Top 7 Atomic Bomb Films
“A short time ago an american airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima destroying its usefulness for the enemy” - President Harry Truman, August 6th, 1945 Last week marked the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan. Not only was this a remarkable achievement of science, but it also pushed the limits of human destruction. The impact of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki propelled us into a dark and even longer Cold War. History tells us that these events had rippling effects that created complexities and tensions that would continue for decades. Lets step back into time and see how we have made sense of this devastating chapter in human history... Duck and Cover ( 1951) - This was one of the first film produced and seen by a large audience. Developed for school children of the baby boomer generation, this short film detailed what to do incase of nuclear fall-out. The short film explained that a desk could protect you against the blast of a at
