Radio tower, animated map of radio signals spreading from Japan / interview with Tokyo Rose radio broadcaster.

Produced c. 1964<br/><br/>Date With History - Hiroshima Reel 1 & 2 (Check Copyright)<br/><br/>01:00:10 Aerial shot of Bikini Atoll. August 6th 1945 (superimposed). 0700 hrs (Superimposed). B 29 bomber flying above the clouds. (Voice over of radio call to Enola Gay). C/U wing propellor turning. . C/U mouth of pilot speaking into microphone. B29 bomber. Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan. C/U pilot with microphone. B 29 bomber, mountain in background. C/U pilot. Title superimposed - "Date With History - Hiroshima" <br/><br/>01:01:11 Traffic scenes of Hiroshima streets. Shots of various buildings taken from boat on river. Women in traditional Japanese costume picking flowers. Women carrying wood on their heads. Scenes of traditional Japanese buildings in the Hiroshima area. Ancient looking bridge over river. Traffic scenes in Hiroshima city. (Sound of air raid warning siren). High angle shots of various parts of Hiroshima. Japanese look out in uniform standing by bell. Japanese look out in simple shelter. Japanese lookout guards eyes as he looks to the sky. Plane passes over head. <br/><br/>01:02:10 B 29 bomber above clouds. Cuts between C/U of pilot and shots of plane. Plane banks. Aerials of Hiroshima. B 29 Superfortress plane (Straight Flush) banks. C/U name of Enola Gay on side of plane. Shots of plane in air. High angle shot of Hiroshima street. Street scenes of Hiroshima. Zoom in to desk calendar showing date Monday 6th August. <br/><br/>01:03:14 Japanese children clapping and playing. Japanese children sitting at tables eating with chopsticks. Two young children laughing. Two women making a bed. B29 above clouds. C/U Enola Gay name. C/U pilot. C/U interior of plane (possibly the bomb aimer). B 29. Japanese doctor looking down microscope. Aerial shot of Hiroshima. Shot of propellers and engine. Interior of plane (Bombardier working). <br/><br/>01:03:51 Japanese soldier looks up to the sky. He is wearing headphones and a microphone. He makes a report into his microphone. Two B 29 Superfortress bombers flying. Japanese men in helmets look up to the sky, one uses binoculars. Two bombers fly overhead. One of the planes in flight shot with the wing of the other plane in the foreground. C/U engine. Plane banks away. Bomb bay doors open. Interior of plane, bombardier in his place. C/U hands of crew member on control panel. C/U faces of aircrew. Plane banks. <br/><br/>01:04:38 Japanese children playing. Japanese child eating rice with chopsticks. Ship burning in Pearl Harbour. American troops landing on island in the Pacific (Voice over says this is Iwo Jima). Troops landing (Voice over says Guadal Canal). Troops following tracked vehicle in jungle area (Voice over says New Guinea). Various small landing craft at sea. Aerial shots of fleet of warships. (Script talks about these events being "Avenged"). <br/><br/>01:05:05 Quick sequence - Japanese man on knees (possibly in prayer). Japanese children play on a slide. Japanese soldier in helmet shouting. Japanese inside, doing flower arrangement. Graves of America troops. Japanese troops walking across field. Factory. Hospital shot. Burning ship at Pearl Harbour. Japanese troops. Japanese flag coming down flagpole. <br/><br/>01:05:19 Cuts to black. Atomic bomb explosion from ground level. Aerial of A-bomb explosion. Mushroom cloud. Massive clouds after nuclear explosion. Aerials over destroyed Hiroshima. The landscape is virtually flattened. Shots of ruins of buildings. Burnt shadows on bridge. (Showing where people stood when the explosion happened). <br/><br/>01:06:53 Ruins of Hiroshima after the explosion of the Atomic bomb. People walks through the ruined streets. Burnt out tram. Remains of Shinto temple. Burned out building. Remains of Hiroshima. Patterns of dress burned onto persons skin. Victims bandaged in makeshift hospital. Burned and maimed victims (some shots are quite disturbing). Ludovic Kennedy in film library talks to camera. <br/><br/>Spacing.<br/><br/>01:08:15 Ludovic Kennedy interview with Leonard Cheshire about the Atomic bomb.<br/><br/>01:12:08 Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference in 1943. He walks down from a plane. Photo call with President Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Prime Minister of Canada William Mackenzie King. C/U Roosevelt and Churchill. Photo call at Quebec, Canada. Ludovic Kennedy speaks.<br/><br/>01:12:49 Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy presented with a medal by American President Harry S. Truman. Stills of War Secretary Stimson. President Truman giving speech (no sound). Ludovic Kennedy speaking to camera.<br/><br/>01:13:47 LV Oak Ridge, Tennessee. C/U sign pointing to Oak Ridge - "Prohibited Area Only Authorized Personnel Admitted". Ext. Atomic Bomb factory. People walking. Men read newspaper pasted up on wall - "Power of Oak Ridge Atomic Bomb Hits Japs". People queue at cinema. Sign outside advertising Pathe Newsreel "Plane Rips Into Empire State Bldg." Woman walks towards camera past sign "Think! Are You Authorized To Tell?". Long View of industrial complex - may be Oak Ridge or Los Alamos - paperwork unclear. Int of nuclear laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Massive pieces of equipment.<br/><br/>01:14:45 Albert Einstein with Ben Gurion. They sit in a garden and shake hands. C/U Einstein. Interiors of labs at Oak Ridge facility. Scientists move equipment around with a great deal of care.<br/><br/>01:15:00 C/U Swastika at the top of Nazi flag. Nazi rally. Adolf Hitler walks through ranks of Nazi supporters. Flags fly in the background. He gives a small salute. <br/><br/>01:15:20 Ludovic Kennedy speaks to camera. Atomic weapons chiefs including Brigadier General Leslie Groves (sp?). L/S early test explosion of an Atomic Bomb. Mushroom cloud clearly visible as the explosion spreads. Still of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Still of Churchill and President Harry S. Truman. General Dwight D. Eisenhower during wartime visit to Europe. He is walking with various other officers. Stills of General Leahey, General Arnold, General Eisenhower. Various L/S of White House. <br/><br/>Note: Good documentary about the dropping of the A-bomb on Hiroshima. See other reels. Shotlist included in paperwork suggests the planes are B 57 bombers, they appear to be B 29's. Paperwork includes shot list. Some of the shots of Japanese lookouts are not of the right date.

