Archival footage and interviews with participants and scholars tell the story of the decision by the United Statesto use nuclear weapons against Japan to end World War II.
Describes the development of the atomic bomb in the first half of the twentieth century, and discusses the decision by the United States to drop the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945 in an effort to bring World War II to an end.
Set in the three weeks from the test explosion in New Mexico to the dropping of the bomb, the action takes viewers into the room where the crucial political decisions are made, on board the Enola Gay, and in Hiroshima.
Examines the use of the atomic bomb by the United States to end World War II, discussing the roles of Harry Truman, Robert Oppenheimer, Leslie Groves, the Enola Gay, and the U.S.S. Indianapolis.
