First Script of the Enola Gay Exhibit Completed

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Summary

The first script for the "Enola Gay" exhibition is completed. It is entitled "The Crossroads: The End of World War II, the Atomic Bomb, and the Origins of the Cold War." The script contains five sections: "A Fight to the Finish" which shows the last year of World War II; "The Decision to Drop the Bomb" raises question of the need to uses nuclear weapons against Japan; "The Worlds's First Atomic Strike Force" is on the experience of the bomber pilots; "Cities at War" describes ground zero; and "The Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" describes the beginning of the arms race and the Cold War.

Subject

  • Crossroads: The End of World War II, the Atomic Bomb, and the Origins of the Cold War, The (Exhibition)
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Enola Gay (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Schadewald, Paul. "Chronology of the Enola Gay Controversy." Journal of American History, 82, no. 3 (Dec 1995): 1083.
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-140, National Air and Space Museum, Enola Gay Exhibition, Records, ca. 1988-1995, Box 3.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

January 14, 1994

Topic

  • Controversies
  • Exhibitions
  • B-29 bomber

Place

Japan

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