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Newcastle upon Tyne has a huge history with shipbuilding… and you wont believe how many cool ships it produced from the saviour of the RMS Titanic, the Carpathia to the blue ribband holding Mauratania enjoy this video of Newcastle’s finest ships! #titanic #carpathia #mauritania #oceanliner #history #newcastle #shipbuilding #thetyne #shipwreck #warships #swanhunter #ships #ocean #sea #cruiseships

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A Short Vision is a British animated film by Joan and Peter Foldes released in 1956. The film, inspired by one of Peter's poems, depicts the destruction of the world, including mankind. The film's music was composed by Matyas Seiber, who composed music for Animal Farm two years earlier. When It flew over the city, everyone was asleep except for their leaders and their wise men, who all looked up at It, but it was too late. It produces a mushroom cloud engulfing the city, killing and destroying the wise men, the leaders, the owl, the leopard, the rat and the deer. It also destroys the sleeping people. It then engulfs the mountain and the fields; destroying them. When it was all over, there was nothing left except a tiny flame. Then the narrator sees It flying around the flame like a moth, and then It too is destroyed. And then, the flame died #oppenheimer #nuclear #coldwar #ashortvision #history

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On August 6, 1945, the a***** b*%b exploded over Hiroshima. Little known is the fact that among the estimated 140,000 casualties of that day were 12 American prisoners of war held at the Hiroshima Military Police Headquarters since July 28, when they had been shot down during a bombing raid. For decades, many of the families of these 12 Americans were never informed as to the fates of their loved ones. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Mr. Shigeaki Mori, himself a hibakusha (A-b*%^ survivor), the names of these 12 are now included in the Hiroshima Peace Museum, and the relatives have learned the truth. Paper Lanterns documents the story of Mr. Mori and his dream of reaching out to the relatives of these lost airmen. #oppenheimer #ww2 #history #hiroshima #pow #japan