# The Atom Strikes (Reel 1)

"Shortly after the end of the war an American Mission was sent to Japan, to report on the destruction wrought by the atomic bombs." U.S. Army MF 5-1235 "M-1235. Produced by the U.S. Army Beginning with the atom bomb tests in New Mexico, the film shows the subsequent bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the utter ruin caused to buildings of various types, including bridges, factories, and roads" Educational Film Guide (1951) Silent master reproduced from preprint material at National Archives and Records Administration. Can states: "THE ATOM STRIKES Reel 1 / Joost/Iris version - sections missing / B+W Hiroshima/Nagasaki aftermath / not great"; "B/W ORIG PIX THE ATOM STRIKES Reel 1"

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1946
- By: U.S. Army Pictorial Service, U.S. Army Signal Corps
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/202193_The_Atom_Strikes_R1)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/202193_The_Atom_Strikes_R1?play=1)