Hiroshima

Aug 6, 2005

1h 29m

★ 7.1

The Horror, the pain and the suffering of Hiroshima!

Overview

The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the program chronicles America's political gamble and the planning for the momentous event. Archival film, dramatizations, and special effects feature what occurred aboard the Enola Gay (the aircraft that dropped the bomb) and inside the exploding bomb.

Genres

Documentary

Drama

War

History

Production Companies

BBC

TF1

ZDF

Discovery

Hiroshima Trailers

Cast

Narrator (voice)

John Hurt

Self - Hiroshima Survivor

Shuntaro Hida

Winston Churchill

Robert Austin

Parsons

George Anton

Self - Military Advisor

George Elsey

Self - Pilot, Enola Gay

Paul Tibbets

Self - Navigator, Enola Gay

Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk

Self - Hiroshima Survivor

Akiko Takakura

Beser

Daniel Ben Zenou

Stimson

Ed Bishop

Admiral Yonai

Katsumi Cho

General Anami

Noboru Akima

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