Where To Stream Documentary 360 Season 2017 Episode 29
Visualizing Atomic Deaths New Facts on Hiroshima's Victims
- Aired October 15, 2017
- 60 Min
Many people believe the Hiroshima atomic bomb instantly incinerated nearly everyone in the Japanese city. That was true at ground zero, but not everywhere. Hiroshima government officials have been tirelessly collecting records on those killed to find out how they died. Using this "big data", NHK created a visualization of the movements of the 557,000 victims of the August 6, 1945 attack. Some did indeed perish instantly. Others burned to death in collapsed buildings. But what about the people...