Synopsis & Context
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.
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Hiroshima
- Release
- August 6, 2005
- Screen Time
- 1h 29min
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- Paul Wilmshurst
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Production Status
- Released
Personas & Cast
John Hurt
Narrator (voice)
Shuntaro Hida
Self - Hiroshima Survivor
Robert Austin
Winston Churchill
George Anton
Parsons
George Elsey
Self - Military Advisor
Paul Tibbets
Self - Pilot, Enola Gay
Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk
Self - Navigator, Enola Gay
Akiko Takakura
Self - Hiroshima Survivor
Daniel Ben Zenou
Beser
Ed Bishop
Stimson
Katsumi Cho
Admiral Yonai
Noboru Akima
General Anami
