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70 years since the bombing of Hiroshima, 84-year-old survivor Setsuko Thurlow has been remembering the scenes she saw after the atomic blast.

Thurlow (n茅e Nakamura) was a 13 at the time of the bomb, and it was her first day in her role as an army decoder, stationed 1.2 miles from the hypocentre of the bomb.

This was unlike most school-age children of Hiroshima who were clearing fire lanes in the city centre that morning and were killed instantly.

When the bomb fell at 8.15am, Setsuko saw a 鈥渂lueish white flash鈥� that plunged her into 鈥渢otal darkness and silence鈥�.

After being rescued from the collapsed building by a soldier, she witnessed the terrible injuries of survivors.

鈥淧arts of their bodies were missing," she said. "They were covered with blood, and their skin and flesh burned and peeling off."

This clip is originally from 5 live鈥檚 coverage of the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, on Thursday 6 August 2015.