Hidetsugu Aihara was part of a scientific team responsible for documenting the physical and biological devastation of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. was deeply involved in the production of the A-bomb documentary film Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, shot in 1945, and is one of the rare films that shows the destroyed city and injured victims.
This film project, initiated by the Japan Film Corporation (Nippon Eiga-sha), was interrupted by the U.S. Army, then completed under mandatory supervision by the occupying forces. After completion, the film was confiscated and taken to the U.S. where it remained un-viewed by the public for more than 20 years. The film was finally returned to Japan in 1967, 22 years after the atomic bombings.
Urakami Church -
The bell tower dome toppled inside the church by extreme blast. The collapsed main entrance is seen from tje southeast side of the church site.
Hidetsugu Aihara
Date: 1946-01/1946-01
Location: Nagasaki CityUrakami Church -
The statue of St. Mary in Grief was on the left side of the south wall entrance of the church.
Hidetsugu Aihara
Date: 1946-01/1946-01
Location: Nagasaki CityUrakami Church
The statue of St. John was on the right side of the south wall entrance.
Hidetsugu Aihara
Date: 1946-01/1946-01
Location: Nagasaki CityAkagi Cemetery -
The burial maker is for eight members of the same family. Only one date is given on the marker suggesting the entire family was killed by the atomic-bomb at the same time.
Hidetsugu Aihara
Date: 1946-01/1946-01
Location: Nagasaki CityAkagi Cemetery -
The burial maker is for eight members of the same family. Only one date is given on the marker suggesting the entire family was killed by the atomic-bomb at the same time.
Hidetsugu Aihara
Date: 1946-01/1946-01
Location: Nagasaki CityThe hypocenter viewed from the heights of Matsuyama-machi -
The lower level field behind the trees is the hypocenter area.
The bridge to the left side is the Matsuyama-bashi Bridge on the Shimono-kawa River.
The hypocenter is seen at the center of this photo.
The remaining chimney in the background is from the Nagasaki Steel Works of Mitsubishi Steel.
Hidetsugu Aihara
Date: 1946-01/1946-01
Location: Nagasaki CityA tree at the hypocenter -
Charred trees remained standing straight and were split into two being directly under the shockwave of the explosion. Mushrooms are visible coming out on the trees. It’s a property of atomic bomb which parasitic plants may grow at dead trees.
Hidetsugu Aihara
Date: 1946-01/1946-01
Location: Nagasaki CityThe hypocenter
The wooden pole at the center of the picture marks the hypocenter.
On the left side, The Nagasaki Prison Urakami Branch is on the hill., Matsuyama-bashi Bridge can be seen to the right.
The makeshift shack of a food distribution center is in the left side of Matsuyama-bashi Bridge.
Because of having been exposed to the blast directly under the center of the explosion,telegraph poles and trees were charred and remained standing.
Hidetsugu Aihara
Date: 1946-01/1946-01
Location: Nagasaki CityThe Nagasaki Prison Urakami Branch
Devastated the Nagasaki Prison Urakami Branch
Hidetsugu Aihara
Date: 1946-01/1946-01
Location: Nagasaki City
