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[GHOC Episode X-06] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title: "Hiroshima Maidens in U. S." with photograph of group of Japanese women deplaning in US / [1945] Explosion and mushroom cloud emitted during Trinity atomic bomb test of July 1945 in New Mexico // VS destruction and rubble in Hiroshima after August 1945 US bombing during World War II // [May 1955, Japan] VS Hiroshima Maidens at ceremony in Japan prior to their departure to the US for reconstructive surgery / man presents bouquet to one Maiden; they bow to each other; flashbulbs pop / Maiden with bouquet speaks to journalists, then bows / VS Maidens speak to attendees after ceremony / [Iwakuni, Japan] People stand on airfield, wave / VS Hiroshima Maidens wave as they board plane bound for the US, where they will have reconstructive surgery for disfigurement resulting from World War II bombing of Hiroshima / VS people wave / VS US Air Force plane taxis on tarmac / [New York] sign outside building "Welcome to Mitchel Air Force Base" / VS USAF plane taxis on airfield after landing / Hiroshima Maidens deplane, photographers take photos / [New York State] VS Quaker woman works with several Maidens to teach them "domestic arts," including setting the table / VS Maidens sit in circle in living room, look at documents / Maiden gets out of vehicle, walks toward building / Maiden shakes hands with nurse outside hospital; pan other Maidens stand in line behind her / sign "The Mount Sinai Hospital" with building behind / POV out plane window of peninsula, water, island; this is probably Japan / aerial city / US Navy plane taxis on tarmac / [1956, Japan] Happy crowd waves on airfield / Hiroshima Maidens deplane, following a man who bears an ornate box containing the ashes of Tomoko Nakabayashi, a Maiden who died during surgery in the US / Maiden has happy reunion with family and friends on airfield / black / end credits / Note: exact date of compilation not known