Reference :
V-F-CR-F-04229-A
Date :
15/07/2025
Title :
Telegram sent by delegate Fritz Bilfinger concerning his visit to Hiroshima a few weeks after the atomic bombing. Appeal to organize relief quickly due to the catastrophic health and medical situation, 30th of August 1945. ACICR B G 008/76-079, Tokyo delegation
Duration :
00:01:10
Editor :
CHOOSINCHINNAPAT, Anirut
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Production company :
ICRC
ICRC producer :
CHOOSINCHINNAPAT, Anirut
Description :
"August 30, 1945
D Gaimusho Tokio
6 suzuki for junod stop visited Hiroshima thirtieth conditions appalling stop city wiped out eighty percent all hospitals destroyed or seriously damaged inspected two emergency hospitals conditions beyond description full stop effect of bomb mysteriously serious stop many victims apparently recovering suddenly suffer fatal relapse due to decomposition of whitebloodcells and other internal injuries now dying in great numbers stop estimated still over one hundred thousand wounded in emergency hospitals located surroundings sadly lacking bandaging materials medicines stop please solemnly appeal to allied high command consider immediate airdrop relief action over center city stop required substantial quantities bandages surgical pads ointments for burns sulfamides also blood plasma and transfusion equipment stop immediate action highly desirable also dispatch medical investigating commission stop report follows confirm receipt Bilfinger."
Colour/B&W :
colour
SD/HD :
HD
Resolution :
1080 x 1080
Aspect ratio :
square
Original material/format :
H264
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ProRes 422
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