Atomic Bomb Video

The video NBC aired about "The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb" was aired because  the bomb was dropped half a century ago, so the video is once again bringing up the controversial issue of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima. Now, in 1995 the decision to drop the bomb is  split but in 1945 the decision was unified. The direct accounts of Hiroshima survivors were very personal and touching, and the pictures add a more real affect so I was able to relate what they were saying with the pictures immediately shown after. I think NBC is trying to show a more real account of what happened in Hiroshima than what others may have guessed, or of what the media portrayed of the event in 1945. I think I was clearly able to realize that Hiroshima still seems affected today by what happened, and kids are now taught at a young age about the details of what happened. The memorials with soldiers walking around seems to me like the issue still haunts them, especially when the young girl at the end said something along the lines of, when I see an American plane I wonder if they are going to drop a bomb on us. This video was very informative and offered a whole new perspective to how I view the incident, and the direct hearings from the survivors made the event so much more real and powerful. The tales of the survivors were shocking and the evidence and pictures were much worse than I expected to see. Overall, a very powerful and moving video.