LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Atomic bombs 40th anniversary

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Aug 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:01:57

Description

Report on anniversary events in Japan to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Includes interview with Jacob Beser, who flew on both missions (Enola Gay and Bockscar). Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Jacob Beser

Keywords

Nuclear weapons; Second World War (1939-1945); Japan; Nuclear bomb; Hiroshima; Nagasaki; Reminiscence; Commemorative events; Anniversaries

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