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Subseries V.2: Hiroshima House
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- hostel for the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Arranged alphabetically by
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Correspondence, speeches, brochures, financial records, newspaper clippings, and related documents concerning the Hiroshima House. Founded by the Morris's in May 1957, the house was a recreation center and hostel for the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Arranged alphabetically by title.
Radio Unnameable, 1975 July 11 Box 17
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- giving Israel material for atomic bomb.
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Part number 1. Unique identifier: BF0602. Content summary: Bob talks about Mae Brussell tapes and "Soldier of Fortune" magazine. Phone calls on 1) Major Robert K. Brown & magazine article 2) Chicago conspiracy trial on channel 13 3) Michael Harrington 4) Julius and Ethel Rosenberg trial, McCarthy, and CIA giving Israel material for atomic bomb.
The Last Refuge (in development), 1946-1947, 1949, 1951, 1959, 1962 Box 11, Folder 3
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- known as "The Man Who Knew How," "The Man Who Played God," and "If This Be Treason." About an atomic
bomb scientist: "America will go fascist [...] unless people have the courage to stand up for human - Abstract Or Scope
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Stage Play. Notes, correspondence, character profiles, outlines, clippings (for research). Also known as "The Man Who Knew How," "The Man Who Played God," and "If This Be Treason." About an atomic bomb scientist: "America will go fascist [...] unless people have the courage to stand up for human values against American Imperialism."
Subseries V.2: NBC Radio, 1948-1950
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- the creation of the atomic bomb. It also includes a script of "Thinking Things Through," an interview
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Subseries V.2 contains scripts of two programs that Friendly wrote and directed while working as a radio producer for NBC; the quiz showWho Said That?andThe Quick and the Dead, a documentary about the creation of the atomic bomb. It also includes a script of "Thinking Things Through," an interview with Richard Charles Rothschild.
Subseries 2. No Place To Hide, 1945-1950
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- ," he explained, "that presents in dramatic form everything of importance concerning the atomic bomb and
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Lorentz pictured this as a film about the dangers of the Hydrogen Bomb. "This is a motion picture," he explained, "that presents in dramatic form everything of importance concerning the atomic bomb and atomic energy that can be told the general public. It is not a scare movie, nor is it a propaganda film." After years spent trying to find funding, he had to abandon the project. The files contain correspondence, research, and screenplay drafts.
Subseries III.5: Kikuchi Shū/菊池周, 1923-2002
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- Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (shot in 1945 finished in 1946) with Miki as second
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Kikuchi was cameraman for Miki Shigeru and for Kamei Fumio. He worked on the documentary film,The Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki(shot in 1945 finished in 1946) with Miki as second camera assistant. He worked for Miki Film Company in 1946. He established Tokyo Photo Laboratory (Ltd.) in 1956 and was a cameraman for several of Kamei's films. --Kichi no kotachi/基地の子たち, Asobiba no nai kodomotachi/遊び場のない子供たち, Fudōbyō tono tatakai/風土病との闘いand others.
Subseries III.4: Kanō Ryūichi/加納竜一, 1904-1988
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- the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (shot in 1945 finished in 1946). This section includes
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Also used penname Kōno Yūkichi/香野雄吉.Kanō was the producer of the documentary film, The Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (shot in 1945 finished in 1946). This section includes articles about and by Kanō Ryūichi, as well as magazines and books owned by Kanō. These include issues of the magazine,Bunka eiga/文化映画from 1938 until 1941. Also,Eiga kyōiku/映画教育/The Cine Educationfrom 1930 to 1943 (9 issues only). For more issues ofBunka eiga,and documentary film related materials, see Subseries VI.7: Subject Files: Documentary Film Materials.
Series VI: Photographs, 1906-2005, undated
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- protests; and miscellaneous subjects, such as airports, basketball, parks, and atomic bombs. The
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The photographs in this series are primarily black and white and are sourced from newswire services such as Wide World Photos, which provided a caption with a date and brief description of the photograph. They are sorted alphabetically by subject. The subjects include countries and cities; individuals, including politicians, world leaders, and cultural figures; events, including world conferences, wars, and protests; and miscellaneous subjects, such as airports, basketball, parks, and atomic bombs. The photographs represent both domestic and international scenes, and there is particular emphasis on individuals, places and subjects related to the Soviet Union, Socialism, and Communism, such as the Solidarity movement in Poland and scenes in East and West Berlin. Some folder titles, such as "U.S. Underworlds, Gangsters," "Wetbacks," and "Wild West," defy easy categorization. The last two boxes contain stock publicity photos of writers, dancers, musicians, and actors.
I.I. Rabi
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- radar and the atomic bomb. In 1945 he returned to Columbia as executive officer of the Physics
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Isidor Rabi was an American physicist and the winner of the 1944 Nobel Prize in Physics. Rabi received a B.S. in chemistry from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University, where he researched the magnetic properties of crystals. Aided by fellowships, he spent two years in Europe, working at different times with Sommerfeld, Bohr, Pauli, Stern, and Heisenberg. On his return in 1929 he was appointed lecturer in Theoretical Physics at Columbia University, and after promotion through the various grades became professor in 1937. In 1940 he was granted leave from Columbia to work as Associate Director of the Radiation Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the development of radar and the atomic bomb. In 1945 he returned to Columbia as executive officer of the Physics Department. In this capacity he is also concerned with the Brookhaven National Laboratory for Atomic Research, Long Island, an organization devoted to research into the peaceful uses of atomic energy.