Empire of the Sun
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2:39:01
More than 100,000 people
were killed in two...

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...single-bomb explosions, which
ended the Pacific War.

2:39:10
The Russian declaration of war...
2:39:14
...has sent a million
soldiers into Manchuria.

2:39:18
Tokyo was hit with a dawn-to-dusk
raid by 1500 B-29 bombers.

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But Japan's war was lost.
Her goal to create...

2:39:28
...a new empire incinerated
in a flash...

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...hotter than the sun.
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Everyone stands in awe of
the new super-weapon.

2:39:39
Only a few scientists knew the power
in splitting the uranium atom.

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It reached us in a shock wave...
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...and a white light: the atom bomb.
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Each of the two bombs...
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...had the power of
20,000 tons of explosives.

2:39:59
Nagasaki is
Japan's gateway to China...

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...just 500 miles from Shanghai.
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l saw that! l saw that! l saw that!
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The white light.
2:40:21
l thought it was Mrs. Victor's
soul going to heaven.


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