Movie Description
Hiroshima
(2005)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Paul Wilmshurst
- Producer : Paul Wilmshurst,Michał Szczerbic
- Writer : Paul Wilmshurst
- Editor : Luke Dunkley,Horacio Queiro
- Cast : John Hurt,Shuntaro Hida,Robert Austin,George Anton,George Elsey,Paul Tibbets,Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk,Akiko Takakura,Daniel Ben Zenou,Ed Bishop,Katsumi Cho,Noboru Akima,Lee Colley,Garry Cooper,Kenneth Jay,Haruka Kuroda,Tim Matthews,Shane Rimmer,Fredrick Ruth,J. Robert Oppenheimer,Harry S. Truman,Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Cast
Narrator (voice)
Self - Hiroshima Survivor
Winston Churchill
Parsons
Self - Military Advisor
Self - Pilot, Enola Gay
Self - Navigator, Enola Gay
Self - Hiroshima Survivor
Beser
Stimson
Admiral Yonai
General Anami
Van Kirk
Groves
Harry Truman
Akiko Takakura
Major Thomas Ferebee
James F. Byrnes
Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Posters
Recommendations
Einstein and the Bomb
6.203
The Atomic Cafe
7.3
City of Ghosts
7.2
For Sama
8.2
The Soviet Story
7.3
WWII From Space
7.4
Five Came Back
7.9
The Battle of San Pietro
6.117
The Kill Team
6.913
Facts
Original TitleHiroshima
Status Released
Release Information
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2005-08-06
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 29m
Homepagehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lj4b
Production CompaniesBBC,TF1,ZDF,Discovery
Genres
- Documentary
- Drama
- War
- History
