You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind, a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination.

Your next stop, the Twilight Zone.

When tonight's on.

When tonight's Twilight Zone begins, there is a date flashed up on the screen and it might

seem like a small thing but I'm trying to recall when the show has been so specific

so intent on making sure that you know the date that the story takes place on. Of course

there have been times when a date has been specifically given to the audience in some way.

The death of Abraham Lincoln comes to mind,

but this time it's right there from the moment the episode begins.

The date is August 6, 1945. But why is that significant? Well let's turn to the BBC

news for that date and see why it lives in infamy. They reported the first atomic bomb has been dropped by a United States aircraft on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

President Harry S. Truman announcing the news from the cruiser USS Augusta in the Mid-Atlantic

said the device was more than 2,000 times more powerful than the largest bomb used to date.

An accurate assessment of the damage caused has so far been impossible

due to a huge cloud of impenetrable dust covering the target.

Hiroshima is one of the chief supply depots for the Japanese army.

The bomb was dropped from an American B-29 superfortress known as Anola Gay at 815 local time.

The plane's crew say they saw a column of smoke rising and intense fire springing up.

The President said the atomic bomb heralded the harnessing of basic power of the universe.

It also marked a victory over the Germans in the race to be the first to develop a weapon

using atomic energy.

President Truman went on to warn the Japanese that allies would completely destroy their capacity to make war.

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