HUNTERS IN THE SKY: IWO JIMA

The Atomic Cafe

Radio tower / Japanese radio correspondent making an announcement / animated map of radio signals moving from Japan / crowds rejoicing in street / Man reading headline of Japan's surrender / confetti falling / United States White House, exterior / President Harry S Truman at desk, speaking / profile image of Frank D Roosevelt.

MISC. NEWSREELS #2

Soldiers explore Japanese dugout cave / beach covered with a line of sandbags, military vehicles / soldiers rest and smoke on beach / map of Iwo Jima showing airfields, Mount Suribachi / battle images filmed from inside tank / images of jeeps, a Japanese soldier being shot at / American soldiers behind bunkers / gun fires from the cameraman’s tank / tank operators talk to each other over two-way radio / soldiers run across field / A soldier helps a wounded soldier / A drawing of soldiers planting the flag on Iwo Jima.

CU SOT US Pres. Harry S. Truman speaking about Japanese surrender, with papers in hand during a broadcast: "And how he did it. Now he wants to come back home and start again the life he loves - a life of peace and quiet, the life of the civilian. But he wants to know that he can come back to a good life. He wants to know that his children will not have to go back to the life of the fox-hole and the bomber, the battleship, and the submarine. I speak on behalf of all your countrymen when I pledge you that we shall do everything in our power to make those wishes come true. On this night of total victory, we salute your of the armed forces of the United States - wherever you may be. What a job you have done! We are all waiting for the day when you will be home with us again. Good luck and God bless you!"

