Posts Tagged ‘nagasaki’

Pre-bombing Hiroshima recreated with computer graphics

A brief clip from this morning’s “Mezamashi TV” showing a CG recreation of what Hiroshima looked like before it was destroyed by an atomic bomb:

The interview the creator of the CG project (who lived near ground zero but was away from the city on the day of the bombing) via telephone and he repeats an opinion one frequently hears about the issue: it is important to teach younger people that nuclear weapons are horrible. By creating a representation of what was lost in the bombing, he hopes to remind people that such a thing should never be repeated.
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The story of A-bomb survivor Toshie Une

As some of you may already know, today was the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Here’s a partially-translated “NEWS ZERO” report about Toshie Une, a 90-year-old woman who still remembers the horrors she experienced on August 6, 1945:

An English language write-up of her experience can be found at the Spirit of Hiroshima homepage and her book can be found at Amazon Japan.

[The subbing of the video was done with great haste, so there may be errors. If you catch any, let me know and I'll attempt to fix them.]

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White Light, Black Rain – The Destruction Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki

Government efforts to expand the aid given to A-bomb victims is in the news today, which reminded me of a very good documentary I watched recently. White Light, Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a HBO documentary that focuses on the experiences of atomic bomb survivors:

On August 6th and 9th, 1945, two atomic bombs vaporized 210,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those who survived are called “hibakusha”–people exposed to the bomb–and there are an estimated 200,000 living today. Today, with the threat of nuclear weapons of mass destruction frighteningly real- the world’s arsenal capable of repeating the destruction at Hiroshima 400,000 times over, Oscar® award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki revisits the bombings and shares the stories of the only people to have survived a nuclear attack.

The entire documentary happens to be viewable on Google Video, so I’ve embedded it in this post. If you’re interested in this topic, please watch it:

More information about the film, including a study guide for teachers who want to include the film in their classes, can be found on the film’s official website.