Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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After World War II, Helen Keller and her companion Polly Thomson went to Europe and Asia to show support for war veterans abroad. This film footage is from their 1948 trip to Japan. They visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki to experience firsthand the aftermath of the only atomic bombs ever dropped. For more, visit afb.org/helenkeller.