Visions of War: The Atomic Aftermath

First experimental blast set off in New Mexico; bombing and devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Aerial views and close-ups of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Osaka, Kure, and Tokyo. Includes shots of Americans being liberated from Japanese prison camps.

Japanese Films of atomic bomb blast at Hiroshima, released one year later. Underwater atom blast rocks Bikini (line down middle of film frames) Admiral Blandy commander of task force, 2nd test of Operation Crossroads, cameras point to site of underwater explosion Test Baker, mushroom cloud of explosion, carrier Saratoga finally sinks, another view of the blast from overhead airplane.

The first atomic bomb film. Footage of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a Jesuit priest survivor describing the Hiroshima blast, and the classic "atomic footprints in the sands of time" bridge shadow art (courtesy of an anonymous Nagasaki citizen).

This film follows a teacher and former resident of Hiroshima, who returned to the city five years after the atom bomb explosion and recalled the horrors of the blast.

This film follows a teacher and former resident of Hiroshima, who returned to the city five years after the atom bomb explosion and recalled the horrors of the blast.