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Using a bewildering array of historical figures and a seamless blend of stock footage and golden-hued dramatic scenes, Hiroshima portrays the chaos of world events which ushered in the Atomic Age. In ...( read more  read more... )April, 1945, Harry Truman, an affable, lightweight vice-president, was thrust into the most powerful office in the world. Four months later, he ordered the use of the atomic bomb. Hiroshima positions the viewer in this dense historic period, form Roosevelt's death through the victory in Europe to the Japanese surrender. The film leaps from Washington to Tokyo to Germany, revealing the power-brokering in both the Japanese and American government, and hinting at how slight the balance was that tipped us into the era of the mushroom cloud.

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PG, 1 hr. 20 min.

Directed by: Koreyoshi Kurahara, Roger Spottiswoode

Release Date: August 6, 1995

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DVD Release Date: November 23, 1999

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  • shubha2906
    October 13, 2008
    shubha2906
    jus a mind blowin movie
  • brodyalex
    December 1, 2007
    brodyalex
    Sounds interesting..

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