Atomic Bomb Newsreel ca. 1945
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At the start of World War II the United States conducted secret research on nuclear fission in the quest to develop the atomic bomb. On July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb was successfully tested in New Mexico. On August 6, 1945, President Harry S. Truman authorized the drop of two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, swiftly ending World War II. No atomic weapon has been detonated in wartime since.
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2 min 33 sec
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