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.
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).
Damage in Nagasaki, Japan after the atomic bomb attack in August 1945. Damaged Mitsubishi steel and arms plants in Nagasaki. Damaged steel frames of the factory whereas concrete walls stay unharmed. Smoke stacks also stand unharmed at the factory site. Pushed in steel frames due to directional force of the blast. Rumbled over head cranes. Damaged artillery and aircraft guns. Homes at the factory area. Damaged equipment and machinery. (World War II period).
Damage in Nagasaki, Japan after the atomic bomb attack during World War 2. Narrator indicates devastation shown is from zero point area of the bomb attack. 5 1/2 square mile area is covered with rubble due to damage and fire following the bomb attack. Destruction at 12 miles where workers barracks were knocked down due to concussion. At 1 1/2 miles from ground zero, a cracked smoke stack is shown.
Damage in Nagasaki, Japan after the World War 2 atomic bomb attack. A damaged prison building 10 miles away from the center. A damaged church. Damaged dome of the church and gas works. Two concrete wall remains of a factory building.
World War II damage in Nagasaki, Japan after the atomic bomb attack. A damaged bridge in Nagasaki. The north street of Nagasaki undamaged due to its lower height from that of the explosion. People and truck on a road. Damaged houses. Survivors busy with restoration of their homes. View of an atomic bomb explosion (this is a domestic United States testing blast).
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