I. From Chofu, in western Tokyo (Google maps), circa 1945. Source: (GSI)
Could these be “bomb ponds”?, 爆弾池 (bakudanike)? Or are these merely imperfections or blemishes in the film?
II. In other bomb-related news…”pumpkin bombs” パンプキン爆弾 / 「模擬原爆」 practice bombs
Links:
Bomb ponds
- Bomb pond photos
- War ruins in Usa, Oita Prefecture
- A supposed bomb pond that is now a fishing site: link
- 鳥栖空襲 Tosu air raid
- Bomb Ponds (2009) – a video and series of photographs that looks at the effects of U.S. bombing operations on Vietnam
Pumpkin bombs
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin_bomb
- https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/パンプキン爆弾
- <戦後70年>模擬原爆「理不尽な死」怒り <After the war 70 years> simulated atomic bomb “wanton death” anger (broken link)