# FULL VERSION OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI FILM THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO SEE 34962

This film is derived from footage taken by Japanese filmmaker Akira Iwasaki and produced by the U.S. Department of War in 1946. Much of the material in the film was originally part of a somewhat triumphant, official government film released as ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ (Hiroshima and Nagasaki). In 1968, visionary filmmaker Eric Barnouw learned (via a letter from environmental activist Lucy Lemann) that a great deal of the footage in that movie was shot by a Japanese filmmaker Akira Iwasaki. In fact, Iwasaki visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after the attack, and filmed much of the immediate aftermath. His footage remained hidden from view for decades, however, as it could prove politically damaging to the U.S. - Japanese alliance (and for other reasons). After a great deal of work, B arnouw managed to obtain the suppressed footage from the National Archives and then created this short film with Paul Ronder. It remains one of the most chilling documents from the atomic bombings. The film begins with the Trinity Test in New Mexico and then shows viewers the devastation following the bombing. On August 6th, 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima by the pilots of the US AF’s 598 group (:56). Smoke clouds spill out as the bomb is dropped (1:03). Devastation followed as bombed out buildings (1:25) are captured with debris blanketing the foreground. Within nine seconds, 100,000 were killed (1:41) with a 100,000 more injured. The city caught fire leaving blackened…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/34962HiroshimaAndNagasaki)
- 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)

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