[GHOC Episode L-07] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title: "A-Bomb Dropped on Japan" with photo of mushroom cloud from atomic bomb test / VS US B-29s fly / ZI map of Hiroshima, Japan; circle of light shows zero point where bomb hit // [7/16/1945] VS mushroom cloud and billowing smoke from "Trinity" atomic bomb test in New Mexico // [8/6/1945] USS Augusta at sea / from the Augusta, US Pres. Harry Truman broadcasts news of the US's bombing of Hiroshima // [8/9/1945, Nagasaki, Japan] US B-29s fly / POV from plane of explosion from US atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki / VS mushroom cloud from bomb / [1945] VS aerials Nagasaki destruction // devastation in Hiroshima, with only a few buildings remaining / [1946, Hiroshima] during post-blast inspection of damage, US soldier points at "zero point" area where the bomb hit / LS rubble / CU crack and damage at corner of wall 1/10 of a mile away from zero point / destroyed museum located 2/10 of a mile from zero point / collapsed tower which had been 1/4 mile from zero point / US soldier stands at wall of bank building which was pushed outward by force of explosion, demonstrates force of the blast / statue of lion stands / hand points to burned areas on stone steps // [1945, Hiroshima] high angle shot people walk, bicycle past demolished landscape / rubble / nurses with victim on stretcher / POV through collapsed metal framework of damaged hospital / nurses carry stretcher / [Sept 1945, Hiroshima] aftermath of atomic bombing, WS rubble with destroyed buildings in bg / two Red Cross ambulances surrounded by rubble / stripped trees in area of rubble / twisted steel structure with US soldier taking photo at left fg / twisted section of steel bridge lying on its side / soldiers walk in rubble at left as Japanese civilian walks away under an umbrella / rubble / Japanese ancestral arch stands with stripped tree branch through its top / black / end credits / Note: exact date of compilation not known

SOT Iva Toguri D'Aquino, "Tokyo Rose," standing in front of calligraphy on wall; SOT she answers VO male interviewer questions: from California, went to Compton Union High School, returned to Japan four years previously, broadcast from Radio Tokyo during World War II; she laughs with off-camera interviewer

"Tokyo Rose" Iva Toguri D'Aquino with smiling US military men / VS she exits wooden building in crowd of Americans in khaki uniforms; smiling with cigarette smoke; CU / VS standing in front of bamboo fence / VS building with American flag beyond iron fence; sentries at open gate; D'Aquino escorted by two soldiers; passes camera; enters sedan; inside car / scores of men at ship's railings with pan to arriving cars / D'Aquino leaves car with garments / men on ship, "2nd T. Medium Port" on gangplank / ship: "U.S. Army Transport. General H.F. Hodges" stenciled on side

View of a radio tower / celebrating in the streets of Honolulu / civilians hold newspaper headlines noting the news of Japanese surrender / American flag and people waving from the roof of a building / sailors and soldiers cheering in the street / confetti in the air / newspaper boy holding paper with headline reading, Truman Reports Japan Has Quit / sailor reading newspaper / close-up of newspaper, reading, Peace / sailors celebrating / woman holding a young girl / people waving flags on a balcony / sailors standing on top of a moving car in celebration / crowd in street, celebrating / chef on USS Missouri decorating a cake like the Japanese flag / chef taking cake out of the kitchen / chef bringing a cake out to Admiral William Halsey and officers / close-up Halsey laughing / Halsey taking and holding a knife.

CLOSE ANGLE OF RADIO, CUP, BRACELETS ON SMALL WOODEN DRESSER. WOMAN'S HAND REACHES TO CONTROL KNOB.

CLOSE ANGLE OF RADIO, CUP, BRACELETS ON SMALL WOODEN DRESSER. WOMAN'S HAND REACHES TO CONTROL KNOB.

A woman's hand reaches to turn the knob on an old-fashioned wooden radio.

A woman's hand reaches to turn the knob on an old-fashioned wooden radio.

Sequence showing a young Japanese couple drinking cocktails at a bar in Tokyo; 1958 (LCA6640Y - AEVZ001J)

Passengers watch as a Tsukuda ferryboat approaches a destination pier.

The national flag of Japan set up in a dusky office by a set of a desk and a chair; an image of diplomacy

Sequence showing two Japanese women wearing traditional kimonos walking up to a Japanese man wearing a suit and politely greet him; 1958. (LCA6640Y - AEVZ001J)