Atomic Bomb and Japan: Streaming Video

During World War II, American scientists developed a weapon threatening humanity's existence. It destroyed Hiroshima and forced Japan to surrender, yet nuclear weapons have prevented further world wars. View a summary of the arms race throughout human history.
From "Arms Race.” Films Media Group, 2013

In 1943, the US government built a separation plant in Hanford, Washington where plutonium was made by remote control. On July 16, 1945 scientists conducted the first test of an atomic bomb. “Into the Atom: Mystery of Matter—Search For the Elements .” Films Media Group, 2015,

The Enola Gay carried humanity's most destructive weapon. Tibbets rationalized his mission as ending the war; Japan surrendered after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed. There are over 19,000 nuclear warheads today but nuclear power is the third largest electricity generator. Distributed by A&E Television Networks.

Part 1 of this BBC docudrama presents the story of the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima, featuring historical reenactments and tracking the bomb's progress from its testing in New Mexico, to Tinian Island, to its flight, to the moment the chain reaction occurred.

This docudrama, featuring eyewitness testimony and historical reenactment, tells of the waves of destruction caused by the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the experiences of survivors, and the rescue and medical efforts. It tells of Truman's efforts to persuade the Japanese to surrender, and the process by which the Japanese reached that decision. A BBC Production.

Scientists, engineers, and the U.S. Army teamed up to detonate the first man-made atomic explosion. The effort to create a nuclear weapon went in to high gear after the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the bombings in Japan, some scientists regretted the role they played in brining this weapon of mass destruction into existence. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes) Distributed by A&E Television Networks.

On August 6, 1945, U.S. forces dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima in southwestern Japan. The bomb, which contained 12.5 kilotons of explosive power, killed 72,000 civilians and caused damage on a scale unequalled by any prior human-made bomb in history.