Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes — Japan
The 1990 TV film depicts the Hiroshima bombing through the experiences of survivors — including American POWs held in the city and Japanese civilians — in the hours before and after detonation.
At 8:15 AM on 6 August 1945, the Enola Gay dropped 'Little Boy' over Hiroshima. The bomb detonated 600 metres above the Shima Surgical Clinic, near the Aioi Bridge. Approximately 12 American POWs were killed in the blast — their deaths were covered up by the US government for decades. Japanese civilians exposed to the bomb were called 'hibakusha' and faced social discrimination for generations.