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Hiroshima, Way Of Life, 03/22/1946 - 04/08/1946
About this film
National Archives description "MS High angle interior of gutted church, as the scene opens a Catholic priest walks from underneath the choir loft, at his side are four Japanese children. Priest removes his cap and kneels in prayer. MLS Pan down from SE corner of church tower to floor of church, where same action takes place. MS priest looks around the gutted interior while at his side stand the four children. MLS Pan low angle showing SE corner of church tower; then slow pan down past choir loft to priest and four children. MS Low angle, priest looks around interior of church. MCU Small Japanese child shyly clings to priest's hand. Pan to priest. MS Small barley patch amid the ruins along the SE section of Hiroshima being tended by owner. MLS looking N-NE showing a group of newly constructed (yellow pine) homes built on the former site of Japanese Transport Regiment Barracks which is located N of the Gokuko Shrine in Hiroshima. MS Pan L to R of same as above. MS Typical example of a yellow pine house complete with shrubbery. MS Miscellaneous shots showing general activity of people and their new home. Same as above. MS Cemetery N from zero, showing tombstone with small crypt stone…
Directors & creators
United States. Army Air Forces
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army Air Forces, World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan, Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945, World War II, A-bomb, Rites And Ceremonies, Atomic Bomb, WWII In Color
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