Gives an account of the first experimental atomic bomb blast in New Mexico. Depicts aerial views of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, and closeup shots of devastation. 01:17:38:03 – 01:24:27:21 B W 1945
Japan, Hiroshima
Jesuit behind desk, Prof. MacAvey describes
evacuation from Tokyo with his class. Tells of seeing the flash,
10 seconds later glass shards went into him and walls. Saw houses
on fire
people leaving city and walking with severe burns where
clothes hadn’t covered the flesh. Estimates 100,000 dead. He says
no one heard any outburst of hate toward the Americans
nor had
they during the war. He tells of monks views about the morality of
use of the A-Bomb. MacAvey, Prof