This site aims to educate viewers who are interested in silent film and Japanese culture. Through historical overviews, scholarly analysis, and the use of new media, viewers will gain a new understanding of the benshi institution that helped shape the local and global film industry and became a uniquely defining characteristic of Japanese tradition.
in 2010, the “Hiroshima Archive” has been produced in 2011 by melding a large amount of materials accumulated over 66 years with the latest Internet technologies, with a view to passing on the experiences and messages of A-bomb survivors to future generations.
The Hiroshima Archive layers historical resources into Google Earth, giving users the chance to explore a panoramic view of Hiroshima, survivor accounts, aerial photos, 3D topographical data, and building models.
