Fire watch tower near harbor on ground of the Tokyo fire boat house, seen soon after the end of World War 2. Hose hung from tower to dry. Man stand on the fire tower.
B-29 bombers of the United States Army Air Force flying for Nagoya mission at the Japanese city of Nagoya during World War II. Nagoya as seen from a plane flying high. The railway tracks, roads and rivers of Nagoya as seen from the plane.
Japanese film on Atomic bomb damage in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Destroyed departmental store, sacks of ration inside affected by radioactive radiations. Victims of various injuries and wounds in hospital, doctors working with patients. Excoriation by radiation in victims, infection in upper body, inside the mouth, deformed teeth. Animated map showing radiation affects at various distances near epicenter. Depilation of soldiers 7 weeks after bombing. Map shows affects in farther region. Depilating children with fever, excoriated mother and daughter. Excoriation and depilating old woman. (World War II period).
Japanese film on Atomic bomb damage in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Effects of harmful radiations from atomic bombing, on various internal organs of the human body. A cut section of human bone showing effects on bone marrow. Inner organs of human body observed under microscope. Harmful radiations effect blood, spleen, microscopic view of skin shows depilation and ulcer. Other organs as skull suffering depilation, testicles, ovaries, intestine, lung, lever, kidney, adrenal gland, thyroid gland examined. (World War II period).
Re-enacted broadcast of the 'Zero Hour' by Iva Ikuko Toguri as 'Orphan Ann' from Radio Tokyo. Iva Ikuko Toguri begins the broadcast, saying, 'Greetings everybody! This is your Number One Enemy, your favorite playmate, Orphan Ann on Radio Tokyo...the little sunbeam whose throat you'd like to cut! Get ready again for a vicious assault on your morale, 75 minutes of music and news for our friends...I mean, our enemies!' A male announcer, possibly her husband, Felipe d' Aquino, reads propaganda news about Pacific battles and American casualties. Toguri was wrongly tried and sentenced for being 'Tokyo Rose' a supposed Radio Tokyo character that was never identified. (World War II period).
Re-enacted broadcast of the 'Zero Hour' by 'Orphan Ann' from Radio Tokyo. Radio announcer, possibly Felipe d' Aquino, reads from a sheet of paper. He reads Japanese propaganda suggesting that the capture of Okinawa was a worthless sacrifice of American lives.
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