LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

The force of the sun

Genre

News report; Interview; Documentary

TX Date

15 Aug 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:05:52

Description

The Force of the Sun, a documentary marking the 40th anniversary of VJ Day and focusing on the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima (06/08/45) and Nagasaki (09/08/45). Dave Loyn reports (from Hiroshima?). Includes archive report of the dropping of the first atomic bomb, and interviews with Enola Gay and Bockscar crewman, Jacob Beser; ex-POW, Ralph Clifton; bomb survivor, Myoto(?) Matsubara(?). Male presenter not identified, poss. Peter Sissons. Clip ends after only six minutes.

Further information

Clip ends after six minutes.

Contributors

Dave Loyn; Ralph Clifton; Peter Sissons?; Jacob Beser

Keywords

Nuclear weapons; Second World War (1939-1945); Japan; Nuclear bomb; Atomic bomb victims; Hiroshima; Nagasaki; Radiation injuries; Wars (events); VJ Day; War casualties; War damage; Anniversaries; Radiation damage

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