Atomic bomb test in new mexico on july 16th 1945. The document key events leading up to the 1945 bombing in hiroshima japan. The author than describes in detail. Thanks very much you can all hear me i hope. Thank you so much for coming on the most wonderful evening and this glorious city. Which my daughter has completely fallen a love with. Its great that you could all come here to this institute to hear about the atomic bomb. I havent really made any notes but i really want to talk to from the heart what this book is and what it means to me, and the journey that i have taken over the last two and a half years since i started the documentary. I was asked to make this documentary back in april 2003. By a friend of mine who owns a company in a london called line television. I did Everything Possible to resist the offer, to make this film. Not because the mommy was appalling which it was. But because this is a really terrifyingly difficult and complex and frightening and challenging subje
Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 it is simply a clinical description of what happened when that bomb dropped. Then im going to read you a little bit about the reaction from the enola gay when the plane was literally just diving away from the bomb having dropped it. Just to set a little background the city. There are three planes up there. One carries photographic instruments. One carries observers. The third is the enola gay which is carrying the bomb. The bomb is dropped over a teashaped bridge in the center of hiroshima, which looks from the air like fingers of an outstretched hand. A lot of rivers. And this bridge at the center. Very distinctly standing out from 30,000 feet. The bomb tumbles out of the bomb bay and it drops for 44 seconds through the air. Indeed, in tests that were done for this particular bomb design the ballistics of the bomb were very poor which meant it actually made the most terrible sound when it dropped. A lot of the scientists i spoke t
Walker talks about his boom shockwave. The story begins with the first atomic bomb in new mexico on july 16th, 1945. And documents key events leading up to the august 6th, 1945 bombing. Which the author then tribes in detail. Thanks very much. You can hear me i hope. Thank you for coming on actually the most wonderful evening in this glorious city, which my daughter has pleatly fallen in love with. And her first visit here. Its such a lovely evening. Its great you could come here and listen to Horror Stories about the atomic bomb. I want to talk to you from the heart about what this book is and what it means to me and the journey i have taken over the last two and a half years since i started the documentary. I was asked to make this documentary in april, 2003, by a friend of mine who i do everything to resist the offer to make this film. Not because the money was appalling, which was, but this is a terrifyingly difficult and complex and frightening and challenging subject to have to t
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