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Motion Picture MP2007-21

Atom Bomb and Reds Doom Japanese – Ed Herlily (narrator)

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Video Tape
Running Time
5 minutes 7 seconds
Tape Format
3/4 inch video tape
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Universal News
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

History of the atomic bomb, from its construction in the Manhattan Project and atomic plants in the United States and Canada, to views of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima. Footage of the Potsdam Conference is also shown.

Date(s)
August 1, 1945

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
     
00:05   National Archives header: “RG 200 Universal News, Vol.18, Release 423 #1”
00:13   Title [Universal Newsreel Logo] “Atom Bomb and Reds Doom Japanese”
00:19   Views of President Harry S. Truman, Russian Premier Joseph Stalin and Prime Minister Winston Churchill at Potsdam Conference.
00:33   Atomic bombing of Japan, photographed from the air by US Navy/ Signal Corps.
00:55   Description of Atomic Bombs.
01:09   U. S. Atomic Bomb compared to England’s “Grand Slam” bomb.
01:28   Dr. Ernest Lawrence, inventor of the Cyclotron.
01:42   Gen. Leslie Graves, head of the project.
01:48   Vannevar Bush, Government Director of Scientific Research.
01:51   Dr. Richard Tollman, Technological Expert.
02:00   Alberta, Canada – Uranium plant.
02:17   Richland, Washington, atomic plant.
02:40   Col. F. T. Matthias, Officer in charge, Richland.
02:48   Oak Ridge, Tennessee, atomic plant and scenes of workers.
03:15   Oak Ridge, Tennessee – views of pre-fabricated homes and trailers used as housing for workers; merchants on site.
03:42   Russian, United States, and British troops arriving in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb attack. Stalin views troops.
03:58   Portion of President Truman’s speech of August 6, 1945 on the U. S. S. Augusta, announcing the bombing of Hiroshima (“we are now prepared to obliterate . . .)
05:07   end