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Hiroshima Maidens Survivors Of The Atom Bomb Return Home
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keywords: hiroshima maidens, hibakusha, hiroshima atomic attack, plastic surgery
Synopsis: Japanese women survivors of Hiroshima atom bomb leave for Japan after over a year in the U.S. for plastic surgery to help remove or minimize their radiation scars...(read more)
- Date: 1956
- Duration: 00:00:30
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Hiroshima Maidens Survivors Of The Atom Bomb Return Home
The last group of Japanese girls who survived the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, Japan depart from San Francisco after a year and a half of plastic surgery in this country to remove radiation scars. These women known as "Hiroshima Maidens" were referred to as "hibakusha", meaning "explosion-affected people". Keloid scars marred their faces.
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- Newsreels: 1956 - November 8
