Sujet

Survivors of the explosion of the Atom bomb at Hiroshima, Japan, 1945. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Survivors of the explosion of the Atom bomb at Hiroshima, Japan, 1945. Beds occupied by casualties suffering the effects of radiation. On 6 August 1945, a United States Air Force B-29 bomber, codenamed 'Enola Gay' dropped the first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. Some 80,000 people were killed immediately and a further 60,000 died later from radiation sickness and other after effects. (Colorised black and white print).

Date

1945

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Notre référence

HRM25A06_324

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,8Mo (2,7Mo) / 42,0cm x 29,7cm / 4960 x 3507 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people hospital country weapon weapons bed room color Japan Japanese nuclear war location century victim casualty wound Hiroshima concept radiation 1940s bomb bombs wounded survivor warfare nuclear bomb colourised Forties Colour World War II World War two WWII bombing atomic bomb nuclear weapon weaponry world war 2 20th century casualties nuclear weapons Ann Ronan Pictures atom bomb atomic weapon bedchamber Chugoku decade nuclear warfare Second World War TGN WW2 bedroom photograph 2nd World War Unknown bed chamber colorised