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Introduction 2019 marks the 30th year since the fall of the Berlin Wall and, ostensibly, the end of the Cold War. Outline In light of this, Rich Hall embarks on an examination of the relationship between the West and the East, America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In his unique way, Rich looks… Read More
Introduction In 1957, Britain exploded its first megaton hydrogen bomb – code named Operation Grapple X. Outline It was the culmination of an extraordinary scientific project, which against almost insuperable odds turned Britain into a nuclear superpower. This is the inside story of how Britain got ‘the bomb’. The BBC has been granted unprecedented access… Read More
Introduction ‘The bottom line is, there shouldn’t be nuclear in our world’. On his 91st birthday, Tsutomu Yamaguchi said when asked about current nuclear power. Outline He is a survivor of not one, but two atomic blasts at both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While he has no physical scars from the attacks, his emotional scars run… Read More
Introduction This documentary reenacts the experiences of late activist Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a survivor of both atomic bombings on Japan in 1945. Outline of Tsutomu Yamaguchi Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only official survivor of both atomic blasts to hit Japan in World War II, died in January 2010 in Nagasaki, Japan. He was 93. The cause was… Read More
Introduction America’s nuclear tests of the 1950s and early ’60s, when bombs were detonated in the Nevada desert just 65 miles from Las Vegas, are recalled. Outline The dropping of “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” on Japan marked the end of World War II and the dawn of the Atomic Age. The race against the… Read More
