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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.
U.S. Navy's Task Force 58 in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II.
Opening title is: "The Fleet That Came To Stay." Opening scene shows a U.S. warship dimly in darkness, during World War 2. Three American sailors in battle gear, lean over the ship's railing and discuss their destination: "Okinawa.". One sailor walks along the deck, past many more looking over the railing. The men discuss being only 320 miles from Japan, itself. Nose view of a Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 aircraft with engine running. View of it taking off, followed by a succession of views showing numerous similar Japanese aircraft taking off. A U.S. B-29 bomber taking off and views of B-29s in formation aloft. Bombs dropping from the B-29s and seen from the aircraft as they explode on Japanese targets below.
Preparation area at Ashiya Air Force Base in Japan shows cargo being assembled and parachutes being attached to drums.
Combat cargo airdrop prepared at Ashiya Air Force Base in Japan during the Korean War. Views of the cargo which is to be dropped. Preparation area shows the cargo being assembled. American and Japanese personnel working in the area. Drums of gasoline, with protective cover, being prepared for dropping. Parachutes are attached to the gasoline drums. Conveyor belt system is used in the cargo preparation area. A Japanese civilian pushes two drums down through the area on the conveyor belt system. Japanese make parachute attachments to fifty gallon drums.
United States Army Air Force tracers strafe ground and coastline installations in Kyushu, Japan (WW2)
An air raid by the United States Army Air Force on Kyushu, Japan during "Operation Downfall" of World War II. United States Army Air Force tracers strafe Japanese ground installations. Grassland seen. The tracers strafe Japanese coastline installations as seen from aircraft cockpit. The tracers strafe a small Japanese patrol vessel and junk. Fire around the vessel.
President Harry S. Truman reads prepared speech after dropping of atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan during World War 2.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech following the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. U.S. President Harry S. Truman seated at desk in cabin of a ship. He reads prepared speech stating that a single American aircraft dropped one atomic bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. He reminds listeners that the Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. He speaks about the U.S. Armed Forces and the production of atomic bombs in the United States. The President states that the U.S. is now prepared to completely destroy every productive enterprise of Japan, by bombing Japanese docks, factories, and communications. Truman states that the U.S. shall completely destroy Japan's power to make war. President Truman notes that acceptance of the Ultimatum of July 26th issued at Potsdam, could have saved the Japanese people much suffering. But it was rejected by Japan's leaders. He states that the U.S. have spent more than two billion dollars on the greatest scientific gamble in history and have won. This is due to the greatest achievement of organized science in history.
U.S. marines mopping up after battle for Tarawa, in Pacific. Generals Holland and Julian Smith. Admiral Harry Hill. Marine dead.
U.S. Marine Corps during Battle of Tarawa of World War II in November 1943. United States 2nd Marine Division Corps fire artillery. On the beach,Chaplains Assistants remove one dog tag from each of many dead marines. General of the United States Marine Corps Generals Holland McTyerie Smith and Julian Constable Smith U.S. Navy admiral Harry Wilbur Hill, commander of the task force. Bulldozers dig the ground in search of Japanese in bunkers as deep as 20 feet. They destroy the Japanese bunkers. Japanese prisoners are marched by the Marines.
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