Hiroshima Dropping The Bomb - Hiroshima - video Dailymotion

Abdullah Afridi

Hear first-hand accounts from the air and ground, re-telling every memory from the day the world first witnessed the horrors of atomic warfare.  Taken From Hiroshima

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00:00I saw an aircraft, like a tiny silver drop, entering the sky above Hiroshima.

00:18I instantly recognised it as an American plane, as no Japanese aircraft could fly at that altitude at the time.

00:29It was just one plane, so I assumed that it was passing by, as usual.

00:44And I was counting.

00:54I was wiping the desktop. That was when the bomb was dropped.

00:59Nick.

01:09Long way!

01:11Long way!

01:13Long way!

01:14override TIME

01:18sounds

01:19sounds

01:20sounds

01:22Nueve

01:25andy

01:28Strategy

01:29Cat

01:37Now it took about 45 seconds from the time the bomb left the airplane until it exploded.

01:45And I think there wasn't a man in the airplane that wasn't either timing it with his watch

01:50or counting or doing something.

01:53I was sure the bomb was a dud, I was sure it wasn't going to work.

02:00Let's go.

02:06Let's go.

02:10Let's go.

02:14Let's go.

02:19Let's go.

02:23After falling for 43 seconds, the time and barometric triggers started the firing mechanism.

02:41A uranium bullet fired down a barrel into a uranium target.

02:46Together, they started a nuclear chain reaction.

02:50Solid matter began to come apart.

02:53Releasing untold quantities of energy.

02:56Releasing the energy.

02:59Let's go.

03:29Let's go.

03:59Let's go.

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