August 15, 1985
Investigations: In Search of the Art in Radio - Hiroshima CountdownShare
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Studs Terkel - Commentator, Andrew Phillips - Narrator, Amy Goodman - Assistant Producer, Arlene Krebs - Assistant Producer, Peter Bochan - Technical Production, Stephen Erickson - Technical Production, Philip Morrison - Interviewee, Unknown - Interviewee, Harry S. Truman - Speaker, Edward Teller - Interviewee, Alexander Sachs - Speaker, Gene La Rocque - Interviewee, Ellen Flanders - Interviewee, Orson Welles - Speaker, Paul Tibbets - Interviewee, Charles Sweeney - Interviewee, Alice Kimball Smith - Speaker, Walter Ross - Interviewee, Wilfred Burchett - Interviewee, William Laurence - Interviewee, Winston Churchill - Speaker, Mary Manning - Interviewee, Isaac Nelson - Interviewee, Linus Pauling - Speaker, John F. Kennedy Jr. - Speaker
In marking the 40th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the end of the second World War, a rebroadcast of a program entitled Hiroshima Countdown, which traces the development of the atomic bomb. Documentary includes commentary by Studs Terkel, author of The Good War.
“Hiroshima Countdown” was produced by the Investigations Radio Project.
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