The Fifth Warning (1946)

Item title reads - The fifth warning. Japan and Bikini. L/S of explosion and mushroom cloud of atomic bomb. A diagram shows the plan of the fifth atom bomb showing ships on water and explosion 20 to 40 feet underneath the sea. M/S of title - ’August 6th’. Various shots of victims of the Hiroshima bomb being treated in hospital. M/S of fabric of a woman’s dress, M/S of her back where the pattern was burned into her flesh. M/S of burn on a man’s arm. Various shots of the outline of a man’s body on a road caused by the intense heat. C/U’s of the body of a Japanese man, still alive, skeleton like and almost completely devoid of flesh, caused by the effects of gamma rays. C/U’s of a man who has lost his ears. Various shots as doctors and nurses dress wounds. M/S of clock counting down the last 15 seconds. Various shots of the explosion. It engulfs ships of test fleet, M/S of explosion seen from air. Oil rings on water are all that remain of the ships “Saratoga“ and “Arkansas“. Waves lap up on the