Hiroshima (2005)
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.
Directed by: Paul Wilmshurst
Top Billed Cast: George Elsey, Paul Tibbets, Robert Austin
Runtime: 89 minutes
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John Hurt
Narrator (voice)
Shuntaro Hida
Self - Hiroshima Survivor
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Robert Austin
Winston Churchill
George Anton
Parsons
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George Elsey
Self - Military Advisor
Paul Tibbets
Self - Pilot, Enola Gay
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Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk
Self - Navigator, Enola Gay
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Akiko Takakura
Self - Hiroshima Survivor
Daniel Ben Zenou
Beser
Ed Bishop
Stimson
Katsumi Cho
Admiral Yonai
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Noboru Akima
General Anami
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
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Self (archive footage)
