[Aerial view of the very densely built-up area of Hiroshima on the Motoyasu River looking upstream]

[Steel stairs warped by intense heat from burned book stacks, Asano Library, Hiroshima]

[Reinforced-concrete fire shutter in cast wall of Yasuda Life Insurance Company, Hiroshima branch]

[Ruins of wooden structures 7,500 feet from ground zero, looking southwest, Hiroshima]

[Arial view of the very densely built-up area of Hiroshima on the Motoyasu River looking upstream]

[Damaged turbo-generator and electrical panel of Chugoku Electric Company, Minami Sendamachi Substation, Hiroshima]

[Damaged turbo-generator and electrical panel of Chugoku Electric Company, Minami Sendamachi Substation, Hiroshima]

[Superficially blast-damaged stell-frame with fire-damaged tools, Isudashiki Pump Factory, Hiroshima]

[People obtaining water from damaged hydrant south of Hiroshima Telephone Company Dial Exchange]

[Reinforcement of of interior partition first floor of Chiyoda Life Insurance Company, Chugoku branch, Hiroshima]

[View of damaged buildings, including, left of stack, the Minami Sendamachi Substations of the Chugoku Electric Company, Hiroshima]

[Reinforcement in beam B at interior column supporting roof of Chiyoda Life Insurance Company, Chugoku branch, Hiroshima]

[Dazed survivors huddle together in the street ten minutes after the atomic bomb was dropped on their city, Hiroshima]

[Downed utility poles along flooded street leading to damaged gas holders at Hiroshima Gas Company]

[Corridor of third story showing portal construction and buckling of panel wall of Honkawa Grammar School, Hiroshima]

[Downed utility poles along flooded street leading to damaged gas holders at Hiroshima Gas Company]

[Downed utility poles along flooded street leading to damaged gas holders at Hiroshima Gas Company]

[Rooftop view showing, in foreground, Hypothec Bank of Japan and Geibi Bank Company, Hiroshima Branch, in background]

[People walking along road through decimated region where atomic bomb dropped. Hiroshima, Japan 1945.]

[Ruins of small machine shop north of Isudashiki Pump Factory showing machinery thrown in westward direction, Hiroshima]

[Interior with heavy spalling of cement plaster by fire in combustiible floor of Yasuda Life Insurance Company, Hiroshima branch]

[View of Hiroshima Kirin Beer Hall (Building 47) and Fukuya Department Store (Building 40), at far right]

[Interior of Hiroshima City Hall auditorium with undamaged walls and framing but spalling of plaster and complete destruction of contents by fire]