The boy was admitted to a hospital in Nagasaki after the atomic bombing. Even five months after the explosion on August 9, 1945, he was still suffering from severe burns and keloids (Bring Back the Human Being, 1982).

   The boy was admitted to a hospital in Nagasaki after the atomic bombing. Even five months after the explosion on August 9, 1945, he suffered from severe burns and keloids. This is documented in the color film record “Bring Back the Human Being” (1982).

    Unreleased color film footage documenting the nuclear damage from the atomic bomb was preserved at the U.S. National Archives. 10 That film was returned to Japan through a citizens' movement, funded by public donations, with each 10-foot segment as a unit. The three-part anti-nuclear/peace documentary series “Bring Back the Human Being,” “Prophecy,” and “History: The Era of Nuclear Madness” was produced. This “10-Foot Film Movement,” which launched an international screening campaign, received the 1980 Japan Journalists Conference Special Award.

    This is a work from the 10-foot film movement, a citizen-led initiative concerning atomic bombs that began in 1980. The first film, “Give Us Back Our People” (1982), delved into the essence of nuclear issues using footage of survivors from the time of the bombing and the 1980s. Japan repurchased portions of the 85,000 feet of film shot by the U.S. Army Strategic Bombing Survey immediately after the atomic bombings of World War II. Through the grassroots “10-Foot Film Movement,” which produced documentary films for international screening, three films were made using donations from citizens. The second film, “Prophecy” (1982), depicted victims suffering from nuclear testing and atomic bomb aftereffects and was screened in eight Western countries. The third film, “History = The Age of Nuclear Madness” (1983), delved into the realities of the Manhattan Project, World War II, the Vietnam War, and nuclear deployments in the 1980s. Together, these three films form a trilogy. 

    This is a work from the 10-foot film movement, a citizen-led initiative concerning atomic bombs that began in 1980. The first film, “Give Us Back Our People” (1982), delved into the essence of nuclear issues using footage of survivors from the time of the bombing and the 1980s. Japan repurchased portions of the 85,000 feet of film shot by the U.S. Army Strategic Bombing Survey immediately after the atomic bombings of World War II. Through the grassroots “10-Foot Film Movement,” which produced documentary films for international screening, three films were made using donations from citizens. The second film, “Prophecy” (1982), depicted victims suffering from nuclear testing and atomic bomb aftereffects and was screened in eight Western countries. The third film, “History = The Age of Nuclear Madness” (1983), delved into the realities of the Manhattan Project, World War II, the Vietnam War, and nuclear deployments in the 1980s. Together, these three films form a trilogy. 

Reiko Fuchimoto, who was exposed to the atomic bomb dropped and detonated by the U.S. military over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, received treatment for the wound that formed from her right cheek to her ear at a special relief hospital set up at Shinseizen National School in Nagasaki City in late September.

　　Reiko Fuchimoto, who was exposed to the atomic bomb dropped and detonated by the U.S. military over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, received treatment for a wound from her right cheek to her ear at a special relief hospital set up at Shinseizen National School in Nagasaki City in late September.The city center where the atomic bomb exploded was filled with people who could no longer move. Reiko Fuchimoto was loaded onto a truck and received treatment at a hospital in Tokitsu Town, Nagasaki Prefecture. After that, she attended the Shin-Kozan Special Hospital until January 1946.

　　During the summer, Reiko's wound festered, throbbing with pulsing pain. Once healed, she became self-conscious about the scar. She pinned her hair back so it wouldn't be visible even in the wind. Five years later, she married her husband through an arranged meeting. On the night ten days after their wedding, her husband noticed the scar. He said, “I didn't know you had a scar like this.”Reiko Fuchimoto resolved, “If he asks for a divorce, I'll agree.” But the next day, and the day after that, her husband said nothing. Eventually, he never said anything. Reiko Fuchimoto stated, “I regret not properly telling him about the scar, but I think it turned out for the best. Now, I no longer feel hatred toward America or the atomic bomb. I just don't want it to happen again.”

　This photograph was taken by Yasuo Tomishige, a photographer with the Asahi Shimbun Western Headquarters Photo Department. On August 9th, when the atomic bomb exploded over Nagasaki, he was stationed in Fukuoka City. He entered Nagasaki City immediately after the war ended and again around September 22nd. He photographed the immediate aftermath of the bombing and the treatment of atomic bomb sickness at the Shinmeisen Temporary Relief Hospital. Sixty-six of these photographs are preserved at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki City.

On August 6, 1945, just before the end of World War II, this B-29 bomber dropped and detonated the world's first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. It was named Enola Gay after the mother of its pilot, Paul Tibbets.It is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, a satellite facility of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

 

On August 24, 1955, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, designed by Kenzo Tange, opened in Peace Memorial Park in Nakajima-cho, Hiroshima. Although the number of materials on display was still small, the opening of the museum triggered a flurry of requests for donations.

  

The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), which was about to be completed in December 1950 in Hijiyama, Hiroshima, was reorganized into the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) on April 1, 1975. RERF: Radiation Effects Research Foundation) was established on April 1, 1975.

 

On September 28, 1949, the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Reference Room was opened in the Central Community Center in Motomachi, Hiroshima. This would later lead to the opening of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on August 24, 1955. The first director of the museum was Shogo Nagaoka, who recovered approximately 1,700 A-bomb artifacts from the rubble of the A-bomb desert.

 

Unpublished photographs of atomic bomb survivors in Japan - Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) - U.S. Navy Aerial Photography Unit - U.S. National Archives (The National Archives College Park, Maryland)

 Unpublished photographs of Japanese atomic bomb survivors

— Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) —

U.S. National Archives

(The National Archives College Park, Maryland)

Unpublished photographs of Japanese atomic bomb survivors

— U.S. Navy Aerial Photographic Unit —

U.S. National Archives

(The National Archives College Park, Maryland)