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24 Hours After Hiroshima

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  • Restored Atomic Bomb stills by filmmaker Peter Kuran.
  • REENACTMENT: Actress portraying Hiroshima survivor, Shigeko Sasamori
  • A post-bomb tricycle donated to the Hiroshima Peace Museum.
  • REENACTMENT: Actor portraying Hiroshima survivor, Takeshi Tanemori.
  • The Atomic Dome, the building directly under the Little Boy detonation point.
  • REENACTMENT: Actress portraying Hiroshima survivor, Koko Kondo.
  • Blown out windows of Red Cross Hospital from the A-bomb in Hiroshima.
  • The red and green plugs used to arm and disarm Little Boy.
  • 2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson of the Enola Gay with model of Little Boy.
  • Ted Postol, Professor of Science, Technology and International Policy at MIT, explains the workings of an atomic bomb.
  • Director of Photography, Rob Lyall, filming the mass fire demonstration at a Baltimore fire lab.
  • Koko Kondo standing before a diorama of Hiroshima, she was 8 months old at the time of the bombing.
  • Atomic bomb survivor participating in the Adult Health Study at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation.
  • Frozen blood vials from A-bomb survivors at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation.
  • A tooth from an atomic bomb survivor used to study radiation effects at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation.

  • Mushroom Cloud

    Photograph by NGT

    Restored Atomic Bomb stills by filmmaker Peter Kuran.

  • Hiroshima Survivor

    Photograph by NGT

    REENACTMENT: Actress portraying Hiroshima survivor, Shigeko Sasamori

  • Tricycle Relic

    Photograph by NGT

    A post-bomb tricycle donated to the Hiroshima Peace Museum.

  • A Bombed Childhood

    Photograph by NGT

    REENACTMENT: Actor portraying Hiroshima survivor, Takeshi Tanemori.

  • Detonation Location

    Photograph by NGT

    The Atomic Dome, the building directly under the Little Boy detonation point.

  • Child Survivor

    Photograph by NGT

    REENACTMENT: Actress portraying Hiroshima survivor, Koko Kondo.

  • Busted Windows

    Photograph by NGT

    Blown out windows of Red Cross Hospital from the A-bomb in Hiroshima.

  • Small Plug, Big Job

    Photograph by NGT

    The red and green plugs used to arm and disarm Little Boy.

  • Little Boy Model

    Photograph by NGT

    2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson of the Enola Gay with model of Little Boy.

  • Atomic Bomb Technology

    Photograph by NGT

    Ted Postol, Professor of Science, Technology and International Policy at MIT, explains the workings of an atomic bomb.

  • Fire Demonstration

    Photograph by NGT

    Director of Photography, Rob Lyall, filming the mass fire demonstration at a Baltimore fire lab.

  • An Unlikely Survival

    Photograph by NGT

    Koko Kondo standing before a diorama of Hiroshima, she was 8 months old at the time of the bombing.

  • Health Concerns

    Photograph by NGT

    Atomic bomb survivor participating in the Adult Health Study at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation.

  • In the Blood

    Photograph by NGT

    Frozen blood vials from A-bomb survivors at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation.

  • Radiation Study

    Photograph by NGT

    A tooth from an atomic bomb survivor used to study radiation effects at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation.
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