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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.29,0:00:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Takei) In my endless quest to learn all things tech,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.00,0:00:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I've come to a modern city devoted to peace.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.70,0:00:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I'm George Takei and this is Takei's Take: Hiroshima.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.23,0:00:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}On August 6th, 1945,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.47,0:00:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}the United States dropped the first atomic bomb{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.33,0:00:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}on the Japanese port city of Hiroshima,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.04,0:00:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}killing tens of thousands of men, women, and children instantly.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.30,0:00:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}No single bomb has ever caused such mass destruction.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.79,0:00:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}It is man's worst use of technology.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.38,0:00:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}At the time, I was eight years old, living in an internment camp{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.10,0:00:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}in Tule Lake, California.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.95,0:00:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I would not know the fate of our family living in Hiroshima{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.49,0:00:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}until the war had ended.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.44,0:00:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I have come to Hiroshima many times to visit family{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.05,0:01:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and revisit history.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.34,0:01:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}It's always compelling, haunting, beautiful, and unspeakably sad.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.75,0:01:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}It is also a place fervently committed to peace.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.28,0:01:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Takei) That was ground zero.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.09,0:01:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A strong concrete building that was able to withstand
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.14,0:01:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the atomic bombing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.78,0:01:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people of Hiroshima wanted to keep that as a reminder
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.37,0:01:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of both the power and horror of the atomic bomb.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.16,0:01:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This island here that we're on
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.10,0:01:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a district that was dense and vibrant with life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.90,0:01:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shops, restaurants, movie theaters...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.38,0:01:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was flattened.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.27,0:01:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Takei) Brad and I go to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.91,0:01:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}to get a tour from its Deputy Director, Noriyuki Masuda,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.99,0:01:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Mr. Masuda has a mission.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.63,0:01:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...to show future generations that these weapons
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.20,0:01:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should definitely be eradicated from our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.32,0:02:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(speaking Japanese)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.30,0:02:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Takei) The man who was sitting there cast a shadow
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.09,0:02:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and he probaby burned to death.\N- Hmm.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.64,0:02:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can see the outline there
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.46,0:02:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other part over here looked much lighter.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.70,0:02:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(speaking Japanese)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.94,0:02:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That explosion took place 600 meters above the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.08,0:02:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see it right over ground zero.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.72,0:02:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the impact was 280 meters on the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.98,0:02:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandmother's house was right about there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.79,0:02:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My aunt [Tahikiko's] home is over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.49,0:02:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Takei) This museum memorializes the tragedy,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.34,0:02:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}its victims and its aftermath,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.26,0:02:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}which includes the city's ongoing devotion to peace,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.11,0:02:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}not just here, but throughout the world.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.86,0:02:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since 1968, all Hiroshima mayors have written protest letters
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.58,0:03:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to countries possessing nuclear arms.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.04,0:03:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From 1968 to now, over 660 protests were sent.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.28,0:03:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, this wall is not large enough to display all the letters.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.75,0:03:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have some more on the other side and more in the back
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.53,0:03:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can see all of them in one glance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.68,0:03:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Takei) Hiroshima's commitment to peace is inspiring.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.75,0:03:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Aside from this museum, the Peace Memorial Park{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.89,0:03:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}runs through the city's center.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.47,0:03:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Hiroshima is among the few places on earth,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.98,0:03:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}outside of the United States,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.02,0:03:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}that celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.94,0:03:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I marched with Dr. King,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.90,0:03:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and his words resonate here.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.50,0:03:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}We have learned to fly the air like birds,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.89,0:03:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and swim the sea like fish,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.12,0:03:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}but we have not learned the simple art of living together{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.90,0:03:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}as brothers.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.28,0:04:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Every year, on August 6th, the world remembers{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.43,0:04:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}a terrible act of war.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.96,0:04:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Every year, on August 6th, the people of Hiroshima{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.39,0:04:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}recommit themselves to peace.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.01,0:04:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And they invite all of us to join them.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.41,0:04:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To hear more personal stories about survivors,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.69,0:04:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn more about the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.92,0:04:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and explore the Peace Database, visit:\Nwww.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp.