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.
Cast
John Hurt
Narrator (voice)
Shuntaro Hida
Self - Hiroshima Survivor
George Anton
Parsons
Paul Tibbets
Self - Pilot, Enola Gay
Daniel Ben Zenou
Beser
Ed Bishop
Stimson
Katsumi Cho
Admiral Yonai
Lee Colley
Van Kirk
Garry Cooper
Groves
Kenneth Jay
Harry Truman
Haruka Kuroda
Akiko Takakura
Tim Matthews
Major Thomas Ferebee
Shane Rimmer
James F. Byrnes
Fredrick Ruth
Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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