Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980)
- Directed by
- David Lowell Rich
- Country
- United States
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This TV film follows the American air crew who dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima near the end of World War Two. It shows the preparation and decision making behind the mission.
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What happens
Enola Gay: The Men, The Mission, The Atomic Bomb is a 1980 American made-for-television historical drama film about the B-29 mission by the 509th Composite Group, the Army Air Force unit that dropped the first atomic bomb to be used in combat on Hiroshima, Japan at the end of World War II. It was based on a book by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Beginning or the End (1947)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.