Synopsis
Documentary recalling 6 August 1945, when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, with testimony from American colonel Paul Tibbets and people caught in the blast.
- Programme: Days That Shook the World
- Series: 1
- Episode: 4: Hiroshima
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2003
- History | World War II, 1939-50 | World War II | Hiroshima
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