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1 online resource (streaming video file) (44 min. 51 sec.) ; 270161542 bytes |
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During the Second World War, Alistair Urquhart was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and sent to work on Burma's Death Railway. After years in a prison camp he was loaded onto a cargo ship in Singapore which was torpedoed by an American submarine. Alistair was one of the sole survivors and drifted alone for days at sea. Rescued by a Japanese whaling vessel, he was taken to Nagasaki where he bore witness to the devastation of the world's second atom bomb. This was a story so painful to tell, that he kept it a secret from his friends and family. (From the UK) (Documentary) CC |
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Broadcast 2012-10-26 at 21:35:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Holocaust survivors -- Biography.
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Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941)
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World War (1939-1945)
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Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945)
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Bombardment of Nagasaki-shi (Japan : 1945)
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Urquhart, Alistair, 1919-.
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Japan.
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United States.
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Streaming video
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Whalley, Claire, director
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Beeley, Simon, cast
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Charman, Terry, contributor
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Gillies, Midge, contributor
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Moore, Aaron William, contributor
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Parkes, Meg, contributor
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