AIR POWER - THE DEFEAT OF JAPAN (24 Min., B&W) Walter Cronkite narrates as this venerable epic World War II documentary series explains the aerial warfare events immediately prior to and including the atomic bombing of Hiroshim with precision and insight. Special attention is given to the May 1945 fire bombing raids that wrought even greater devastation than both the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings.
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: HIROSHIMA (24 Min., B&W) Walter Cronkite narrates his other distinguished World War II documentary series and sets the definitive standard for the short form TV documentary on this subject.