Hiroshima & Nagasaki: the harvest of nuclear war

Japan, 1982

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Outlines the horrific effects of the two atomic bombs dropped on the small cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. With the aid of some contemporary footage, the film shows the devastating psychological and physiological results on the populace, both immediately and in the following months and years after the war. Includes footage of a visit by Pope John Paul II. Also mentions the huge stockpiling of thousands of far larger bombs in the decades since World War II.

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Credits

director

Masami Hayakawa

producer

Naoyuki Jinnouchi

production company

Iwanami Productions

Duration

00:46:30:00

Production places

Japan

Production dates

1982

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

310969

Language

English

Subject categories

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Atomic bomb - Blast effect

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Atomic bomb victims

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Hiroshima (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nagasaki-Shi (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nuclear warfare - Social aspects

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nuclear weapons

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War - Historical perspectives

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War and society

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War victims

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Japan

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Psychological aspects

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Japan

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Nuclear warfare - Social aspects

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

History → Atomic bomb victims

History → Hiroshima (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945

History → History

History → Japan - History - 1945-

History → Nagasaki-Shi (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945

History → War - Historical perspectives

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16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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