
Markingthe70thanniversaryoftheHiroshimabombing,thisisthedefinitiveaccountofthefirstnuclearstrike.ThenuclearbombdroppedonHiroshimaheraldedthedawnofanewera.Itsdetonationnotonlykilledover100,000peoplebutalsosignifiedboththefinalchapterofWorldWarTwoandthebeginningofthenuclearage.Armedconflict,internationalpoliticsandthesecurityofallmankindwouldneverbethesameagain.<br/> Throughadetailedretellingofthecircumstancesleadinguptothedroppingofthebomb,theeventsonthedayanditsaftermath,thisfilmunravelsthecompellingstoryofoneofthe20thcentury’sdefiningmomentsandrevealsthefar-reachingconsequencesoftheexplosion,bothinHiroshimaitselfandfortheworldatlarge.<br/> Fromtheroomsoftheworld’smostpowerfulleaders,bothAlliedandJapanese,toinsidetheplanessentonthefatefulmissiontothedevastatedstreetsofHiroshimainthehoursaftertheattack,itexploresthecrucialmoments,thekeylocations,andthepivotalplayers.<br/> Usingstunningarchive,cutting-edgevisualtechniques,CGI,richprimarysourcesandpowerfultestimonyfromthelastremainingprotagonistsandwitnesses,thisisanauthoritativeandin-depthexaminationofthebombing.Survivorswhohavenevertalkedbeforerelivetheconsequencesofthebombatground-level–orphansbeingsoldtothesextrade,criminal‘yakuza’groupsrunningthecityandthecrimewavethatsweptthecityaspeoplestruggledtosurvive.<br/> Andwithaccesstopreviouslyunreleasedgovernmentandmilitarymaterial,andunseenfootagefromthearchivesofNHK,HiroshimaalsoexploresthediplomaticstoryleadinguptothedetonationandthedevastatingimpactoftheblastfromtheJapaneseperspective.
