| The Last Bomb | |
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| Directed by | Frank Lloyd |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 35 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Last Bomb was a 1945 propaganda film mainly concerning the conventional phase of the bombing of Japan in 1945. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[1][2]
The film begins by describing the taking off points in Saipan, Guam, and Tinian, remarking how they have changed since American occupation. General Curtis LeMay is shown planning a daylight raid on Japan's industrial areas.
Squadrons of B-29s then assemble and the audience rides with them through a space of ocean as wide as the US from Mexico to Canada, special attention being given to the island Iwo Jima, which is midway through the journey, the base for P-51 fighters that will escort the bombers. The film then proceeds to the actual bombing of Japan, showing one of the B-29s in combat with Japanese fighters, dogfights between the escorting P-51s and Japanese aircraft and the destruction leveled on Tokyo by the B-29s' payload and subsequent strafing by the escort fighters.
When the bombers return to base, the hazards of war are assessed, particularly the problems associated with landing the large planes, often damaged by Japanese flak or fighters, which could sometimes be fatal.
At the very end some color footage of the mushroom cloud at Nagasaki is shown, the narrator, Reed Hadley, telling us that it saves thousands of American lives by preventing an invasion of Japan.
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References
- ^ "NY Times: The Last Bomb". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
- ^ "The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
External links
- The Last Bomb on YouTube, uploaded by the National Archives and Records Administration
- The short film The Last Bomb is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- The Last Bomb at IMDb
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