Reel America
The Atom Strikes!
2015-08-08T23:55:52-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMmU3XC8yMDE1MDgwODExNTkzNDAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==This 1945 U.S. Signal Corps film documents a Manhattan Engineer District, or Manhattan Project report from Japan on the destruction caused by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Medical officers, an engineer, and scientists sent on the mission are shown examining the cities from the “zero points” outward. Father John Siemes, a Jesuit priest living near Hiroshima, was interviewed about the effect of the bomb.
This 1945 U.S. Signal Corps film documents a Manhattan Engineer District, or Manhattan Project report from Japan on the destruction caused b…
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This 1945 U.S. Signal Corps film documents a Manhattan Engineer District, or Manhattan Project report from Japan on the destruction caused by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Medical officers, an engineer, and scientists sent on the mission are shown examining the cities from the “zero points” outward. Father John Siemes, a Jesuit priest living near Hiroshima, was interviewed about the effect of the bomb. close
This 1945 U.S. Signal Corps film documents a Manhattan Engineer District, or Manhattan Project report from Japan on the destruction caused b… read more
This 1945 U.S. Signal Corps film documents a Manhattan Engineer District, or Manhattan Project report from Japan on the destruction caused by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Medical officers, an engineer, and scientists sent on the mission are shown examining the cities from the “zero points” outward. Father John Siemes, a Jesuit priest living near Hiroshima, was interviewed about the effect of the bomb. close
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