Reel 113

(2 hrs). Forty-five years ago today, during World War II, a U.S. B-29 dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. Ninety-two thousand people were killed or missing after an explosion equivalent to 13,000 tons of TNT. Three days later, another A-bomb was detonated over nearby Nagasaki, prompting Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allies. Without addressing the controversy over America's use of nuclear weapons, this 1990 TV-movie focuses on the immediate aftermath of the blast in Hiroshima, interweaving realistically filmed stories of suffering, anguish and the will to survive amid incredible devastation.

David L. Wolper Presents:

(BW) (Story of Col. Paul Tibbets.)

*6/90 HIROSHIMA: OUT OF THE ASHES The drama was produced by Robert Greenwald, who directed "The Burning Bed," and directed by Peter Werner ("LBJ: The Early Years"). (2 hrs.) Forty-five years ago today, during World War II, a U.S. B-29 dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. Ninety-two thousand people were killed or missing after an explosion equivalent to 13,000 tons of TNT. Three days later, another A-bomb was detonated over nearby Nagasaki, prompting Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allies. Without addressing the controversy over America's use of nuclear weapons, this 1990 TV-movie focuses on the immediate aftermath of the blast in Hiroshima, interweaving realistically filmed stories of suffering, anguish and the will to survive amid incredible devastation.

series: David L. Wolper Presents

(BW) (Story of Col. Paul Tibbets.)