Chernobyl is one of the worst disasters in the history of mankind and according to Wikipedia, ‘is one of only two nuclear energy disasters rated as INES 7, the maximum severity classification’.
This nuclear accident that occurred in 1986 took the lives of hundreds of people and making 68,000 locals evacuate the area.
Known as the mini-apocalypse, this incident always brings tears to the people who had to migrate from one place to another.
This year, HBO aired their miniseries with the title ‘Chernobyl’ which has got a humungous positive response from the audience.
The show currently has 9.6 IMDB ratings, making it the most popular show by HBO.
Based on the novel, Voices of Chernobyl, the directors of this show tried to recreate the who incident and show the chain of events that took place.
People can’t stop praising the cast and the production team for creating a masterpiece that will be remembered by many.
Recently, a video essayist Thomas Flight created a video showing the similarities between the true events and the ones shown in the drama.
He tried to pick very small details about the show and compared it with the pictures and videos from the past.
According to Flight, the directors have done a tremendous job in recreating the series of the events and they have captured the scenes so well, that while watching the show, you will start feeling as the scenes are from the real videos of the incident.
Here is a pictorial comparison between the HBO’s Chernobyl and the original pictures.
1) Chernobyl: HBO Series vs Reality
2) Newscaster reporting the incident
3) Plane crash scene
4) People calling their families
5) Chernobyl: HBO Series vs Reality
6) Workers and volunteers at the site
7) Chernobyl: HBO Series vs Reality
8) People watching incident news
9) Cleaning of the site
10) Chernobyl: HBO Series vs Reality
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