Home Order Using Our Catalog Contact Us About Us My Account
Security & Privacy Policies & Procedures
Hiroshima: Why The Bomb Was Dropped [DVD]
large image

Hiroshima: Why The Bomb Was Dropped (1996)

  
Format:  Hiroshima: Why The Bomb Was Dropped DVD 
 
 
What convinced the Truman Administration to use the atomic bomb on Japan? Were non-civilian areas originally targeted? Was the Japanese government willing to surrender before the bombing? Host Peter Jennings examines these and other questions in an ABC News special that features incredible footage of Hiroshima after the bomb was dropped and the human toll. 67 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
 
SKU: D36823
$19.99
Add Gift Wrap $2.99 EA view details
Category:
Documentary
Director:
Roger Goodman
Color:
Black & White / Color
Format: 
DVD Fullscreen
Closed Captioned:
 No
Cast:  Peter Jennings, Gar Alperowitz, Barton Bernstein, John Dower, Stanley Anderson, Ralph Cosham, Walt MacPherson, David Marks, Jennifer Mendenhall, Kyle Prue, Alexander Serotin, Dick Stilwell, Henry Strozier
Tell A FriendTELL A FRIEND
 

Hiroshima: Why The Bomb Was Dropped DVD

is featured in our 800-page catalog along with other hard-to-find titles like:
  • NEW RELEASE
    large image

    WWII Diaries, Vol. 1: September 1939-June 1942

    Category: Documentary | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

    Format:

    37 1/4 hrs. total on nine discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; bonus "Why We Fight" programs "Prelude to War" (1943), "The Nazis Strike" (1943).

    Regularly $29.99 Add To Order $26.99 Buy WWII Diaries, Vol. 1: September 1939-June 1942 on DVD

  • Battlefield: Great European Battles Of WWII

    Category: Documentary | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: No

    Format:

    Each of the three programs presented here revisits a pivotal battle of World War II, providing vivid portraits of military commanders, their tactics and weaponry, and revealing details about the events ... more

    $19.99 Buy Battlefield: Great European Battles Of WWII on DVD
  • large image

    Battlefield: Great Sea Battles Of WWII

    Category: Documentary | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: No

    Format:

    Experience three important naval battles of World War II with this set of documentary programs. Integrating fascinating facts with compelling archival footage from around the world, viewers will learn ... more

    $19.99 Buy Battlefield: Great Sea Battles Of WWII on DVD
  • large image

    WWII: Waking The Sleeping Giant

    Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: No

    Format:

    Presented in this three-disc set is a compelling assortment of documentary programming from renowned producer David L. Wolper and Creation Films, exploring the lead-up to America's involvement in World ... more

    Regularly $14.99 Add To Order $9.99 Buy WWII: Waking The Sleeping Giant on DVD
  • large image

    Lifting The Fog: The Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki (1991)

    Category: Documentary | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: No

    Format:

    Compelling documentary examines the reasons behind the conception and construction of the first atomic bomb, as well as the historical and social implications surrounding the decision to use the weapon ... more

    $19.99 Buy Lifting The Fog: The Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki on DVD
  • large image

    White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki (2007)

    Category: Documentary | Director: Steven Okazaki | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

    Format: | Starring: Yasuyo Tanaka, Chiemi Oka, Sakue Shimoshira

    Originally airing on HBO, this powerful documentary examines the legacy of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States during World War II. Along with compelling interviews with ... more

    Regularly $19.99 Add To Order $16.99 Buy White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki on DVD
  • large image

    24 Hours After Hiroshima (2010)

    Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

    Format:

    Originally airing on the National Geographic Channel, this compelling documentary focuses on the immediate aftereffects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945. Through insights ... more

    $19.99 Buy 24 Hours After Hiroshima on DVD
  • large image

    War Classics, Vol. 6

    Category: Documentary | Director: John Sturges | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: No

    Format: | Starring: James Stewart, Robert Harris, Lloyd Bridges

    Winner of a Special Academy Award, "Target for Tonight" (1941), a thrilling sketch of the planning and execution of the Royal Air Force's bombing mission to destroy an oil storage depot. Next, John ... more

    Academy Award ®
    Winner: Best Documentary Feature
    $9.99 Buy War Classics, Vol. 6 on DVD
  • large image

    The Battle For Warsaw

    Category: Documentary | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: No

    Format:

    On August of 1944, faced with overwhelming odds against better armed opponents, the residents of Warsaw launched a 63-day campaign against their German occupiers that would ultimately cost over 200,000 ... more

    $19.99 Buy The Battle For Warsaw on DVD
  • large image

    Operation Barbarossa

    Category: Documentary | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: No

    Format:

    In June of 1941, with much of continental Europe under his control, Adolf Hitler abruptly sent German forces along a 2,000-mile-long invasion line from the Arctic to the Black Sea to attack erstwhile ... more

    $19.99 Buy Operation Barbarossa on DVD