Atomic Bomb

The atomic bomb or the Atom bomb was made in the United States of America during the 2^nd world war and at approximately 8.15am on 6 August 1945 a US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing around 80,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, causing the deaths of 40,000 more (historychannel.co.uk, 2012). The atomic bomb cause mass chaos and killed thousands of people in japan. The Japanese people suffered a massive set back as the atomic radiation was spread throughout the whole of Hiroshima.

Films like Hiroshima where made to reacts the events of the Hiroshima Bombing. ‘Hiroshima’ is a movie that was created by Japanese director Koreyoshi Kurahara and Canadian Director Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II. (Hiroshima, 1995)

Another film would be Above and beyond, which is a movie that follows the life of the pilot who dropped the Atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The story of the dropping of the atomic bomb is treated as a docudrama with an effort to recreate the training and operational aspects of the military units involved in the Hiroshima mission. A docudrama is basically the term used to describe a movie that is both dramatic and also a documentary in its way of telling the story. (Above and Beyond, 1952).

Other films were made such as Black Rain, The Wolverine, The Children of Hiroshima and The Beginning or the End. These movies made box office but sometimes they didn't. Some were made in Japan others in America and also other countries.

Bibliography

Above and Beyond. 1952. [Film] Directed by Norman Panama Melvin Frank. USA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Hiroshima. 1995. [Film] Directed by Roger Spottiswoode Koreyoshi Kurahara. Canada, Japan: Telescene Flim Group Productions.

historychannel.co.uk, 2012. Atomic Bomb. [Online]
Available at: http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/atomic-bomb
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