The Atom Strikes (Reel 1) (1946, silent)

Description: "Shortly after the end of the war an American Mission was sent to Japan, to report on the destruction wrought by the atomic bombs."

U.S. Army MF 5-1235

"M-1235. Produced by the U.S. Army
Beginning with the atom bomb tests in New Mexico, the film shows the subsequent bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the utter ruin caused to buildings of various types, including bridges, factories, and roads"
Educational Film Guide (1951)

Silent master reproduced from preprint material at National Archives and Records Administration.

Can states: "THE ATOM STRIKES Reel 1 / Joost/Iris version - sections missing / B+W Hiroshima/Nagasaki aftermath / not great"; "B/W ORIG PIX THE ATOM STRIKES Reel 1"

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Subjects: 1940s,Nuclear weapons,World War II

Tags: atomic bomb blasts; explosions; mushroom clouds; power plants; destruction; men; rubble; demolished buildings; destroyed cities; soldiers; dead trees; rivers; people; mountains; horses; United States Army; statues; pedestals; high angle view of people walking on road in a demolished area; tilted buildings

Film Sponsor:

Creator: U.S. Army Pictorial Service, U.S. Army Signal Corps

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: The Archives Project

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1946

Geographical Location: Japan; Hiroshima, Japan

Genre/Form: government, military, documentary

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: master positive

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 240