中国放送と、原爆投下直後の1945年秋に広島を撮影した未編集フィルムを所有する日映映像とが、共同で制作した日本語版・英語版の教育用映画です。この映画の特徴は、広島の原爆を『熱線』被害、『爆風』被害、混乱を極めた『救護活動』、長期にわたる『放射線』被害の４項目に分け、当事者の証言インタビューを織り交ぜながら、原爆を知らない若い世代にも分かりやすい内容で伝えていることです。特に重点を置いたのは、従来の兵器と決定的に違う放射線の脅威です。原爆投下直後から現れた急性放射線障害や、数年経ってから出てくるガンなどの症状、そして「最も若い被爆者」といわれる原爆小頭症患者の現状まで盛り込み、今も続く放射線被害の実態を伝えます。
″The A- bomb What Happened to Hiroshima? ″
(46 min. Produced and copyrighted by RCC Broadcasting Co., Ltd. in cooperation with Nichiei Eizo Ltd.) is a　documentary about the atomic bomb. Hiroshima’s RCC　Broadcasting Co., Ltd. and Nichiei Eizo Ltd., which held unedited film footage of Hiroshima short in the autumn of 1945,right after bombing, created together an important educational document in both Japanese and English.One characteristic of the documentary is its focus on four principal aspects of the bombing: heat ray damage, blast damage, chaotic rescue efforts, and long term radiation damage, with personal testimonies from survivors. The goal is to make the content readily accessible even to younger people who know little about the bombing. The documentary focuses closely on the atomic bomb’s radiation effects, a
critical difference from conventional weapons. Viewers come face to face with the reality of radiation damage continuing into the present day, including radiation injuries immediately after the bombing, cancers appearing several years afterward, and cases of microcephaly among children born to women pregnant at the time of the bombing.
■製作・著作：中国放送／日映映像
■発売元：日映映像