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Flashbacks, Episode 29
produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Flashbacks (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
This video, produced by World Wide Entertainment, is about the history of nuclear weapons.
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produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Flashbacks (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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This video, produced by World Wide Entertainment, is about the history of nuclear weapons.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
World Wide Entertainment
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Flashbacks
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Weapons and ordnance, Nuclear warfare, Public health, Scientific research, Surrenders, Weapons testing, Atomic Bombing, Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945, Atomic Bombing, Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945, Cold War, 1945-1989, Japanese Surrender, August 14, 1945, Disease and Health, Science and Technology, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Flashbacks, Episode 38
produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Flashbacks (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
This video, produced by World Wide Entertainment, is about the US bombing raids of Japan during World War II, also known as the Doolittle Raid.
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produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Flashbacks (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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This video, produced by World Wide Entertainment, is about the US bombing raids of Japan during World War II, also known as the Doolittle Raid.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
World Wide Entertainment
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Flashbacks
Person Discussed
James Harold Doolittle, 1896-1993
Topic / Theme
Air raids, Airplanes, Battles, Bombardment, Military personnel, Doolittle Raid, Tokyo, Japan, April 18, 1942, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Flying Through Time, 25, C-130 Hercules
directed by Darren Sharam, fl. 2006; produced by Wayne Malcolm-Gibbs, in Flying Through Time, 25 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 24 mins
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directed by Darren Sharam, fl. 2006; produced by Wayne Malcolm-Gibbs, in Flying Through Time, 25 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 24 mins
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Wayne Malcolm-Gibbs, Paul Roberts
Author / Creator
Darren Sharam, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Flying Through Time
Speaker / Narrator
Paul Roberts
Topic / Theme
Airplanes, Bombardment, Industrial design, War, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Infamous Places, 5, Hiroshima Japan
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011 and Gillian Bartlett, in Infamous Places, 5 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Hiroshima, Japan: On the 6th of August 1945, the US B29 dubbed the Enola Gay flew over the Japanese city of Hiroshima and dropped a nuclear bomb called Little Boy. The plane, piloted by 509th composite group commander Paul Tibbets was launched from the airbase in the West Pacific, 6 hours flight time from Japan. W...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011 and Gillian Bartlett, in Infamous Places, 5 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Hiroshima, Japan: On the 6th of August 1945, the US B29 dubbed the Enola Gay flew over the Japanese city of Hiroshima and dropped a nuclear bomb called Little Boy. The plane, piloted by 509th composite group commander Paul Tibbets was launched from the airbase in the West Pacific, 6 hours flight time from Japan. When it was launched it exploded about 600 meters above the city, 80,000 people were killed outright and an estimated further 60,000 dea...
Hiroshima, Japan: On the 6th of August 1945, the US B29 dubbed the Enola Gay flew over the Japanese city of Hiroshima and dropped a nuclear bomb called Little Boy. The plane, piloted by 509th composite group commander Paul Tibbets was launched from the airbase in the West Pacific, 6 hours flight time from Japan. When it was launched it exploded about 600 meters above the city, 80,000 people were killed outright and an estimated further 60,000 deaths occurred in the following months. There were many reasons why Hiroshima was targeted.
The research and development project that resulted in the design and construction of the world's first atomic bombs was named 'the Manhattan Project'. After test in New Mexico in July, Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima under the order of President Harry S. Truman, as was 'Fat Man,' the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later.
The US made the momentous decision to use nuclear weapons in a bid to force Japan's surrender and end the six-year-old Second World War. The Japanese surrendered on August 15.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Gillian Bartlett, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Topic / Theme
Air raids, Bombardment, Military strategy, Weapons and ordnance, Nuclear warfare, Atomic Bombing, Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Infamous Places, 6, Pearl Harbour
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 6 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Pearl Harbor: On the 7th of December 1941, the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was ambushed by the naval forces of the empire of Japan. It was the event that made the US enter the Second World War.
There were heavy losses for the Americans with 2403 dead and 1178 wounded, they also lost 188 aircraft and 5...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 6 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Pearl Harbor: On the 7th of December 1941, the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was ambushed by the naval forces of the empire of Japan. It was the event that made the US enter the Second World War.
