I don’t think I can watch it right now-—too disturbing.
That said,I was in my early teens when the bombs were dropped and we all cheered.
War is hell.
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I recently saw “The Wolverine” and the Hollywood version of the Nagasaki bombing. I wonder how realistic that was? Anyway, nuclear explosions are cool from a safe distance. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were military targets, in any case, intentionally set within civilian populations by the Japanese.
Thank God for the Bomb.
Still remembering the guy who died recently. He was at Hiroshima when it was bombed. He survived and headed home to Nagasaki. Survived that one too. What a bad week.
Thanks for posting! My best friend’s late father-in-law loaded the first one. I’ve gotta show him this one and see if he sees the guy.
I found the commentary interesting. The “Trinity and Beyond” movies were good, but I see the benefit of the silent films.
Pity. The Navy Ordinance Officer responsible for the arming of Little Boy was watching the B-29s take off the day before, and witnessed one, if not three, B-29s and crews, not surviving the take off.
The plan was for the A-bomb to be armed (4 cordite-containing bolts screwed into the nose) before take off.
He decided to hold off until safely airborne, and had the bomb loaded, and practiced the rest of the day, suited up, making his way to the bomb, and screwing/unscrewing the bolts in the confines of the bomb bay.
There isn't all that much in the way of structural integrity to stand upon in the bay...
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When I was a kid I met the pilot who flew the plane that the photographers were on. He said that he knew nothing about the bomb but was told to fly to certain coordinates and make a sharp turn and open the bay doors. I remember that his last name was Cline. Real interesting fellow.
very cool footage.
Thanks for posting it
I live in Richland, WA near where the Nagasaki special material was produced (my father employed as a Los Alamos machinist at the time, then moved to Hanford).
One of the high schools here still has a B-29 mural painted on an outside wall of the original high school.
I try to avoid the whole issue as much as possible.
The Atomic Bomb, Built in America, Tested in Japan!!!
My brother had a barber who thinks he witnessed the transportation of one of the atomic bombs. He was standing guard and not privy to the details of the cargo but he knew that there was a lot of something going on.
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