First pictures of bomb damaged Japan after atomic bomb blast. Aerial views of Hiroshima. Ruins in city. Rubble on ground. Few buildings stand straight. Bent iron bars and buildings. (World War II period).
Film titled 'Shadow' shows Atomic bomb damage to the city of Hiroshima in World War 2. Demolished concrete and granite building. Burned concrete. Sealed and burned granite. Damaged electric pole. Shadows on large gas tank caused by turn valve and pipes. Shadow of ladder on tank. Burned back of chairs in room. Burn shadow image of a pedestrian who had been walking on Yorozuya Bridge at the time of the blast. A man stands over the shadow showing the leg stride visible in the shadow. Shadow of railing on concrete bridge. Damaged railings on bridge. Shadow on railings. Study of direction of blast and radiation. Animated chart of blast effect. Credit association building roof, Japanese physicists checking for point of detonation and working. Japanese survey team checks shadow on building. Epicenter as seen from window of building. Survey team checks railing on building. Demolished steel gas tank. Shadow of turn valves on tanks. Japanese soldiers and civilians walk near shrine. Survey team checks monument. Sealed granite monument and instrument used in surveying. Japanese survey team with compass. Animated charts on damage. Animated charts showing distance of various places from point of detonation.
Survey of damage in Hiroshima, Japan after the atomic bomb attack in World War 2. Damage in the range of 1 mile from the center. Damaged side of a steel bridge on the Ota River. No damage signs visible on the other side of the bridge. Damaged Red Cross hospital building. Damage on the north east side of the hospital. Less damaged north west side of the building. Windows of the building blown on the south west side and the south east side. Burnt chairs on the window side. Interior partitions of the hospital not damaged. Ruins on the land. On the south side of the city only few missionary walls remain. A small industrial smoke stack stand undamaged. Damaged huts and houses.
U.S. Strategic bombing survey film about the situation in Japan after atomic bombing during World War 2. Truckload of scientists arrive at a shrine in Hiroshima. Scientists study the damage and displacement of the monument and they take notes. AI-OI bridge. Damaged Motoyasu bridge. Pavement stones on either side of the bridge, displaced in opposite directions. Bomb damage all over the city. Damaged Motoyasu bridge.
U.S. Strategic bombing survey film about the situation in Japan after nuclear bombing. Physical science report on Hiroshima. Film titled 'Radioactivity'. Aerial view of fields. Damage in Hiroshima. Buildings damaged by the blast, damaged sidewalk, and destroyed trees and vegetations. Scientists walk through rubble, one stops and picks up some debris for tests. Animation shows places from where samples are collected. Man mixes the dirt to be examined. Sample passes through rays. Bone powder examined for radioactivity. Sulfur data demonstrated. Observed place map. Scientists examine the debris. Graph of intensity measurement in time line. Scientists study the damage. Statistics of the damage. (World War II period).
U.S. Strategic bombing survey film about the situation in Japan after atomic bombing in World War 2. Film titled 'Effects of Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki'. Map of Japan. Location of Hiroshima. City of Hiroshima. Camera pans over view of the city of Hiroshima before the atomic bomb destroyed the city. Buildings and huts in city of Hiroshima pre-destruction. Portrayal of events on August 6, 1945: Sentry standing on a platform. Sentry stands near 'bell' air raid alarm. Sentry in dugout cave. Narrator relates that bomb was dropped. Still image of Hiroshima mushroom cloud explosion seen. Views of destroyed Hiroshima (from September 1945). Bomb damage to large concrete building. Ruins of the city. Damaged street cars in street. Hiroshima station. Hiroshima Prefecture office building damaged by blast. Damaged buildings. Statistics of casualty and damage.