They created the bomb. Then created its story.
January 6, 2026
1h 22m
EN
Ben Loeterman
Eighty years after the devastating atomic bombings that ushered in the nuclear age, Bombshell explores how the U.S. government manipulated the narrative about the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Through propaganda, censorship and the co-opting of the press, the government presented a benevolent picture of atomic power, minimizing the horrific human toll. Bombshell sheds light on the efforts of a group of intrepid reporters to let the world know the truth.
Ann Curry
Narrator
William L. Laurence
Self (archival footage)
Leslie Groves
Self (archival footage)
John Hersey
Ben Loeterman
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Self (archival footage)
American Experience Films
US
GBH
US
