WF01920036
HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI AUGUST 1945
By William Sloan

This classic, unforgettable film features the first footage shot following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The viewer becomes an eyewitness to the bomb's aftermath, literally walking through the rubble and hospitals jammed with dying people.

In August 1945 the Japanese government commissioned Akira Iwasaki, a filmmaker jailed during WW II for his antiwar beliefs, to document the effects of this new weapon. With only black and white film available, he recorded stark and often simple, but telling images of the vast destruction, such as the shadows of leaves, flowers and other objects burned onto stone.

Review
~ "Objective and poeticˇ­strongly moving." - The Village Voice
DVD (Region 1, Black and White)
Grades 10-Adult
17 minutes
1995
USD 95.00
 
Requirement :
Qty :