Hiroshima, Japan - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park - Peace Clock Tower (2019)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園 Hiroshima Heiwa Kinen Kōen) is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan. It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims (of whom there may have been as many as 140,000). The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is visited by more than one million people each year. The park is there in memory of the victims of the nuclear attack on August 6, 1945. On August 6, 1945 the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was planned and designed by the Japanese Architect Kenzō Tange at Tange Lab.
The location of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was once the city’s busiest downtown commercial and residential district. The park was built on an open field that was created by the explosion. Today there are a number of memorials and monuments, museums, and lecture halls, which draw over a million visitors annually. The annual 6 August Peace Memorial Ceremony, which is sponsored by the city of Hiroshima, is also held in the park. The purpose of the Peace Memorial Park is to not only memorialize the victims, but also to establish the memory of nuclear horrors and advocate world peace.
Hiroshima Peace Clock Tower 9th May 2011
This bell rings every morning at 8.15 a.m. in memory of the exact time on August 6th 1945 that the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. That day was bright, clear and sunny, which is why the bombing went ahead, very similar to this day in the video. It is hard to imagine the devastation that occured then. The ruins of a building in the video is the A-Bomb Dome, the only building right at the centre where the bomb exploded that was any way intact and remains in the same condition today as it did then.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan 平和記念公園
Filmed inside the Hiroshima Memorial Museum and at Hiroshima Peace Park: The Peace Clock tower which was established by the Hiroshima Rijo Lions Club and chimes every morning at 8.15 am precisely which is the time the bomb went off.
The Memorial Cenotaph framing the Peace Flame and the A-Bomb Dome, covers a cenotaph holding the names of all of the people killed by the bomb.
The A Bomb Dome was once used as the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall and is located about 160 meters from the bomb's hypocenter; All those inside at the time were killed.
The Peace Flame has been burning continuously since 1964 and will not be extinguished ''until all nuclear bombs on the planet are destroyed and the planet is free from the threat of nuclear annihilation.''
The Gates of Peace are ten gates covered with the word peace in 49 languages and are situated across the road from the museum.
The Peace Bell was cosntructed by the A-bomb Victims Hiroshima Higankessho-no-kai Union.
The Hiroshima Peace Museum and Park are a deeply moving experience which seek to further our desire for a peaceful planet.
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Hiroshima, Japan - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park - Bell of Peace (2019)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園 Hiroshima Heiwa Kinen Kōen) is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan. It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims (of whom there may have been as many as 140,000). The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is visited by more than one million people each year. The park is there in memory of the victims of the nuclear attack on August 6, 1945. On August 6, 1945 the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was planned and designed by the Japanese Architect Kenzō Tange at Tange Lab.
The location of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was once the city’s busiest downtown commercial and residential district. The park was built on an open field that was created by the explosion. Today there are a number of memorials and monuments, museums, and lecture halls, which draw over a million visitors annually. The annual 6 August Peace Memorial Ceremony, which is sponsored by the city of Hiroshima, is also held in the park. The purpose of the Peace Memorial Park is to not only memorialize the victims, but also to establish the memory of nuclear horrors and advocate world peace.
There are three Peace Bells in the Peace Park. The smaller one is used only for the Peace Memorial Ceremony. Except that day, it is displayed in the east building of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. The more well-known Peace Bell stands near the Children's Peace Monument and consists of a large Japanese bell hanging inside a small open-sided structure. Visitors are encouraged to ring the bell for world peace and the loud and melodious tolling of this bell rings out regularly throughout the Peace Park. The Peace Bell was built out in the open on September 20, 1964. The surface of the bell is a map of the world, and the sweet spot is an atomic symbol, designed by Masahiko Katori [1899–1988], cast by Oigo Bell Works, in Takaoka, Toyama. The inscriptions on the bell are in Greek (γνῶθι σεαυτόν), Japanese, and Sanskrit. It is translated as Know yourself. The Greek embassy donated the bell to the Peace Park and picked out the most appropriate ancient Greek philosophical quote of Socrates. The Sanskrit text is a quotation from Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra which was attested by the Indian ambassador. The Japanese text was provided by a university lecturer.
