[Filmmaker Shinpei Takeda interviews Takashi Morita, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945].

Takashi Morita vividly describes the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing and serving as a Military Police Officer. He says that post-war life in Hiroshima was very, very hard and that everyone lived with the fear of the unknown future effects of radiation. Morita also discusses immigrating to Brazil...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:"Hiroshima Nagasaki download" oral history interviews.
Other Authors: Morita, Takashi, 1924- (Interviewee)
Takeda, Shinpei (Interviewer)
Language:Japanese
Language and/or Writing System:
In Japanese.
Published: [2006]
Series:"Hiroshima Nagasaki download" oral history interviews.
Subjects:
Morita, Takashi, > 1924- > Interviews.
Atomic bomb victims > Japan > Hiroshima-shi > Interviews.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Personal narratives.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > Social conditions.
Atomic bomb victims > Japan > Hiroshima-shi > Psychology.
Japanese > Brazil.
Atomic bomb victims > Brazil.
Atomic bomb victims > Legal status, laws, etc.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Personal narratives.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (2 hr., 48 min., 28 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Takashi Morita vividly describes the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing and serving as a Military Police Officer. He says that post-war life in Hiroshima was very, very hard and that everyone lived with the fear of the unknown future effects of radiation. Morita also discusses immigrating to Brazil as a clock smith, opening a corner store, helping to found the Atomic Bomb Survivors Association, hosting Association meetings at his store and fighting for survivor rights.
Note:Title supplied.
Recorded as source material for the documentary film "Hiroshima Nagasaki download", a collection of stories from survivors of the atomic bombings and their families, directed by Shinpei Takeda.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 17533
Playing Time:02:48:28
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Event Details:
Recorded by Shinpei Takeda, June 17, 2006.