Hiroshima

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Paul Wilmshurst

Writers

Paul Wilmshurst, Julie Press

Language

English

Country

Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States of America

Release date

6 August 2005

Ensemble

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