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Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped (1995)
TV-14
TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary

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Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped (1995)

TV-14

TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary

Documentary addressing controversial questions surrounding the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan at the end of World War II. Includes interviews with historians and analysis of records left by participants in the decision.

Writers

McGeorge Bundy (article The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb) (ghostwriter) | John Hersey (article Hiroshima) | Henry L. Stimson (article The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb)

Producers

Roberta Goldberg | Sherry Jones | Elizabeth Sams

Composer

Michael Bacon (original music)

Cinematographer

Foster Wiley

Editor

Foster Wiley

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Updated Jul 27, 1995

Release date

Jul 27, 1995 (United States)

Awards

1 win

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27 cast members

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