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Documentary Uncovers Forgotten 1946 Football Game Months After Nagasaki Bombing

Summary by Boing Boing
A football game played near Nagasaki's atomic ground zero – just months after 80,000 people died there – is the subject of a new PBS documentary that connects past nuclear horrors to present dangers. The Atomic Bowl, premiering July 12, 2025 on PBS, uncovers the startling story of college and pro football stars competing on January 1, 1946, in the devastated Japanese city. — Read the rest The post Documentary uncovers forgotten 1946 football gam…

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THE BASCULE OF 1945, 80 YEARS AFTER (4/5) The first two (and last) atomic bombings of history have made two Japanese cities the emblems of an absurd arms race. Dive into our archives Tens of thousands of books and other documents have already been published on what remains the only use of nuclear weapons during a conflict. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima (340,000 inhabitants) and Nagasaki (195,000), in Japan, by American aviation, take place on…

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Indybay broke the news in on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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