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Physical Damage, General Views, Hiroshima, 03/16/1946 - 04/02/1946
About this film
National Archives description: "LS Building 4 approx. 325 feet from zero at 330o showing the effect of blast and subsequent gutting of the building by fire, as seen from bridge 22. LS Looking W side of building 4 from point just N of the western part of bridge 22. LS The W side of building 4 (Commercial Display Hall) as seen from southern end of the T bridge. MS Different angle. CU The SW corner of building 4 showing the effect of blast on a brick load bearing structure with reinforced concrete frame. MS Interior of building 4 looking up at the underside of the undistorted steel frame which framed the dome of the hall. Circular pan L to R interior building 4 showing absence of radial cracks in brick wall of the circular tower. The structure steel strengthening members collapsed as a result of fire. M Pan shot from the tip of the circular tower of building 4 to the base showing that the blast had relatively little effect on the circular brick tower. The W side of the base of the tower on building 4 showing two decorative columns which probably had a tendency to weaken the structure. MS Pan show NW corner of building 4 and the manner in which it failed. MS Pan showing the N side of b…
Directors & creators
United States. Army Air Forces
Subjects
WWII, World War II, Hiroshima-shi (Japan), World War, 1939-1945, Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945, Atomic Bomb, World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan, A-bomb, WWII In Color
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