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.
Physical damage caused in Hiroshima, Japan due to atomic bomb explosion during World War 2. Destructed buildings along a river bank in Hiroshima. Rubble spread around the damaged buildings. A barge underway at the river. A broken wall and rubble spread all over a field.
Damage caused due to atomic bomb in Nagasaki, Japan during World War 2. Effect of blast on a steel frame structure. Torpedoes piled up as debris lies on the floor. Displaced walls and roof of a building. A farmer in the foreground salvages fertilizer from an abandoned lavatory. He loads them into honey buckets and taps the tops tightly to prevent leakage. Metal storeroom with ingots of zinc, bismuth and tin. Floor covered with debris.
Damage caused due to atomic bomb explosion over Nagasaki, Japan in World War 2. A group of Japanese men and women laborers pass each other as they carry loads of scrap to the top of a rubble strewn stairway at the Nagasaki medical school. Two fire walls, their relative and original positions. The concrete foundation of the fire walls.
Leonardo da Vinci’s charcoal drawing “The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist” is on display at the National Gallery in London, England. People enter the National Gallery (Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom). British people admire the “The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist”, put on display to raise funds to prevent the Royal Academy from selling the painting to overseas buyers. A woman hands out a flier appealing for donations to museum visitors. Sign reads “National Art-Collections Fund LEONARDO APPEAL FUND Large or small donations are welcome. If you would like a receipt, please ask at one of these desks”. A woman drops cash into the donation box and receives a flier from a museum staff. A woman drops a coin into a donation box. Closer view of the drawing “The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist”.
British Open Golf Tournament in St. Andrews, Scotland. Kel Nagle, Arnold Palmer, and Roberto De Vicenzo battle it out to win the British Open Golf Tournament. Torrential rains disrupt play for a while. Kel Nagle goes on to win the title after defeating Palmer and De Vicenzo. (This was the 100th Anniversary of the first British Open, but it was the 89th British Open contest. The gaps were due to suspensions during World Wars 1 and 2.)
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