Here’s something to watch in commemoration of this dark day in history (Atomic bombing day of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) — a video showing Tokyo under nuclear attack. The video was pieced together using footage from a 1984 NHK documentary about nuclear war, which showed a high-tech (at the time), Godzillaesque simulation of what happens to Tokyo when nuked by an 8-megaton bomb. The soundtrack is Sun Ra’s “Nuclear War” (1982) as performed by Yo La Tengo (2002). Despite the somewhat kitschy special effects, the message is pretty clear: a nuclear weapon can really screw up your city. Seriously, wouldn’t it be great if our governments could find a way to eliminate the need for these things? Peace.
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