Register of the Harold Melvin Agnew motion picture film
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Register of the Harold Melvin Agnew motion picture film
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Hoover Institution Archives Staff
- Date Completed:
- 2008
- Encoded by:
- Elizabeth Konzak
© 2008 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Harold Melvin Agnew motion picture film
Dates: 1945
Collection number: 80060
Creator:
Agnew, Harold Melvin, 1921-
Collection Size:
1 motion picture film reel, 1 folder
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Depicts the explosion of atom bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Also includes Los Alamos telephone directory for 1943-1944.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Administrative Information
Access
Original motion picture film reel closed. Viewing copy available for use in the reading room.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Harold Melvin Agnew motion picture film, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1980
Biography / Administrative History
American physicist; member, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory staff, 1943-1946. Agnew participated in the first atomic strike
mission, flying as a scientific member of the crew.
Scope and Content of Collection
Depicts the explosion of atom bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Also includes Los Alamos telephone directory for 1943-1944.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Atomic bomb--Pictorial works.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
World War, 1939-1945--Pictorial works.
Genre
Moving-pictures.
Video tapes.
Collection Contents
Reel
Motion Picture Film
1945
Access Information
Original motion picture film reel closed. Viewing copy available for use in the reading room. Use copy reference number: 80060_f_0003766.
Footage (16mm): 000-007, Timecode (BSP): 01:00:00:00
Sign: "American Cemetery / Tinian Island"
Physical Description: Color
Footage (16mm): 007-013, Timecode (BSP): 01:00:18:03
Flagpole, Tinian Island
Physical Description: Color
Footage (16mm): 013-041, Timecode (BSP): 01:00:28:07
Panoramic shots of North Field, Tinian Island
Physical Description: Color
Footage (16mm): 041-054, Timecode (BSP): 01:01:15:13
Hiroshima atomic cloud
Physical Description: Black and White
Footage (16mm): 054-059, Timecode (BSP): 01:01:37:25
Hiroshima atomic cloud
Physical Description: Black and White
Footage (16mm): 059-090, Timecode (BSP): 01:01:44:25
"Great Artiste" (no. 89) and crew after return from Hiroshima mission
Physical Description: Black and White
Footage (16mm): 090-092, Timecode (BSP): 01:02:36:10
"Enola Gay" (no. 82)
Physical Description: Black and White
Footage (16mm): 092-110, Timecode (BSP): 01:02:39:08
Hiroshima atomic cloud
Physical Description: Black and White
Footage (16mm): 110-131, Timecode (BSP): 01:03:09:20
Aircraft en route to Nagasaki; shots of "Bock's Car"
Physical Description: Color
Footage (16mm): 131-159, Timecode (BSP): 01:03:45:08
Nagasaki atomic cloud
Physical Description: Color
Footage (16mm): 159-161, Timecode (BSP): 01:04:30:28
Footage (16mm): 161-211, Timecode (BSP): 01:04:35:02
Nagasaki burst and cloud
Physical Description: Color
Footage (16mm): 211-260 (end), Timecode (BSP): 01:05:58:08
Nagasaki atomic cloud
Physical Description: Color
Envelope: 80060
Los Alamos telephone directory,
1943-1944
