Atomic bombing mission in Japan by the United States Army Air Force, during World War II. U.S. military base in North Field, Tinian Island in Mariana Islands, South Pacific. Captain Theodore J. Van Kirk, the navigator of 'Enola Gay' (B-29 which dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima) is asked about his experience, by Public Affairs Officer, Major John F. Moynahan (seen only from the back at very end of clip). Captain Van Kirk stands in front of Enola Gay and states his belief that the new bomb they carried would be a great help in shortening the war.
U.S. military base in North Field, Tinian Island in Marianas Islands, South Pacific. 'Enola Gay' the B-29 bomber that dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, parked on the ramp. The fuselage of Enola Gay. Name Enola Gay painted on its nose. (World War II period).
Japanese film on Atomic bomb damage in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Destroyed departmental store, sacks of ration inside affected by radioactive radiations. Victims of various injuries and wounds in hospital, doctors working with patients. Excoriation by radiation in victims, infection in upper body, inside the mouth, deformed teeth. Animated map showing radiation affects at various distances near epicenter. Depilation of soldiers 7 weeks after bombing. Map shows affects in farther region. Depilating children with fever, excoriated mother and daughter. Excoriation and depilating old woman. (World War II period).
Japanese film on Atomic bomb damage in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Effects of harmful radiations from atomic bombing, on various internal organs of the human body. A cut section of human bone showing effects on bone marrow. Inner organs of human body observed under microscope. Harmful radiations effect blood, spleen, microscopic view of skin shows depilation and ulcer. Other organs as skull suffering depilation, testicles, ovaries, intestine, lung, lever, kidney, adrenal gland, thyroid gland examined. (World War II period).
Seven days after D-day in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Wreckage of American amphibious craft and war materiel in aftermath of amphibious assault by U.S. marines on Iwo Jima during World War 2. A solitary U.S. Marine climbs over section of wrecked Higgins Boat (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel-LCVP) on the shore of Iwo Jima. An undamaged Landing Craft Infantry Large--LCI(L) seen in in water in background. Closeup of the wrecked Higgins Boat. Camera shifts focus to some wrecked Landing Vehicles Tracked at the water's edge. Wreckage of a landing craft stenciled: "L5V2-13." The surf inundating the wreckage. A jeep mired in sand at the water edge. A jumble of broken boats and parts in the surf.
U.S. Marine casualties in the Battle for Iwo Jima , during World War 2. Bodies of fallen U.S. Marines, on stretchers, on the sands of Iwo Jima. Wounded marines on stretchers, being placed aboard beached Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) for evacuation. Marines using a microphone and loudspeaker system to direct evacuation activities on the shore.
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