Nagasaki video
Full Episode: Nagasaki
In August 1945, an American bomber flies to Japan carrying a new superweapon that could bring an end to World War II. But on the way, the crew must outrun a typhoon and navigate through heavy cloud cover.
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
This clip, produced by the U.S. Signal Corps in 1946, was part of a film entitled "Day of Victory". The atomic bombs that detonated on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945), killed over 200,000 Japanese men & women. U.S. Signal Corp production
Cloud Cover Almost Stops the Attack
The bomber assigned to drop the first plutonium bomb on to Nagasaki is nearly stopped by clouds covering the city keeping them from identifying their target.
Sensex Shaken By Satyam Scandal
01/07/09 Trading in Asian markets posted mixed results with India's BSE Sensex India making headlines as a scandal in Satyam Computer Services caused the index to plummet this past trading session.
Hang Seng Reverses Gains By Settling In The Red
01/06/09 Hong Kong's Hang Seng index managed to reverse recent gains and stand alone this session by posting the only negative settle amongst the major Asian/Pacific markets.
Harry S. Truman threatens Japan with further atomic attacks
At 8:15 on the morning of August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, a U.S. B-29 bomber, dropped the first atomic weapon ever used in warfare, a uranium bomb codenamed Little Boy, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Descending by parachute, it exploded several hundred feet above the ground in a silent, blinding
Nagasaki Bomb 60th Anniv.
CBS News RAW: Families, survivors and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi mark the 60th anniversary of the destruction of Nagasaki by a U.S. nuclear bomb in World War II.
Hang Seng Surges To Start 2009
01/02/09 The final day of the trading week and first trading session of the new year within the major Asian/Pacific markets saw Hong Kong's Hang Seng post huge gains this past trading session.
India Slashes Its Benchmark Rates Again
01/02/09 For the second time in less than one month, India's government announced today that it will once again lower key interest rates in hopes of boosting both the economy as well as consumer spending.
