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Watching: Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped

7.0•1995-07-27•67 min

Overview

Peter Jennings takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Truman administration and the events that led to the atomic bombing of Japan in 1945. Includes footage of the incredible destruction, some of which has been kept secret for decades.