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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.

The Horror, the pain and the suffering of Hiroshima!

Genres: Documentary, Drama

Starring: John Hurt, Shuntaro Hida, Robert Austin

Released: August 5, 2005

Runtime: 89.0

Popularity Rating: 1.128

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

United Kingdom

Narrator (voice) John Hurt
Himself - Hiroshima Survivor Shuntaro Hida
Winston Churchill Robert Austin
Parsons George Anton

Art — Production Design: Alan Spalding
Art — Production Design: Ewa Skoczkowska
Art — Standby Painter: Kat Law
Camera — Director of Photography: Graham Smith
Camera — First Assistant Camera: Witold Ozimek
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Ewa Helman-Szczerbic
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Supervisor: Katarzyna Lewinska
Costume & Make-Up — Hairstylist: Laura Schalker
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: Anna Dabrowska
Crew — Sound Recordist: Jacek Hamela
Directing — Assistant Director: Weronika Migon
Directing — Director: Paul Wilmshurst
Editing — Editor: Horacio Queiro
Editing — Editor: Luke Dunkley
Production — Casting: Gary Davy
Production — Executive Producer: Matthew Barrett
Production — Line Producer: Jim Spencer
Production — Producer: Paul Wilmshurst
Sound — Music: James Fitzpatrick
Sound — Original Music Composer: Daniel Pemberton
Visual Effects — Visual Effects: Gareth Edwards
Visual Effects — Visual Effects Producer: Earle Stuart Callender
Writing — Script Editor: Julie Press
Writing — Writer: Paul Wilmshurst