Documentary Drama War History
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.
Directed by
Paul Wilmshurst
Written by
Paul Wilmshurst
John Hurt
Narrator (voice)
Daniel Ben Zenou
Beser
Haruka Kuroda
Akiko Takakura
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Self (archive footage)
Ed Bishop
Stimson
Shane Rimmer
James F. Byrnes
Fredrick Ruth
Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Shuntaro Hida
Self - Hiroshima Survivor
Garry Cooper
Groves
Katsumi Cho
Admiral Yonai
George Anton
Parsons
Tim Matthews
Major Thomas Ferebee
Paul Tibbets
Self - Pilot, Enola Gay
Kenneth Jay
Harry Truman
Robert Austin
Winston Churchill
George Elsey
Self - Military Advisor
Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk
Self - Navigator, Enola Gay
Akiko Takakura
Self - Hiroshima Survivor
Noboru Akima
General Anami
Lee Colley
Van Kirk

Your rating