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The program explores the reality people faced beneath the mushroom cloud in Hiroshima Prefecture on August 6, 1945. Digital technology restores and enhances scenes captured in the 2 extant photographs taken near the epicenter of the atomic explosion while the mushroom cloud remained in the sky over Hiroshima. The still images are brought to life with sound and motion, based on the testimony of survivors who appeared in the photographs, to reveal the nature of that experience 70 years after the bomb was dropped. New light is shed on how the victims behaved after the blast and about the intense thermal radiation that caused excruciating flash burns.

The documentary portrays the aftermath of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Through the voices of Hibakusha—atomic bomb survivors—the film transforms history into memories of devastation, trauma, and survival. Hidankyo officers: Michiko Kodama, Terumi Tanaka, Jiro Hamasumi, and Toshiko Hamanaka reveal enduring physical and emotional scars, as well as discrimination. They describe the political and international obstacles that shaped efforts to support atomic bomb victims and abolish nuclear weapons. The narrative explores the pivotal 1954 Bikini Atoll Incident, which broke the silence and led to Hidankyo’s founding in 1956, with members attending UN conferences to advocate for peace. Professor Peter Kuznick discusses how Eisenhower and many military leaders considered the bombings unnecessary, as Japan had already surrendered. He provides context on nuclear diplomacy, failure of the NPT and persistence of nine nuclear powers.

Part of Samson Kambalu's Nyua cinema series.

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the program chronicles America's political gamble and the planning for the momentous event. Archival film, dramatizations, and special effects feature what occurred aboard the Enola Gay (the aircraft that dropped the bomb) and inside the exploding bomb.

Documentary warning of the "menacing shadow" of the atomic bomb.