There were heavy losses for the Americans with 2403 dead and 1178 wounded, they also lost 188 aircraft and 5 battleships and 1 minelayer and 3 destroyers were either sunk or badly damaged. The air raid attack began at 7:48am and was over ninet...
Pearl Harbor: On the 7th of December 1941, the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was ambushed by the naval forces of the empire of Japan. It was the event that made the US enter the Second World War.
There were heavy losses for the Americans with 2403 dead and 1178 wounded, they also lost 188 aircraft and 5 battleships and 1 minelayer and 3 destroyers were either sunk or badly damaged. The air raid attack began at 7:48am and was over ninety minutes later.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Topic / Theme
Air raids, Airplanes, Bombardment, Military strategy, Weapons and ordnance, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Infamous Places, 17, Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 17 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Peenemude: In 1936 Germany’s Reich Ministry paid the town of Wolgast 750,000 Reichsmarks for the exclusive use of a large area of land near the mouth for the Peene River on the Baltic coast. It was made into an army research center and a Luftwaffe test site. The Heeves Ver such Stelle Peenemunds became one of th...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 17 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Peenemude: In 1936 Germany’s Reich Ministry paid the town of Wolgast 750,000 Reichsmarks for the exclusive use of a large area of land near the mouth for the Peene River on the Baltic coast. It was made into an army research center and a Luftwaffe test site. The Heeves Ver such Stelle Peenemunds became one of the five military proving grounds. It was the site of the development of the v2 rocket. It was the progenitor of all modern rockets and l...
Peenemude: In 1936 Germany’s Reich Ministry paid the town of Wolgast 750,000 Reichsmarks for the exclusive use of a large area of land near the mouth for the Peene River on the Baltic coast. It was made into an army research center and a Luftwaffe test site. The Heeves Ver such Stelle Peenemunds became one of the five military proving grounds. It was the site of the development of the v2 rocket. It was the progenitor of all modern rockets and lead to the Saturn five moon rocket. Many died during the construction of them. It took many years but in 1942 they finally got it right. Over 3225 of the 6000 made were launched, some of the targets were, England, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Military bases, Weapons and ordnance, Scientific research, Weapons testing, World War II, 1939-1945, Science and Technology, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Infamous Places, 18, Lockerbie, Scotland and the Tower of London
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 18 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Lockerbie: On the evening of the 21st of December 1988 a bomb exploded on Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747-121. The airplane had taken off from Heathrow Airport and was en route for JFK New York. Victims and debris was scattered over a 130 miles stretch of southwest Scotland, with both wings and some of the fuselag...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 18 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Lockerbie: On the evening of the 21st of December 1988 a bomb exploded on Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747-121. The airplane had taken off from Heathrow Airport and was en route for JFK New York. Victims and debris was scattered over a 130 miles stretch of southwest Scotland, with both wings and some of the fuselage landing in Sherwood Crescent in Lockerbie.
Tower of London: The Tower of London is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Britain...
Lockerbie: On the evening of the 21st of December 1988 a bomb exploded on Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747-121. The airplane had taken off from Heathrow Airport and was en route for JFK New York. Victims and debris was scattered over a 130 miles stretch of southwest Scotland, with both wings and some of the fuselage landing in Sherwood Crescent in Lockerbie.
Tower of London: The Tower of London is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Britain. Now days it is a tourist attraction but over history it had many different uses. Its original use was as a fortress; palace and prison, particularly for high profile and religious captives. It was also used as a residence by such monarchs as Richard the lionhearted, Henry III and Edward I. It was so used as a prison and place of torture and execution. At one stage it was also a home to a menagerie and boasted a number of big cats such as leopards and lions.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Topic / Theme
Airplanes, Bombardment, Castles, Prisons, Terrorism, Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie, Scotland, December 21, 1988, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Infamous Places, 41, Bluff Cove and Wiltshire, England
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 41 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Bluff Cove: In April 1982 Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. The islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas, are a self-governing overseas territory of the UK, but had been the subject of an Argentine claim to sovereignty ever since the British invaded in 1833. By 1982, the oppressive ruling military...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 41 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Bluff Cove: In April 1982 Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. The islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas, are a self-governing overseas territory of the UK, but had been the subject of an Argentine claim to sovereignty ever since the British invaded in 1833. By 1982, the oppressive ruling military junta in Argentina, headed by General Leopoldo Galtieri, was struggling with an extremely poor economic performance and growing civil u...
