Atomic People

Saved By My Brother

In a remarkable story, a survivor (Hibakusha) of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima survived the blast after only being 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) from the epicenter of the bomb. The Hibakusha man retells how his older brother bandaged him up and carried him to safety as a kid.

Saved By My Brother

2m 38s

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    Atomic People

    E1 - 1h 25m

    Combining their personal accounts with archive footage, "Atomic People" features a number of
    voices from some of the only people left on Earth to have survived a nuclear bomb.

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