This documentary is a compilation of silent black-and-white film footage shot by the Japanese in Hiroshima and Nagasaki shortly after the atomic bomb blasts in early August 1945. English-language voice-over narration has been added, along with a few scenes from American sources. The film shows the destruction and injury caused by the atomic bombs in graphic detail.
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Kazuko Oshima as Narrator (voice)
Paul Ronder as Narrator (voice)
J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self (voice) (archive footage)
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Erik Barnouw · Director, Writer
Geof Bartz · Writer, Editor
Paul Ronder · Writer, Editor
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