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- Smithsonian Channel
- Smithsonian Channel
Summary The Leslie Woodhead documentary narrated by Dominic West uses archival footage, radio reports, as well as interviews with scientists, the crew of the Enola Gay, President Truman military advisor George Elsey, and Japanese survivors to document what happened on August 6, 1945, when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
- Smithsonian Channel
- Smithsonian Channel
The Day the Bomb Dropped
Season 1 Premiere: Aug 2, 2015
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Summary The Leslie Woodhead documentary narrated by Dominic West uses archival footage, radio reports, as well as interviews with scientists, the crew of the Enola Gay, President Truman military advisor George Elsey, and Japanese survivors to document what happened on August 6, 1945, when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
Briskly paced, it sacrifices nuance for impact, and it makes the most of the trade.
The Smithsonian Channel’s take, The Day the Bomb Dropped, which it shows on Sunday night, also treats the subject as ancient history, but it’s more absorbing because it relies much more on the personal accounts of witnesses.
The Smithsonian show generally accepts the standard premise that we either had to drop the bomb or face millions of casualties from a land invasion of Japan.
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- Smithsonian Channel
Initial Release Date: Aug 2, 2015
Number of seasons: 0 Seasons
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