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Hiroshima Atomic Bomb "Flash Burns" & "Flash Shadow" Detail, 03/21/1946 - 04/08/1946
About this film
National Archives description "A series of misc. shots showing effect of flash burn to several bamboo trees growing on a levee in the mItake-Machi district of Hiroshima. MCU Pointer follows area of flash burn to S side of tombstone located in cemetery approx. 150 feet from zero at 350 degrees. Also note the upper displacement. MS Granite tombstone (same location) in W section of cemetery shows circular flash burn shadow caused by position of incense burner at time of detonation of bomb. Flash burn is clearly shown by removal of the burner. CU Granite tombstone. N side of stone on which cylindrical stone rests shows the flash burn shadow cast on N side of base. Black pencil is used as a pointer to illustrate shadow area. MCU Base of stone monument which contains two holes at right and left sides for holding flowers. A shadow was cast on granite by a flower bouquet at time of blast. Scene is re-enacted by showing a bouquet of flowers and then removed to show shadow. MCU Stone monument located in SW section of cemetery shows flash burned area on granite and shadows cast by the stone cap on the base upon which it rests (view is looking NE). MS Stone lantern base, looking SE at the W si…
Directors & creators
United States. Army Air Forces
Subjects
WWII, Hiroshima-shi (Japan), World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan, Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army Air Forces, Atomic Bomb, World War II, A-bomb
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