Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945

This documentary is a compilation of silent black-and-white film footage shot by the Japanese in Hiroshima and Nagasaki shortly after the atomic bomb blasts in early August 1945. English-language voice-over narration has been added, along with a few scenes from American sources. The film shows the destruction and injury caused by the atomic bombs in graphic detail.

Director: Erik Barnouw

Cast: Kazuko Oshima, Paul Ronder, J. Robert Oppenheimer

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.