Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945

Duration: 17

Year Published: 1980

Creator: a CMC production ; produced by Erik Barnouw ; written by Paul Ronder.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Barnouw, Erik, 1908-2001.; Ronder, Paul.; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Circulating Film Library.; International Film Seminars (Firm); Columbia University. Press. Center for Mass Communication.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center.

Description: Copyright notice: c1980 International Film Seminars, Inc.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Edited by Paul Ronder. Japanese footage shot by Nippon Eiga Sha under supervision of Akira Iwasaki.; Narrated by Kazuko Oshima, Paul Ronder.; Shows Japanese cinematographers' record of the devastation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan only days after the atomic bombs were dropped. This film is edited from footage confiscated by the U.S. Army, classified "secret", and only recently declassified by the U.S. Dept. of Defense and returned to Japan.; PFA 1608-01-11896. D0004; PFA 1608-01-11897. D0004; PFA 1608-01-11896. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2004/9/ 21 good; light scratches CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: May 3, 2006 same. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2008/04/08; Fair condition; generational, soft; warped; fair to moderate scratches; repairs; PFA 1608-01-11897. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2004/9/ 20 good; light scratches CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2008/04/08; Fair condition; generational; repairs; light to fair scratches

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE