4 real historical locations · Japan, United States
A 1980 American TV film dramatising the crew of the Enola Gay and the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It examines the human side of the most consequential single military act of the twentieth century.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Japan, United States.
The 1980 TV film follows the crew of the B-29 Enola Gay and the preparation on Tinian Island before the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August...
Tinian Island was the largest US airfield complex in the Pacific — 'North Field' alone was the busiest airfield in the world in 1945. The Enola Gay, commanded by Colonel Paul Tibbets, took off from Tinian's North Fiel...
View location →Colonel Paul Tibbets assembles and trains the 509th Composite Group at the remote Utah base, practising the parabolic escape manoeuvre needed to survive the ...
Wendover Army Air Field was chosen for its remoteness and clear skies. The 509th trained here from December 1944. Their secret mission was unknown to other base personnel.
View location →The Manhattan Project scientists at Los Alamos complete Little Boy and Fat Man. The film shows the technological marvel being delivered into military hands t...
Los Alamos Laboratory was established in March 1943 under J. Robert Oppenheimer. Trinity, the first atomic bomb test, took place at Alamogordo on 16 July 1945 — three weeks before Hiroshima.
View location →The Enola Gay releases Little Boy at 08:15 on 6 August 1945. The film follows both the crew's clinical execution of the mission and its aftermath on the ground.
Little Boy detonated 600 metres above Hiroshima with a yield of 15 kilotons. The city had been spared conventional bombing precisely so the full effect of the atomic bomb could be assessed.
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