White Light, Black Rain, the Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, HBO Documentary Films presents a Farallon Films production ; co-producers, Taro Goto, Atsuko Shigesawa ; produced, directed & edited by Steven Okazaki
Type
Label
White Light, Black Rain, the Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, HBO Documentary Films presents a Farallon Films production ; co-producers, Taro Goto, Atsuko Shigesawa ; produced, directed & edited by Steven Okazaki
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
TV-14
Main title
White Light, Black Rain
Oclc number
141251826
Responsibility statement
HBO Documentary Films presents a Farallon Films production ; co-producers, Taro Goto, Atsuko Shigesawa ; produced, directed & edited by Steven Okazaki
Runtime
85
Sub title
the Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Summary
In August 1945, the world was transformed in the blink of an eye when American forces dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki. The destruction was unprecedented and the bombings precipitated the end of World War II. Contains archival footage and stunning photography. Interviews are from both Japanese survivors and the Americans who believed that their involvement would help end a brutal conflict
Table Of Contents
Hiroshima -- Survivors -- Nagasaki -- Bomb -- White light -- Black rain -- Aftermath -- Pika Don -- This is your life -- Article 9 -- Closing credits
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Subject
- Documentary films
- Atomic bomb + Blast effect
- DVD-Video discs
- Nuclear warfare -- Japan -- History -- Personal narratives
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Personal narratives
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Atomic bomb victims
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 + Aerial operations, American
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Personal narratives
- Documentary -- Feature
- Nuclear weapons -- Japan -- Personal narratives
Content
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Outgoing Resources
- Contributor4
- Genre4
- Subject12
- Documentary films
- Atomic bomb + Blast effect
- DVD-Video discs
- Nuclear warfare -- Japan -- History -- Personal narratives
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Personal narratives
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Atomic bomb victims
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 + Aerial operations, American
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Personal narratives
- Documentary -- Feature
- Nuclear weapons -- Japan -- Personal narratives
- Content1
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