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Hiroshima

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

A fully dramatised reconstruction of the story of the first atomic bomb deployed in an act of war.

Interviews with both the aircrew who dropped the bomb and the survivors, special visual effects and archive all bring to life the fateful mission of the Enola Gay and the devastating impact of the bomb on the people of Hiroshima. Show less

Contributors

Narrator:
John Hurt
Captain Deke Parsons:
George Anton
Admiral Yonai:
Katsumi Cho
Winston Churchill:
Robert Austin
Teruko Fujii:
Miya Oishi
Harry S Truman:
Kenneth Jay
Shigenori Togo:
Shoichi Ito
General Groves:
Garry Cooper
Akiko Takakura:
Haruka Kuroda

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