14: 1945: Fallout | People’s Century

Duration: 54'13''

Synopsis

Nuclear weapons make the world more dangerous than ever before. The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 by atom bombs is hailed for ending the Second World War, but the long-term effects of radiation are discovered years later.

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