bombardment, 1945

Describes the effect of the bombing of Hiroshima on six survivors of the atomic blast.

A mother tells what happened to her family during and after the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.

Discusses the planning for and the aftermath of the American use of the atomic bomb which destroyed two Japanese cities in August 1945.

Discusses the events and decisions that led to the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, particularly Truman's role as decision maker and initiator of the act.

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima by the name of Sadako races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy. After her death, Sadako's classmates campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue in memory of Sadako and the other children who were victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.

Looks at the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, objectively recounting both sides of the events.