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Effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II, and early international efforts to control atomic weapons
Film showing city of Hiroshima, Japan, before and after the August 6, 1945 dropping of the atomic bomb over the city in World War 2. Sequence opens on what the narrator says is August 5, 1945, the day before the event (but the footage is likely from before that date). Camera pans over the city of Hiroshima before the atomic bomb destroyed the city. Japanese air raid lookouts are seen on watch for allied bombers. View of atomic bomb detonation as seen from aircraft high overhead (this is actually a view of the Nagasaki blast, not the Hiroshima blast despite narrator's comments). Next, the complete destruction of the city of Hiroshima is seen from camera at low altitude showing the four and one half square miles of the city flattened and burned. A Japanese hospital still functioning, with red cross flag on it. Hospital workers retrieving wounded victims of the bombing. Ambulatory victims clustered in doorways and halls. Shadow image of a large industrial valve wheel burned onto wall behind it. Similar image of a ladder burned onto a wall. The decorative pattern on a woman's dress burned onto skin of her back. Japanese physicians treating victims of thermal and radiation burns. Views of various victims, including some children, and their respective injuries. Scene shifts forward one year, to August 6, 1946. Children are lined up outside a school building, and then seen inside their classroom. Disfiguration and wounds on children resulting from injuries are still evident on the children at their desks. Sequence shifts again, this time to an early United Nations meeting with delegates grappling with the issue of controlling nuclear power and atomic weapons. Closeup view of American delegates, including James F. Byrnes (Secretary of State)and James B. Conant, President of Harvard University in the assembly. Closeups of representatives from South Asian nations. Closeup of USSR delegation, headed by Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov. Signs identifying delegates from Colombia, Egypt, Iraq, Bolivia, China. Final sequence shows several U.S. atomic scientists in their respective laboratories, including Enrico Fermi and Vannevar Bush. United States representative to the UN, Warren Austin, speaking about the so-called Baruch Plan, for international control of atomic weapons. (Principal author, Bernard Baruch, is standing behind speaker's left shoulder.) USSR delegation, headed by permanent representative, Andrei Gromyko, who is seen presenting the Soviet plan. View of explosion and mushroom cloud during U.S. Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test in the Pacific.
Vyacheslav Molotov, Senator Tom Connally and UN dignitaries on first post war voyage of luxury liner Queen Elizabeth.
The first post war (World War II) voyage of luxury ocean liner Queen Elizabeth on October 16, 1946. The luxury liner ship "Queen Elizabeth" docked in a harbor in Southampton England. Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, United States Senator Tom Connally and other dignitaries board the ship. Smoke comes out of stacks. A sailor operates the helm. People standing on the dock sing and cheer together as the Queen Elizabeth departs on her voyage. The Queen Elizabeth underway in the Atlantic Ocean. The Queen Elizabeth arrives in New York harbor in the early morning and enters New York harbor at day break where she is greeted by fire boats shooting streams of water aloft in salute. Manhattan, New York City skyline barely visible in early morning mist. United Nations dignitaries disembark from the ship. Molotov is greeted by Soviet representative to the UN Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko. Molotov addresses the gathering.
The Montreal Canadiens win their season opening ice hockey match against the New York Rangers at the Montreal Forum in Canada.
The season-opening ice hockey match at the Montreal Forum in Canada in 1946. The Montreal Canadiens prepare for the match. A large crowd of spectators gathered at the Montreal Forum to watch the ice hockey match between the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Rangers. The match begins. The spectators cheer the teams. The Montreal Canadiens win the match against the New York Rangers.
A poster of four political parties with their coat-of-arms on the Charles Bridge in Prague prior to parliamentary elections.
Election posters in Prague, Czechoslovakia prior to the 1946 Parliamentary Elections. A man reads a newspaper on a side of the Vltava River. On his left is a wooden tower with an election poster for the national-socialist party, urging vote. View of St. Vitus Cathedral (III. nádvoří 48/2, 119 01 Praha 1-Hradčany, Czechia). The Charles Bridge (Karlův most, 110 00 Praha 1, Czechia) with large posters. In the background is Rudolfinum Palace (Alšovo nábř. 79/12, 110 00 Staré město-Staré Město, Czechia). A tramway across the bridge. Posters with crossed words 'CHAOS' and 'TEROR' on the bridge. Passengers on the bridge. A large poster on which the four political parties with their coat-of-arms are united for the same purpose 'United in the War, United in the Peace'.
Communist Interior minister Václav Nosek speaks at the Comite Directeur meeting in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Meeting of the Comite Directeur of the Communist party in Prague, Czechoslovakia held after the 1946 Parliamentary Elections. Communist Interior minister Václav Nosek speaks and exposes the political situation. Mr. Nosek talks to another member of the committee. Mr. Nosek talks while Prime Minister Klement Gottwald listens. Gottwald smokes and talks at a table.
First flight of Convair XB-36 in Fort Worth, Texas
First flight of Convair XB-36, on August 8, 1946, piloted by Chief test pilot Beryl Erickson and copilot Gus Green. Air and ground crews doing extensive inspections and preflight checks of the XB-36 parked on ramp. Two of the team standing on horizontal stabilizer examining the vertical stabilizer. Tail number 213570 clearly painted on vertical stabilizer. Two Air Force personnel standing next to one of the huge single main gear tires. Engines are started and XB-36 taxis toward runway. It spins around on active runway towards direction of takeoff, and commences takeoff roll, gradually breaking ground in a shallow climb angle.
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