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.

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Cast

John Hurt

Shuntaro Hida

Robert Austin

George Anton

George Elsey

Paul Tibbets

Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk

Akiko Takakura

Daniel Ben Zenou

Ed Bishop