CUTS FOR STORY 46011 - COMB Truman seated desk speaking. LS Oak Ridge. People outside Post Office and shops at Oak Ridge. Men looking at newspaper headline 'Power of Oak Ridge Atomic Bomb Hits Japs'. People queueing to see newsreel. TS Plant. Interior of Control Room. Pan across Cyclotron. CU DR Richard C Tolam. CU DR Vannevar Bush. Major L R Groves speaking about Atom Bomb. AV Bombs dropping from plane and musroom cloud. Ship at sea. Truman speaking "A short time ago an American airplane drop one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of TNT. the Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbour they have been repaid many fold and the end is not yet. With this bomb we have now added a new and revolutionary increase in the destruction to supplement the growing power of our armed forces. VJ celebrations in Times Square day and night.
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Aviation - Names and types, Countries - Japan, Personalities, President Harry Truman, Science, Science, Countries - United States Of America, Mankind , United States of America , Personalities - Politicians , Industries, Trades and Crafts , Munitions and Armaments , Harry S Truman , Science and technology , Aviation , Japan , Explosions , Personalities - Intellectuals (Physicists) , Ernest O Lawrence , World War II in the Far East , Major General Leslie Groves , Celebrations - Victory , B29 Superfortress Bombers
Subjects:
Ammunition manufacturing , Weapons manufacturing , Aerospace and defense , Industrial products and services , Industries , Business
Locations:
Oak Ridge , Tennessee , United States , North America , Japan