Saturday, August 06, 2005

Hiroshima - August 6th


The Hiroshima Cover-Up
By Amy Goodman and David Goodman
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How Is Hiroshima Remembered in America?
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by Richard Paul
Morning Edition, August 5, 2005 · Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Producer Richard Paul examines American public opinion on the bombing that ended World War II in the Pacific.


Hiroshima Archive
Lewis & Clark CollegePortland, Oregon, USA.
http://tinyurl.com/6tmht
Inspired by the photographic work "Hiroshima" by Japanese artist Hiromi Tsuchida, The Hiroshima Archive was originally set up to join the on-line effort made by many people all over the world to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing. The archive is intended to serve as a research and educational guide to those who want to gain and expand their knowledge of the atomic bombing.


H I R O S H I M A :
WAS IT NECESSARY?
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Commitment, Complacency in Hiroshima
Sixty years after the U.S. shattered the city with an atomic bomb, there is an uneasy sense that Japan's pacifist voice has become shaky with age.By Bruce Wallace and Hisako Ueno, Times Staff Writers
HIROSHIMA, Japan — Heads bowed in prayer and memory, the citizens of this self-styled City of Peace fell silent at 8:15 local time this morning, 60 years from the instant of the atomic flash that vaporized the heart of their city and dragged mankind over the precipice into the nuclear age.Temple bells that had been ringing for the dead stopped to mark the moment when an American B-29 bomber dropped its atomic cargo over Hiroshima, killing 70,000 people on the spot from concussion and fire and debris. Another 70,000 died within months from the effects of radiation.
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Secret film of Hiroshima scene to air
By Sadia LatifiKnight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON — Sixty years after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, a film documenting the aftermath is reminding Americans about the horrors of nuclear war.
Footage from a U.S. government-produced film, labeled top secret and kept out of public view for decades, is included in "Original Child Bomb," a documentary that will air on many cable stations starting today, the 60th anniversary of the day Hiroshima, Japan, became the first city to suffer an atomic attack.
Its release on the Sundance Channel is the culmination of years of effort to bring the government footage before a large U.S. audience. It will be the most-extensive exposure yet of the long-suppressed footage in the United States.
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