The Effect of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

[Mark Nornes]

It would be expensive indeed, as you would have to purchase a newly 
minted print. The archive does not rent out. They used to loan prints 
to FIAF members, but I heard they actually pulled out of FIAF a few 
years back. So I'm not sure they even led prints any more.  Far cheaper 
to try and rent the 10 feet movement's copy (they're on the internet). 
The question is whether you could get people to sit through the whole 
thing. It's both intense and boring. Boringly intense. Intensely 
boring.

If you're at Chicago, then about your only hope for getting a 
consortium of universities to do something is CIC. But I don't think 
they're buying films anymore. I do think there would be a market for a 
DVD of the film, and have been trying to convince a friend to produce 
one. The anniversary won't be much of a factor, since it's the 
60th---not quite round enough for the media.

As an aside, I will be publishing a collection of production materials 
from the film in the new electronic reprint series of the Center for 
Japanese Studies. It includes the scenario, budgets, memorandum, etc. 
etc. I wanted to actually include the film in quicktime, but server 
space was an issue. In any case, should be ready within a month or so 
(although I've been saying that for a couple years now). Keep your eye 
out.

Markus








On Oct 21, 2004, at 10:14 PM, jesty at uchicago.edu wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I am a graduate student at the University of Chicago, and also work 
> there as
> outreach coordinator for the Center for East Asian Studies
> (http://ceas.uchicago.edu). We are in the process of helping to 
> support a
> hibakusha/nuclear issues film series for the spring quarter and I 
> thought it
> would be significant if we could screen a documentary that Mark Nornes 
> has
> written a lot about: _The Effect of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and 
> Nagasaki_.
>
> This is still in a very early stage of planning, but a few things 
> would affect
> the decision making process even at this stage. Does anyone know of a 
> film
> copy from the one in the National Archives that would be rentable? If 
> there
> isn't a copy floating around, what do people think about the 
> worthiness of
> having a copy made? I haven't gotten an estimate yet, but I imagine 
> this would
> be very expensive - would it be worth a few universities sharing the 
> cost? I
> haven't seen the film, so maybe people who have could weigh in - is it
> something that would be in demand in the coming year, the 50th 
> anniversary of
> the bomb?
>
> Looking forward to input
> Justin Jesty
>
>