Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima - CBS Radio 8-7-45
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- This is a home recording of the bombing of Hiroshima in Japan that took place on August 6, 1945. The report describes some of the event and mentions the origin for the name of the modified B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay. This was probably recorded from WMBD 1470 radio in Peoria, IL.
If only other home recordings of 1945 news coverage (that may not exist in network archives) could be uncovered!
I believe the voice was that of John Charles Daly, later of "What's My Line?" fame.
It was.
In 1945, he was an anchorman at CBS News.
He later anchored ABC's evening television newscast (1953-60), even while still hosting "What's My Line?".
It appears the "custodians" of this record preserved it very well. And it wasn't overplayed with 1940s phonographs, which would have hurt the fidelity. Thanks for posting.
Excellent observations. It probably was just stored after it was recorded. I have more I need to post that explain the making of the bomb. They are on about 8 7inch home recorded records.
@@larryware1 Sounds like an great idea.
@@larryware1 I've always been morbidly fascinated with the Hiroshima bombing . The free Audacity audio program for computers could clean that recording up considerably of noise and crackles !
Imagine if this begins to sound before of the Oppenheimer credits. 😮
I wonder how many people heard that a city the size of Seattle, Memphis or Rochester no longer existed, and just plain didn't believe it?
Imagine Seattle being blown off the face of the Earth. Seattle, whose city is the self-proclaimed inventor of soccer!
Very dramatic stuff.
Yes, indeed!
An incredible find! I have a stack of home recordings, but certainly nothing nearly so important. This really plays nice and is a credit to what these machines were capable of.
What I don't understand is that the actual time the bomb was dropped was 8:15 ,in the morning ,not 9:15 as this broadcaster stated ? Ps the free Audacity audio program could clean that recording up considerably of noise and crackles !
Either timezones or information given to be deliberately incorrect for security reasons; remember, this was before Nagasaki, and knowing this, the report's mention of tight security censorship and the incommunicative nature of the general hints that they were likely changing details to keep Nagasaki a secret.
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