Damage in Hiroshima, Japan after the atomic bomb attack in August 1945. Views within 1 mile to 1.5 miles from center and 1.5 to 2 and 2 to 6 miles. Damaged wooden buildings in the 1.5 mile range. Damaged Hirosaki railway station. Damaged buildings. A steel beam twisted out of shape and a center wall stand undamaged. Building of a school with its north wall specially damaged. The school building is not damaged. A bent high school wall. Shattered glasses of a chapel on a hill 4 miles away from the center. (World War II period).
Question marks on screen. Reconstruction of the buildings and denazification in Berlin, Germany after World War II. A factory in Germany. A farmer leads a horse to plow a field. Men at a farm cultivate crops. The wreckage of the IG Farben plant. Men speaking to Hermann Göring. The trial of Norwegian leader and Nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling. The rail goes on for the criminal. People burn Nazi books and pamphlets in a bonfire. A man burns a pamphlet with a photo of Adolf Hitler. The people stand around the burning books. German civilians read a poster on a wall. General Dwight D. Eisenhower of the United States, Marshal Georgy Zhukov of the Soviet Union, and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery of the United Kingdom sign a joint agreement. The three of them stand together. The United States Capitol building. Chongqing National Government building in No. 232 Renmin Road, Chongqing (Chungking), China. The Big Ben in London, United Kingdom. Aerial view of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. General Francisco Franco saluting to marching soldiers in Spain. The delegates including United States President Harry S. Truman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin, and UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated around a table during the Potsdam Conference in 1945. They discuss the problems. A close up view of Truman looking into some documents. Stalin smokes a cigarette. The delegates discuss problems. The funeral ceremony of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The soldiers fire guns. President Harry S. Truman attends the ceremony. Churchill salutes from a moving vehicle. Women voting in the United States. Truman gets off an aircraft. Delegates in the Potsdam conference. Newspaper headlines read Russian declares war on the Empire of Japan in 1945. The first atomic bomb explosion over Hiroshima, Japan. The newspaper headlines about the war. Truman, Stalin and delegates at the Potsdam Conference. Soldiers advancing in the battlefield. A flag of the United States and people celebrate the victory. Newspaper headlines feature the surrender of Japan.
Setting: North Field, Tinian Island in Mariana Islands, South Pacific, almost a week after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima Japan, August 8, 1945, during World War II. Public Relations Officer, Major John F. Moynahan (not seen) is interviewing members of the Crew of the B-29, Enola Gay, from which the bomb was dropped. Here he interviews Captain William Sterling "Deke" Parsons of the U.S. Navy who was weaponeer aboard the Enola Gay, during the mission. and who now serves as Scientific Head of the Atomic Bomb Project in the Pacific Theater. Captain Parsons describes the events of the mission from their early morning departure through the actual bombing. He notes that the actual bombing went smoother than earlier practice missions.
Medical aspects of atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima, Japan. A Japanese nurse with scar tissue on her arms. A doctor removes glasses and the scars around the eyes. Area covered by glasses has formed scars. (World War II period).
Medical aspects of atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima, Japan. A mother removes bandages from the leg of her daughter. Doctors and a nurse help the woman. Bandages removed. Doctor applies fracture dressing on the burn area behind the knee. Doctor applies new dressing and bandages. (World War II period).
U.S. Strategic bombing survey film about the situation in Japan after atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima Japan, in World War 2. Damaged trees. Shrine in far background. Animated chart of the epicenter. Torii Shrine in water. Damaged windows. Damaged stone lantern. Shattered glass in lantern. Animated map of Koyaura suburb in Hiroshima. Japanese sign and village in background. Shattered windows. Animated chart of Yamo. Sign 'Yamo'. Yamo RR station shattered windows in wooden building. Down street of Hiroshima. Animated chart of Niho. Mukainada at the outer circle of damage range. Damaged roofs of wooden type buildings. Damaged windows. Wooden buildings and shattered roofs. Area destroyed by fire after atomic explosion. Damage done to observatory 4 kilometers away from epicenter. Damaged windows of observatory. Damaged concrete walls. Animated chart of Donbara. Destroyed Hiroshima palace. Torii remain on ground. Chamber of Commerce and Industry with in the range of the epicenter. Damaged wooden type building four kilometers from epicenter.