Bluff Cove: In April 1982 Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. The islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas, are a self-governing overseas territory of the UK, but had been the subject of an Argentine claim to sovereignty ever since the British invaded in 1833. By 1982, the oppressive ruling military junta in Argentina, headed by General Leopoldo Galtieri, was struggling with an extremely poor economic performance and growing civil unrest. In order to divert national attention and play off long standing feelings of ownership of the islands, Argentina occupied the Falklands.
Crop Circles: Crop circles are patterns created by flattened crops, such as barley, wheat and corn. Over the years they have been reported all over the world, but since the late 1970s have been particularly common in England, specifically along a geological tract called the aquifer line. This is a line of water bearing rock that runs between Dorset and Norfolk.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Crops, Invasions, Navy ships, Falkland Islands War, 1982, War and Violence, World History, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Infamous Places, 49, The Grand Hotel and Taiwan
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 49 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Brighton Bombing: With echoes of Guy Fawkes and Co's infamous attempt to blow up England's houses of Parliament in 1605, the bomb that targeted attendees at the British Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in Brighton was one of the most audacious terrorist attacks on British soil in history. The attac...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 49 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Brighton Bombing: With echoes of Guy Fawkes and Co's infamous attempt to blow up England's houses of Parliament in 1605, the bomb that targeted attendees at the British Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in Brighton was one of the most audacious terrorist attacks on British soil in history. The attack was orchestrated by the provisional Irish Republican Army or the IRA. And it was carried out in the early hours of the 18th of Octobe...
Brighton Bombing: With echoes of Guy Fawkes and Co's infamous attempt to blow up England's houses of Parliament in 1605, the bomb that targeted attendees at the British Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in Brighton was one of the most audacious terrorist attacks on British soil in history. The attack was orchestrated by the provisional Irish Republican Army or the IRA. And it was carried out in the early hours of the 18th of October 1984.
Taiwan Earthquake: The epicenter of 1999's Taiwanese earthquake was here at Chi-Chi. The quake, measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, took place just before 2am in the morning on the 21st of September. Known, accordingly, as the 921 quake, the disaster occurred along the Chelungpu fault line, which stretches down the western part of the island of Taiwan.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Person Discussed
Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Military casualties, Earthquakes, Terrorism, Grand Hotel Bombing, Brighton, England, October 12, 1984, Climate and the Environment, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Main Event, 3, 1945
produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Main Event, 3 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment), 5 mins
Monday, 6th August 1945 began like any other day for the citizens of Hiroshima, Japan. Little did they know, but in mere hours a weapon like the world had never seen before would be dropped on their city, killing 80,000 and devastating the landscape. Three days later, a similar fate would befall Nagasaki, Japan. I...
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produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Main Event, 3 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment), 5 mins
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Monday, 6th August 1945 began like any other day for the citizens of Hiroshima, Japan. Little did they know, but in mere hours a weapon like the world had never seen before would be dropped on their city, killing 80,000 and devastating the landscape. Three days later, a similar fate would befall Nagasaki, Japan. It all started with Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941; an event that drew a reluctant US into WWII. The bombings on the two Japanes...
Monday, 6th August 1945 began like any other day for the citizens of Hiroshima, Japan. Little did they know, but in mere hours a weapon like the world had never seen before would be dropped on their city, killing 80,000 and devastating the landscape. Three days later, a similar fate would befall Nagasaki, Japan. It all started with Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941; an event that drew a reluctant US into WWII. The bombings on the two Japanese cities would see the beginning of the end of the war, and as such, is remembered as the main event of 1945.
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World Wide Entertainment
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World Wide Entertainment
Series
Main Event
Person Discussed
Harry S. Truman, 1884-1972
Topic / Theme
Air raids, Bombardment, Nuclear warfare, Atomic Bombing, Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945, Atomic Bombing, Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945, Japanese Surrender, August 14, 1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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