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.
John Hurt
Shuntaro Hida
Robert Austin
George Anton
George Elsey
Paul Tibbets
Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk
Akiko Takakura
Daniel Ben Zenou
Ed Bishop
Katsumi Cho
Noboru Akima
Lee Colley
Garry Cooper
Kenneth Jay
Haruka Kuroda
Tim Matthews
Shane Rimmer
Fredrick Ruth
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Harry S. Truman
Emperor Hirohito of Japan