The Day They Dropped The Bomb

The Day They Dropped The Bomb

2015
55m
6.0

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Overview

On August 6 1945, one plane dropped one bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. In an instant, the city was destroyed and 80,000 people were dead. But the dropping of the Atomic bomb also launched the Nuclear age, shaping all of our lives and changing the world for ever. For this film we have tracked down people who made the bomb, people who dropped the bomb, and people who were in Hiroshima – some less than half a mile from ground zero -when the bomb fell on their city. Many of the witnesses are in their 90s and this will be the last time they will be able to tell their extraordinary stories. The Day They Dropped The Bomb is told through witness recollections, rare archive film and photographs shot at the time. The documentary will be broadcast for the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima next year by ITV and in America by the Smithsonian Channel.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
ITV
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date July 29, 2015
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Dominic West
Dominic West

Narrator (Voice)

Russell Gackenbach
Russell Gackenbach

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George Elsey
George Elsey

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Lilli Hornig
Lilli Hornig

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Bob Krohn
Bob Krohn

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Yoshie Oka
Yoshie Oka

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Tetsushi Yonezawa
Tetsushi Yonezawa

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Dutch Van Kirk
Dutch Van Kirk

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Key Crew

Leslie Woodhead
Director