JAPANESE FILM OF ATOMIC BOMB DAMAGE ON HIROSHIMA, JAPAN Part 1

Description

Summary: Pan of burned out area showing discolored concrete and scaled granite. Shadows on chair in room. Shadows on portions of bridge. Physicists working atop Credit Association Building, examine structure to determine epicenter of atomic bomb strike. Shot showing shadow of turn valve cast upon gas tank. Japanese survey team check shadows on monument. Animated charts determine the zeropoint (epicenter), intercut with scenes. Zero point and point of detonation are pinpointed on charts. Scaling on granite monument is checked. Extreme CU, pebbles and scalings at base of shrine. Effect of heat on cement wall is shown in CUs. MSs, CUs, piece of tile fused by heat from bomb. Trucking shot of rubble covered area. Fragments of tile found at definite distances from the Epicenter shown in extreme CUs.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities