Structures in Hiroshima, Japan. Torii with stone statues on either side in Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine (21-2 Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0011, Japan). Hills and trees without leaves in the background.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. Broken granite column pieces on the ground. The base of a granite lantern whose upper portion was separated by a blast. Debris of granite on the ground. A granite torii at the entrance of the Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine (21-2 Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0011, Japan) in the background.
Devastated area in north eastern Hiroshima following August 6, 1945 atomic bomb attack in World War 2. Simple shacks and buildings are being built using rubble material after the devastation of Hiroshima. Damage at Higashi station. Newspaper headlines about the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, and the warning to Japan by the President of the United States. A map of Japan shows the location of Nagasaki. Scenes of Japanese workers in arms factories building torpedoes and munitions. Workers in an assembly line munitions factory of Mitsubishi. A map shows a torpedo plant in the north and a steel and an arms plant in the south, then plots the center point between them as the U.S. target for the "Fat Man" atomic bomb attack. View of the atomic bomb explosion over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, as seen from the B-29 bomber "Bockscar" (sometime called Bock's Car or Bocks Car). Mushroom cloud rises up to the sky. Wing of the B-29 bomber in the foreground. An aerial view of rubble and destroyed buildings in Nagasaki following the atomic bomb attack. Destroyed Mitsubishi steel plants beside the sea.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech following the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. U.S. President Harry S. Truman seated at desk in cabin of a ship. He reads prepared speech stating that a single American aircraft dropped one atomic bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. He reminds listeners that the Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. He speaks about the U.S. Armed Forces and the production of atomic bombs in the United States. The President states that the U.S. is now prepared to completely destroy every productive enterprise of Japan, by bombing Japanese docks, factories, and communications. Truman states that the U.S. shall completely destroy Japan's power to make war. President Truman notes that acceptance of the Ultimatum of July 26th issued at Potsdam, could have saved the Japanese people much suffering. But it was rejected by Japan's leaders. He states that the U.S. have spent more than two billion dollars on the greatest scientific gamble in history and have won. This is due to the greatest achievement of organized science in history.
Shintoism as a religion practiced in Japan. A Shinto priest reads from a paper. A torii found in a Shinto shrine garden. View of the “floating” torii gate of the Itsukushima Shrine (1-1 Miyajimacho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 739-0588, Japan) in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. A Japanese man stands under the “floating” torii gate. Two Shinto priests walking. Stone stairs leading to a Shinto shrine. A man bows at a small shrine. Façade of a Shinto shrine (likely the Kitano Tenmangū Shrine in Kyoto, Japan). Crowds of worshippers visit a Shinto shrine. The Imperial Chrysanthemum Seal (kikumon) is displayed on the side of a Shinto gate. Priests perform purification rituals. Japanese woman performs rituals. Priest gives blessing to people.
Physical damage caused due to atom bomb explosion in Hiroshima, Japan. Effects of blast on the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall seen across a river. (It is now known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, the A-Bomb Dome, or the Atomic Bomb Dome). Dome shaped building largely blown out and destroyed. Steel frame structure of the building.