SKU 181 Availability FILMS FROM HIROSHIMA + BACKGROUND TO DANGER (1943) Be the first to review this product $13.99 Qty: Add to cart Email a friend Question about product? Add to wishlist DetailsExisting reviews This frightening, but fascinating film, was put together by the US Army in 1945, only a few months after the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August of that year. The purpose of the film was to record the effects the bomb had on the infrastructure and people of the city and the pictures you will see are made all the more shocking and horrifying by the business-as-usual tone of the narrator of the film. Overall, the picture quality is very good and, for the most part, so is the sound (though there are moments where it is difficult to hear). One of the more ironic moments of the film is the interview with the German Jesuit priest who was in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing. When he is asked about the "rumor" of possible lingering radiation effects, he replies that he doesn't believe there is or will be any as he hasn't seen anything out of the ordinary since the dropping of the bomb. (about 31 mins. long). Background to Danger (1943). 1943 film starring George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre. Based on the novel of the same title by Eric Ambler and set in Turkey (an atmospheric studio version), the screenplay was credited to W.R. Burnett, although William Faulkner also contributed, and the movie was directed by Raoul Walsh. Your basic espionage film put together in the middle of the Second World War. Very entertaining. (about 79 mins. long). TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 110 MINS. DVD-R IS IN ENGLISH. OVERALL FILM QUALITY VERY GOOD. REGION FREE -- WILL PLAY IN ANY DVD PLAYER Be the first to review this product Customers who bought this item also bought PRIVATE FILMS - OSTFRONT + BOMBING GERMANY- TA... $13.99 DER EWIGE JUDE (1940) *with switchable Englis... $16.99 AIR ATTACK ON BERLIN * with switchable English... $13.99 DIE ENTLASSUNG (Schicksalwende) (1942) $11.49 2 DVD SET: OLYMPIA - PARTS I & II (1936) *w... $15.99 KOLBERG (1945) * with switchable English, Germ... $16.99 DOUAUMONT: DIE HÖLLE VON VERDUN (1931) $9.99 2 DVD SET: THE SECRET WAR $19.99 LEINEN AUS IRLAND (Linen from Ireland) (1939)... $13.99 BATTLESHIP BISMARCK * with switchable English... $13.99 4 DVD SET: SOVIET WARTIME NEWSREELS 1-4 (20... $44.99 2 DVD SET: GERMAN PARATROOPERS IN ACTION (2013... $21.99 NEMMERSDORF AND DRESDEN - WHAT REALLY HAPPENED $9.99 11 DVD SET: UfA’s AGFACOLOR COLLECTION $129.99 3 DVD SET: THE SISSI TRILOGY (1955- 1957) *... $39.99 2 DVD SET: THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR $21.99 NAZI AGENT (1942) + THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS (1956) $10.99 AIR ATTACK ON HAMBURG * with switchable Englis... $9.99 AIR ATTACK ON COLOGNE * with switchable Englis... $13.99 TELEVISION IN WWII GERMANY + THE THIRD MAN (... $13.99 HITLERs BUNKERS + BONUS FILM $9.99 DER PRINZ VON ARKADIEN (The Prince of Arcadia)... $13.99 2 DVD SET: LIFE IN WWII FRANCE $24.99 WWII GERMANY IN COLOR + MÄNNER IM HINTERGRUND... $9.99 GPU (1942) * with hard-encoded English subtitl... $13.99 < >