Hiroshima - BBC History Of World War II
BBC Home Video (2005)
History
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IMDB   7.5
1 hr 32 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
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
Director
Paul Wilmshurst
Producer Paul Wilmshurst
Writer Clare Saxby
Paul Wilmshurst
Cinematography Graham Smith
Musician Daniel Pemberton

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.
Episodes
    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.
Director:  Paul Wilmshurst  Writer:  Paul Wilmshurst 
    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.
Director:  Paul Wilmshurst  Writer:  Paul Wilmshurst 
Edition Details
Series Hiroshima
Distributor BBC Warner
Release Date 7/18/2006
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.78:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Interview with the Producer, Paul Wilmshurst
A Tale of Two Cities
Enola Gay Newsreel Interview