The Atom Strikes! Pt. 1 of 3
Documentary on American Mission sent to Japan to assess damage caused by WWII atomic bombs.
16Jul45 Dawn atom bomb test in Los Alamos, New Mexico desert, explosion & mushroom cloud shots.
10:26:30 Atomic research plants in New Mexico, Oakridge, Tennessee & Hanford Washington. Map of Japan showing Hiroshima.
10:26:46 Montage scenes in Hiroshima before bombing: elevated railroad, parade of tanks from army garrison, troops marching. INT factory - ship launched at shipyard.
10:27:07 B-29 bomber in flight (Enola Gay?). Aerial surveillance map of Hiroshima showing target area.
10:27:44 Members of US military inspect ruins of Hiroshima at “Zero Point” under bomb blast. Views of destruction in all directions, mostly levelled. Russo-Japanese war memorial w/ heat marks blasted into stone. Collapsed buildings. Shinto shrine, man points to granite statue stripped of polish & lamppost w/ flash burns. High shot ruins of Commercial Museum. Top shot civilians along road thru flattened neighborhood. Effects of bomb on steel bridge supports. Shell of school building. Church leaning at dangerous angle. Remains of Japanese military base. Intact electric company building half-mile from blast.
10:32:20 Map pointing to radius of 6/10ths of a mile from blast point - VO re destruction. Ruins of wooden Hiroshima Castle. City Hall w/ less damage. Member of army mission points to flash burns on bridge showing direction of blast - shadow of pedestrian.
Nuclear Warfare Aftermath; Horrors of War; Post-WWII Japan;
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The Atom Strikes! Pt. 1 of 3 Documentary on American Mission sent to Japan to assess damage caused by WWII atomic bombs. 16Jul45 Dawn atom bomb test in Los Alamos, New Mexico desert, explosion & mushroom cloud shots. 10:26:30 Atomic research plants in New Mexico, Oakridge, Tennessee & Hanford Washington. Map of Japan showing Hiroshima. 10:26:46 Montage scenes in Hiroshima before bombing: elevated railroad, parade of tanks from army garrison, troops marching. INT factory - ship launched at shipyard. 10:27:07 B-29 bomber in flight (Enola Gay?). Aerial surveillance map of Hiroshima showing target area. 10:27:44 Members of US military inspect ruins of Hiroshima at “Zero Point” under bomb blast. Views of destruction in all directions, mostly levelled. Russo-Japanese war memorial w/ heat marks blasted into stone. Collapsed buildings. Shinto shrine, man points to granite statue stripped of polish & lamppost w/ flash burns. High shot ruins of Commercial Museum. Top shot civilians along road thru flattened neighborhood. Effects of bomb on steel bridge supports. Shell of school building. Church leaning at dangerous angle. Remains of Japanese military base. Intact electric company building half-mile from blast. 10:32:20 Map pointing to radius of 6/10ths of a mile from blast point - VO re destruction. Ruins of wooden Hiroshima Castle. City Hall w/ less damage. Member of army mission points to flash burns on bridge showing direction of blast - shadow of pedestrian. Nuclear Warfare Aftermath; Horrors of War; Post-WWII Japan;