Victims of atomic bomb attack carried out by United States over Hiroshima during World War 2. Japanese woman Hosotani shows regrowth of hair. She rotates her head further to reveal regrowth of hair. Entire back of patient with variations of burn area where kimono was doubled. Japanese medical doctor points out where kimono was doubled.
Speeches held during May Day demonstrations in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese laborers, agrarians and white collar workers gather and listen to a speaker in the Imperial Park. The speaker on a makeshift stand is Mr. Kenichi Ito, Kanto District Trade Union. People listen to the speaker. A group of girls with red bandanas on their head. A group of people sit on the ground and listen to the speaker. Red Cross Japanese nurses. Another speaker is Mr. Yoshira II, a congressman representing the Socialists party. A Communist congressman speaks to the group of workers.
Construction of new houses in Tokuyama-City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. A new house under construction. A Japanese laborer drills holes through roof slats. The laborer picks up pieces he has drilled holes in and climbs up a step ladder and onto a roof. A middle class house recently constructed shows delicate and extension glass. Paneling for out doors and paper paneling for the inner corridor. Construction of a new Japanese house shows a carpenter using a tool to square lumber. Two workers roofing with bamboo. Construction of another house shows a bamboo thatched roof and in the background another house under construction. A man weaves a bamboo lathe for a house wall which is later to be plastered with mud.
A cemetery in Hiroshima, Japan. The cemetery shows tombstones with small crypt stones displaced and human bones scattered around. Rows of small boxes containing remains of people stacked along a wall. A Japanese girl kneels in front of the boxes in prayer. Front view of the girl praying. Interiors show a girl seated at a table piled with several articles used in a religious ceremony. A man enters to pick up the remains of his beloved one. He bows to an official and hands the official his identification slip. The official in turn looks through a file and then walks to the large stock pile of small wooden boxes containing the remains. The official selects the proper one and hands it over to the relative. The relative brings the box containing the remains to the Japanese girl for necessary prayers.
A Japanese doctor with a Japanese patient in a hospital in Nagasaki, Japan after World War II. The doctor removes bandages from the hands of the patient. The hands of the patient show atomic radiation effects.
A Japanese patient at a hospital in Nagasaki, Japan after World War II. A Japanese woman seated on a bed. The patient shows effects of atomic radiations on the face, neck and hands.
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