item details
NamePoster, 'For good, strong nuclear free legislation'
ProductionUnknown; 1986; New Zealand
Classificationpolitical posters
Materialspaper, ink
DimensionsOverall: 296mm (width), 418mm (height)
Registration NumberGH024551
Credit lineGift of the Estate of Ron and Carmen Smith, 2015
Overview
This poster advertises a torchlight march and speeches to mark Hiroshima Day in New Zealand in 1986.
At the end of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, and Nagasaki on 9 August 1945. Both cities were devastated. At least 70,000 people were killed in the Hiroshima blast, with many thousands more dying or suffering from radiation in years to come. These atomic bombs were the first to be used in war and they kick-started the nuclear-arms race.