Atomic Bowl, football in Nagasaki, 1946
On Jan. 1, 1946, a bunch of pro or college stars, including Heisman winner Angelo Bertelli and pro star Bill Osmanski, played what the press would dub The Atomic Bowl on a makeshift field in Nagasaki where many had been killed by the atomic bomb just a few months earlier. It's little known, but I've written about this, briefly, in three books and in a few seconds in my recent PBS film "Atomic Cover-up."
Nevertheless--almost no footage and very very few photos exist from that day so I am taking a wild long shot here to ask if anyone here might have something or have seen something posted somewhere, as I am now planning a film on this episode. Thank you!
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