75 Years On: Remembering Hiroshima
The Story
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4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
75 years ago this week, a devastating atomic bomb changed world history. What can we learn from these events?
Guest:
Koko Kondo, Hiroshima bomb survivor and peace campaigner.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips used: NBC, Imperial War Museum, US Army.
You can hear more first-hand memories of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of the Second World War by listening to Voices of War at Imperial War Museums’ website iwm.org.uk/victory
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes the most memorable moments in history, the ones that reverberate through the ages |
| 0:11.1 | are precisely the ones you'd rather forget. |
| 0:15.0 | I was so furious. |
| 0:18.0 | Why do I have to do that? |
| 0:19.0 | Yes, I was in Hiroshima, but I didn't start that war. |
| 0:24.0 | As we approached the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima, |
| 0:27.6 | we hear from one remarkable survivor who chooses to remember. Every day, think about all the people. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm the lucky one. |
| 0:38.0 | Live through that. |
| 0:40.0 | That means I have to use my life more meaningful way. |
| 0:43.9 | You're listening to stories of our times |
| 0:46.3 | from the Times and the Sunday Times. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm Manveen Rana. |
| 0:50.9 | Today, Lessons from Hiroshima. |
| 0:58.0 | A short time ago, an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. |
| 1:07.5 | That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of TNT. |
| 1:13.6 | It was hailed by President Truman as a colossal success, |
| 1:17.7 | a source of national pride and a triumph of scientific discovery. |
| 1:22.4 | For many, it heralded a decisive end to the Second World War. |
| 1:27.0 | If they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a reign of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth. |
| 1:36.3 | It took months and years for the world to understand the true horrors that unfolded in Hiroshima. But for the people who were there, when the bomb hit, |
| 1:47.2 | the devastation was inescapable. May I have your attention please, you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to |
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