Biological Studies at Nagasaki and Hiroshima (silent)

Description: Documents research on the impact of nuclear radiation on plants, both food crops and wild plants, following the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

Biological Studies at Nagasaki - Oct. 12-17, 1945 (first half)
Biological Studies at Hiroshima - Sept. 25 - Oct. 2, 1945 (second half)

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Subjects: 1940s,World War II,Nuclear weapons,Plants,Science,Health and hygiene

Tags: nuclear war; Nagasaki; geography; research; radiation; plants; biology; effects of radiation on plants; life sciences; bombs; "This Film Has Been Declassified" title; destruction; ruins; gathering plant samples; leaf close-up; leaves; heat rays; explosion effects; maps; tori gate; X-rays; gamma rays; intertitles; digging for worms; people of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent

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Credits: Scientific supervision: Mr. Hiromi Nakayama, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research,
Nagasaki - Oct. 12-17, 1945
Hiroshima - Sept. 25 - Oct. 2, 1945

Distributor: U.S. Army

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: The Archives Project

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1945-09-25 through 1945-10-17

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Geographical Location: Japan; Nagasaki, Japan; Hiroshima, Japan

Genre/Form: research, documentary

Language: eng

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: master positive

Color: b&w

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Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

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Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 477