
Bomb Run (1:05)
Bomb Dropped (3:17)
Credits: Hiroshima: Part 1 (1:05)
Videorecording number
55149 Infobase
55148s Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
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