‘Oppenheimer’ is expected to win big at the 2024 Academy Awards. But one point of controversy is that the director did not depict any images of the devastating aftermath of the dropping of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Getting those images out to the public was a longtime quest for Herbert Sussan, then a 24-year-old filmmaker who filmed in Japan at the time.
Thousands of people were instantly killed after the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. About 140,000 would die from complications as a result of the bombing by the end of the year. Here is a selection of historical images on the ground in Hiroshima after the bomb was dropped.
Western-style weddings are so popular in Japan that wedding companies can't find enough ministers to fill the demand. So they hire anyone who fits the profile.
Today's global hit is in honor of the bikini's anniversary.
Public school districts struggling with whether to teach ethnic studies, or climate change, or even evolution, are just enacting the latest act of long American drama. History, as presented in American classrooms, isn't always the final word on what happened.
Doctor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Bernard Lown talks with Living on Earth about his journey to save the world from nuclear warfare, and his new book "Prescription for Survival."