Enola Gay: The Men, The Mission, The Atomic Bomb 1980 DVD (Region 1 - Playable in North America - The US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Color. 2-Disc Set.
Starring: Gregory Harrison, Billy Crystal, Kim Darby, Patrick Duffy, Robert Pine, James Shigeta, Stephen Macht, Walter Olkewicz, Robert Walden, Richard Venture, Richard Herd and Henry Wilcoxon. Written by Millard Kaufman and James Poe, based on the book by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts. Directed by David Lowell Rich.
Well-mounted and exciting history lesson; the decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it. This made-for-TV historical drama chronicles the personal and professional lives of Colonel Tibbets (Patrick Duffy)and the airmen who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The "Enola Gay" was named after the pilot's mother.
The story is based on a book by Gordon Thomas and Max Gordon Witts and also looks at the ways in which the aftermath of the bombing affected their lives.