B-29 bombers of the United States Army Air Force flying for Nagoya mission at the Japanese city of Nagoya during World War II. Formation of B-29 bombers of the 469th Bomber Group in sky flying over ocean. A bomber drops number of guided bombs over its targets. Bombs glide towards ground.
Film opens showing aerial view of a United States B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft in flight, then scenes of numerous U.S. Army Air Forces warplanes and bombing (partially obscured by on screen newsreel text). Next, crowds are seen jamming Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, celebrating victory over Japan in World War 2. (Known as V-J Day or Victory over Japan day, marking the end of World War 2, on 14 August, 1945.) A facsimile of the Statue of Liberty has been set up in the square. Moving lights on Times Building motograph news zipper or ticker announce Japanese surrender. Jubilant celebrations and smiling Americans wave American flags. Closeup of the Statue of Liberty facsimile. A woman dances the Lindy Hop with a U.S. Navy sailor, as others (including many servicemen in uniform) watch.
American naval triple guns firing, in World War 2. The battleship, USS West Virginia, modernized and in camouflage, firing guns at a Pacific island. U.S.troops firing weapons from a beachhead. American soldiers manning a 155mm howitzer under camouflage netting. Another gun crew firing at zero elevation from heavily sandbagged position near buildings. Black flak clouds filling the air as American aircraft carrier fights off Japaneae Kanikase attack. The Kamikase plane appearing to by hit by flak. Cluster of Doouglas Dauntless planes on the carrier deck. Closeup of sailors firing double Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns from the carrier. Downed aircraft plunging into the sea. American troops riding a landing vehicle tracked (LVT) during amphibious assault. Landing craft stacking up along beach and subject to intense enemy fire during amphibious assault. One is hit and blows up. Flame thrower being usee to drive Japanese defenders from fortified positions. One runs out aflame. U.S. soldier throwing a grenade. American troops quick time entering an occupied town in Europe. Explosions and U.S. infantry passing destroyed buildings. Soldier firing a mortar. U.S. soldiers carrying a wounded on stretcher under fire.
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).
Damaged and destroyed city of Hiroshima after the atomic explosion during World War II. Japanese military officers walk through wrecked portion of a park. Officers inspect from a ridge a large area completely destroyed by explosion. Only few remains of buildings can be seen, others completely grounded. Stripped trees stand bare in ground. Damaged bridge partly submerged in water. Destroyed buildings, trees uprooted, rubble and debris. Two completely destroyed building with only the front gate and wall left intact.
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