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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Been happening out there. We received word that officials are planning to close down a city jail in the middle of all of this. Well talk about the timing. Back here in the new york area, there are some in business who are now saying that new york city is among the worst places in this environment to do business. Well talk about why. Also talk about, when and how that might change. It is all coming up coast to coast on a wednesday. Edward lawrence starts us off on the aforementioned drug price wars and vaccine developments. Joining us live from washington. Hey, edward . Reporter connell, pfizer says they will have 100 million doses of Coronavirus Vaccine by the end of the year. Now the u. S. Government has a deal to buy all of those doses from pfizer and biontech which they partnered with for that. Federal government will pay 1. 95 billion for all 100 million doses by december. We have five vaccine candidates that prioritize the u. S. People where were going to manufacture vaccine and w
Hello. Were going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of the story of higher, faster, and farther. First, i would to talk about the museum overall. It has over 8 million visitors a year. Looking at the story of flight in the atmosphere, where i work in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. About 67 are on display in the National Mall building. What supports these artifacts are up to 60,000 small and medium artifacts. Were going to talk about the story of higher, faster, farther. A bit of a cliche in the history of aviation but has a real meaning. We look at the people who made this quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. The idea of flying to the highest altitudes, faster speed, longest distances tells us a lot about the Technical Development of the airplane and the reinvention of what the Wright Brothers did. Only the smithsonian can tell the story. Behind me, you see the wright flyer. Oracle right, at the controls takes flight Or