Nagasaki Atomic Bombing. Title and publication details are in Japanese (1996) Undated postscript (in English) by Tatsuya Ito, Director, Nagasaki International Culture Hall

A series of full page graphic and gruesome photos showing the effects of the atom bomb; dead bodies; burnt people The mushroom cloud as seen from an American aircraft; views of the hypocentre and wasteland; wreckage and rubble further out; damage to buildings; relief activities

Each photo has an English and Japanese caption. A map show the extent of the damage with some locations named in English and many more in Japanese

Information pages in Japanese Information pages in English: The structure and force of the Atomic Bomb The explosion Damage caused by the bomb Effects on the human body from heat rays, blast, radiation Chronology of events leading up to the Nagasaki bombing Names and potted bios of 1 US and 11 Japanese photographers

154pp; b/w photos; hard cloth covers (probably silk) with titles in Japanese; very good condition

PLEASE NOTE: Many photos of people are too terrible to put on this family site

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