The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
60 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul WilmshurstWriter
- Paul WilmshurstDirector
- Daniel PembertonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John HurtNarrator (voice)
- Shuntaro HidaSelf - Hiroshima Survivor
- Robert AustinWinston Churchill
- George AntonParsons
- George ElseySelf - Military Advisor
- Paul TibbetsSelf - Pilot, Enola Gay
- Theodore "Dutch" Van KirkSelf - Navigator, Enola Gay
- Akiko TakakuraSelf - Hiroshima Survivor
- Daniel Ben ZenouBeser
- Ed BishopStimson
- Katsumi ChoAdmiral Yonai
- Noboru AkimaGeneral Anami
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Themes
atomic bombradiationworld war iiinterviewhiroshima, japanradioactivitydocudramaseppukuarchive footageburn victimmushroom cloudhistorical reenactment