Hiroshima

00:00:11 This is the story of the first ever use of a weapon of mass destruction

00:04:17 The intense heat melted the desert sand

00:08:05 and attack the invaders head-on before they leave the beaches

00:11:53 the last surviving witness to these events

00:15:12 He used the word, nokusatsu, meaning, to kill with silent contempt.

00:18:46 Everywhere you looked you saw the army

00:22:14 but let me tell you all, beside this mission

00:25:47 I don't think there'll be an airplane flying, that will have the name Enola Gay on it.

00:29:31 Tibbets was given suicide pills, in case they fell into Japanese hands.

00:33:07 But eventually it lifted off

00:36:54 And the only time I felt really nervous on this mission

00:41:27 Clerk Akiko Takakura and her friend

00:44:58 The target was an empire with its own secret weapon:

00:49:04 The flash came from a giant fireball 300 metres wide.

00:53:10 There are no exact figures for the number who died in the instant of the explosion

00:57:10 Mummy!

01:01:05 First I thought only the station area was affected.

01:04:34 It's about six kilometres to Hiroshima from there.

01:09:04 the war in Europe was over.

01:12:27 In case there was any doubt

01:17:10 This was where they operated on me

01:21:28 but it was too cloudy, so the plane moved on to Nagasaki.

01:24:29 My death is my apology for my great crime.

01:29:18 Was it really necessary? Could it have been avoided?