The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nagasaki, Japan. 1945-08. The extent of destruction of this city of 260,000 population after the second atom bomb was dropped. Approximately 40,000 were killed and a similar number injured. Note (right background) what appears to be a Japanese ceremonial gate still standing.
Hiroshima, Japan. 1945-08. Portion of the ruins of the city after the dropping of the first atom bomb on Japan. Of a population of 320,000 it was estimated that approximately 78,000 were killed, 90,00
Nagasaki, Japan. 1945-08-09. The `mushroom' cloud from the explosion of the second atom bomb dropped on Japan.
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN. 1946-08-05. LOOKING SOUTH OF THE CITY, SHOWING THE REBUILDING AND CLEARING THAT HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT ONE YEAR AFTER THE ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED, FROM THE TOP OF THE NEWSPAPER BUILDING,
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN. 1946-08-05. LOOKING NORTH OF THE CITY, SHOWING THE REBUILDING AND CLEARING THAT HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT ONE YEAR AFTER THE ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED, FROM THE TOP OF THE NEWSPAPER BUILDING,
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN. 1946-08-05. LOOKING EAST OF THE CITY, SHOWING THE REBUILDING AND CLEARING THAT HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT ONE YEAR AFTER THE ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED, FROM THE TOP OF THE NEWSPAPER BUILDING,
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN. 1946-08-05. LOOKING WEST OF THE CITY, SHOWING THE REBUILDING AND CLEARING THAT HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT ONE YEAR AFTER THE ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED, FROM THE TOP OF THE NEWSPAPER BUILDING,
