The dramatic story of the first atomic bomb and its impact on the people of Hiroshima.

This drama-documentary does what no other film has done before– to show what it is like to live through a nuclear explosion, millisecond by millisecond.

It was the defining moment of the 20th Century – the scientific, technological, military and political gamble of the world’s first atomic attack. In August 1945, American missions killed 200,000 people and ended a war. This is the dramatic story.

Set in the three weeks from the first test explosion in New Mexico to the eventual dropping of the bomb, the action takes viewers into the room where the crucial
political decisions are made; on board the Enola Gay on her fateful voyage; inside the bomb as it explodes; and on the streets of Hiroshima when disaster strikes.

Parallel storylines interweave, unfolding the action from both US and Japanese perspectives, and revealing the tensions and conflicts in the actions and minds of people who were making history. Special effects recreate the reality of the mission - even going inside the workings of the bomb - and archive film replays the horrific aftermath.

“A towering drama-documentary … powerful and affecting … an accomplished and thrilling interwoven narrative style, with brilliant but chilling re-enactments of the dreadful aftermath of the bomb… wonderfully well-acted by a Japanese and American cast, supplemented by newsreel footage from the time and surviving witnesses … we were battered, horrified, moved to tears and driven to pity - and anger.”
Daily Mail


Written by
Claire Saxby and Paul Wilmshurst
Producer/Director
Paul Wilmshurst
Executive Producer
Matthew Barrett