Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945

16m
WarDocumentaryHistory
6

This documentary is a compilation of silent black-and-white film footage shot by the Japanese in Hiroshima and Nagasaki shortly after the atomic bomb blasts in early August 1945. English-language voice-over narration has been added, along with a few scenes from American sources. The film shows the destruction and injury caused by the atomic bombs in graphic detail.

Cast

Kazuko Oshima
Narrator (voice)
Paul Ronder
Narrator (voice)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (voice) (archive footage)

Crew

Erik Barnouw
Director, Writer, Producer
Geof Bartz
Writer, Editor
Paul Ronder
Writer, Editor
Akira Iwasaki
Cinematography
Lina Johnson
Sound Effects
Terrill Schukraft
Sound Effects
Harold Agnew
Thanks
Henry Graff
Thanks
Albert W. Hiberg
Thanks
Lucy B. Lemann
Thanks
Shigeko Niimoto
Thanks

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