Salford Remembers Hiroshima Part 1

Hiroshima Day

Filmed by Tony
Edited by Tricia and Tony

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks at the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at the order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and 9, 1945. After six months of intense firebombing of 67 other Japanese cities, the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, 1945, followed on August 9 by the detonation of the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb over Nagasaki. These are to date the only attacks with nuclear weapons in the history of warfare.
The bombs killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945, roughly half on the days of the bombings. Since then, thousands more have died from injuries or illness attributed to exposure to radiation released by the bombs. In both cities, the overwhelming majority of the dead were civilians.
Six days after the detonation over Nagasaki, on August 15, Japan announced its surrender to the Allied Powers, signing the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, officially ending the Pacific War and therefore World War II. (Germany had signed its Instrument of Surrender on May 7, ending the war in Europe.) The bombings led, in part, to post-war Japan adopting Three Non-Nuclear Principles, forbidding that nation from nuclear armament.

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• Hiroshima
• Salford
• CND
• William
• Blake

[oldiesedit]

Timely video! I think this event needs to be 'remembered' because it was such a demonstration of how horrible one self righteous group of people can be to another, self righteous group of people...Frightening! Surely we have learned something! So glad to see people taking action and demanding Peace!

Thanks Tricia!

[tricia3007]

Thank you Karen....

Peace :~)

[LittleMickyFingers2]

I see that my "brother" got here before me! Oh well, not to worry: he's not a bad lad! lol

5* and fav from me.

Love and peace for the week ahead!

Michael x

[Yellowcatz]

i remember the guy at the beginning of the vid from years ago when we played on Salford CND marches, good to see he's still going strong.. a timeless message, ol' William Blake too! you should start your own Salford City Reporter on video, very well made Tricia *****

[ParadiseEarth1]

"...post-war Japan adopting Three Non-Nuclear Principles, forbidding that nation from nuclear armament."

We also need to see that degree of intelligence amongst nations with nuclear arsenals.

Avoid politicians advocating for more nuclear plants -- future generations cannot afford dotting the planet with these kind of potential danger.*****

[MickleBerryFingers]

"I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it."

Dwight D. Eisenhower

[MickleBerryFingers]

Real peace is born in the heart and soul of a person and it begins when we are at peace with ourself. The ability to love is endless - it knows no bounds and is able to stretch great distances without weakening.

We have this wonderful tool at our fingertips that allows us to reach out and meet new hearts and souls ... it also gives us the chance to spread the message of peace.

This video was born in the heart of a person with a beautiful soul.

5* + favourite.

[lapislazuline]

oh yeah...i keep forgeting your from

oop north ;)

[arthurbrat]

Who you calling civilised??

[tricia3007]

Too right...

[lapislazuline]

humans are sad because they have been

"civilsed"