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Hiroshima | ||
George Anton | Parsons | |
Daniel Ben Zenou | Beser | |
Ed Bishop | Stimson | |
Lee Colley | Van Kirk | |
Garry Cooper | Groves | |
Gus Danowski | Jeppson | |
Michael Fitzpatrick | Farrell | |
Kenneth Jay | Truman | |
Sachi Kimura | Takakura's friend | |
Haruka Kuroda | Takakura | |
John Hurt | Narrator | |
Tim Matthews | Major Thomas Ferebee | |
Martin McDougall | Le May | |
Eric Meyers | Fermi | |
Naoko Mori | Shige Hiratsuka |
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Producer | Paul Wilmshurst
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Writer | Clare Saxby
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Cinematography | Graham Smith
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Musician | Daniel Pemberton
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A Dramatized Documentary Exploring The Humanity And The Horror Of The First Atomic Attack At 8:15 on August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A scientific, technological, military and political gamble, the attack proved to be the defining moment of the 20th century. Set in the weeks from the first test explosion in New Mexico to the eventual dropping of the bomb, Hiroshima takes viewers into the room where the crucial political decisions were made; on board the Enola Gay on her fateful journey and even inside the bomb as it explodes. On the streets of Hiroshima, we witness the devastation. Nearly 100,000 people were killed instantly and those who managed to survive - in spite of the lethal heat blast, the colossal shockwave and the invisible effects of gamma radiation - tell stories of a living nightmare. Using archive footage, state-of-the-art visual techniques and dramatic reconstructions based on unprecedented access to protagonists and witnesses, Hiroshima places the dropping of the bomb in its historical and political context and unflinchingly depicts the effects of the nuclear explosion. |
Seen it: Yes 0 hr 45 mins 8/5/2005 1. Part 1 | ||
Part 1 of the 2005 Hiroshima documentary, marking the eve of the sixtieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the 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 depict what occurred aboard the Enola Gay and inside the nuclear blast.
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Seen it: Yes 0 hr 45 mins 2. Part 2 | ||
Part 2 of the 2005 Hiroshima documentary, marking the eve of the sixtieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the 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 depict what occurred aboard the Enola Gay and inside the nuclear blast.
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