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Atom bomb havoc

Film | Accession Number: 1993.174.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0496 | Film ID: 410

Universal Newsreel, Vol. 18, No. 432. Release date, 09/10/1945.
According to UN advance information:
"Hiroshima-Atomic Bomb Target No. 1" When Col. Paul Tibbetts, Jr. winged his Superfortress over Hiroshima, that metropolis became the first target city for the new destructive terror--the Atomic Bomb. This single bomb, equal to 20,000 tons of TNT in explosive power, levelled 70% of the city, killed 126,000 and left acres of empty wastelands in the heart of a once thriving city.


Film Title
Hiroshima-Atomic Bomb Target No. 1
Duration
00:01:39
Date
Event:  09/10/1945
Locale
Japan
Language
English
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: Universal News
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
02:42:17:00 to 02:43:56:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 410 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 410 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Keyword
BOMBINGS
JAPAN

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection of United Newsreel segments from the National Archives and Records Administration in March 1993. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Learning Center.
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 2061
Source Archive Number: 200 UN 18-432

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
No restrictions on use. Public Domain
Conditions on Use
To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain.
 
Record last modified: 2020-02-04 10:38:39
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