U.S. POWs in Nagasaki and Rocky CU (silent)

Description: Unedited footage of World War II U.S. prisoners of war being carried onto a ship on stretchers, receiving American Red Cross rations, and arriving in Nagasaki by train, greeted by a U.S. military band. Also included are brief close-ups of individual service members and images of the bombed-out countryside. Footage concludes with the following message written on a film slate and held up for the camera by a smiling soldier, perhaps the cameraman himself:

"Hi Gang - Nagasaki stinks / This film will make a good fire - nothing else / But orders is orders / Having a lousy time / wanna go home / Ex-P.S.L.'er Rocky"

Film slate states:
9/15/1945
Combat Photo Unit
Photographer R. Rock
Scene: Ex-P.O.W.'s from Kokura arriving Nagasaki

9/16/1945
Combat Photo Unit
Photographer R. Rock
Scene:
Robert Cates W. Terre Haute
Larry Sandoval Albaquerque [sic] N.M.

Can states: "U.S. POW's in Nagasaki 9/15/45 + cu of "Rocky""; "ORIG. B/W M.O.S. U.S. POWS IN NAGASAKI + "Rocky" Slate cu"





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Subjects: 1940s,World War II,Military

Tags: nurses; soldiers; mess halls; medics; stretchers; wounded soldiers; sailors; prisoners of war; POWs; American Red Cross; rations; close-ups; smiling for camera; aftermath of bombing; navy bands; train stations; service members in uniform; coffee and donuts; smoking; service members of color; freeze frames; Robert Cates W. Terre Haute; Larry Sandoval Albaquerque [sic] N.M.; Latino/a/x/e and/or Hispanic service members; sailor suits; West Terre Haute, Indiana; Albuquerque, New Mexico; crowds of soldiers; slates; Rocky the camera operator; World War II; WWII

Film Sponsor:

Creator: "U.S. Army, Combat Photo Unit"

Credits: Photographer: R. Rock

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: The Archives Project

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

Production Date: 1945-09-15; 1945-09-16

Release Date:

Geographical Location: Japan; Nagasaki, Japan

Genre/Form: outtakes and trims, military, documentary, documentation

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 315