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In memory of all those who lost their lives in Hiroshima because of the atomic bomb this clock rings at 8:15 am every day
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Paris, France
1. Pull out from burning flame and masked activists to crowd in front of peace wall in front of Eiffel tower
2. Members of anti-nuclear organisations gathered in front of peace wall with flags, banners and masks holding a minute of silence at exact day and time of Hiroshima nuclear bomb
3. Various of members of anti-nuclear organisations with peace flags holding a minute of silence
4. Close-up of members of anti-nuclear organisations wearing white masks and anti-nuclear tee shirts
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Pierre Dacheux, Secretary of Vigilance house, anti-nuclear organisation:
We are in 2013, 68 years after the double explosion of Hiroshima and then in Nagasaki. We believe that we must not forget that event, which has left a mark in the history of the world and it stays as an indelible mark in the history of the humanity. We believe that there is still place for the thought of a definitive abolition of nuclear weapons, they cannot bring any peace to the world.
6. Close-up of activists holding a minute of silence at exact day and time of Hiroshima nuclear bomb
7. Tilt down of banner reading (Japanese and Arabic) Hiroshima Nagasaki August 6 and August 9
8. Mid of banner with message reading (German) Abolish nuclear weapons
9. Close-up of protesters
10. Wide of banners reading (German, Spanish, Italian and Chinese) Abolish nuclear weapons
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Sophie (no last name given), Activist with Abolish nuclear weapons:
The date when they released the bomb at Hiroshima, was the day when humanity entered into the nuclear barbarian era. It is when we have started not to tell ourselves, 'it is horrible, let's never do that again'. But countries such as the United States have programmed researches on constructing nuclear weapons and still continue, and especially in France where they invest billions of euros to update the French weapons such as missiles, submarines etc.
12. Close-up of peace flag waving, Eiffel tower in the background
Berlin, Germany
13. Wide shot of Bernd Mewes, chairman of Peace Bell Society Berlin, making a short speech and striking peace bell
14. Close-up of peace bell ringing
15. Mid shot of activists during ceremony
16. Wide of activist walking to bell and striking it
17. Wide of peace bell in park
18. SOUNDBITE (German) Bernd Mewes, Chairman of Peace Bell Society, Berlin:
Considering the history and the role Germany plays in the world it is important to send a signal of peace from Germany. We know that the east-west conflict, the cold war is over, but there are still nuclear weapons around.
19. Close-up of peace bell being rung
STORYLINE:
Anti-nuclear activists marked the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with solemn ceremonies in Paris and Berlin on Tuesday.
A group of about 35 activists held a minute's silence in front of the Peace Wall close to the Eiffel tower in the French capital at 8:15 (06.15 GMT), the exact time the first bomb exploded on the city of Hiroshima in August 6, 1945, killing at least 140,000 people in the world's first atomic attack.
The bombing of Nagasaki three days later killed tens of thousands more, prompting Japan's surrender to the World War II Allies.
We believe that we must not forget that event, which has left a mark in the history of the world and it stays as an indelible mark in the history of the humanity, said Jean-Pierre Dacheux, of the anti-nuclear organisation Vigilance house.
We believe that there is still place for the thought of a definitive abolition of nuclear weapons, they cannot bring any peace to the world.
Bernd Mewes of the Peace Bell Society in Berlin stressed the importance of commemorating the bombings, particularly in Germany.
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Here is the ringing of the bell in Hiroshima, Japan, to commemorate the exact time of the Atom Bomb explosion 8:15 AM.
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A las 8:15 a.m., la torre del reloj del Peace Memorial Park en Hiroshima recuerda el momento exacto en que la bomba atómica detonó a 600 metros sobre la ciudad.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony - Bell Ringing
At 8:15am, Aug 6 2011, the anniversary of the A-bomb drop, a bell is rung and there is a moment of silence. The noise in the background is the massive amount of cicadas at the Peace Park who did not observe the moment of silence.
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8:15 am Bell at Atomic Bomb Dome - Hiroshima
At 8:15am every morning, the clock tower rings a bell to commemorate the exact time of the atomic bomb blast.