pt.1. The men who made the nuclear revolution: Leo Szilard, it begins with science fiction. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt, the president buys a bright idea from his favorite Jeremiah. -- The experimenters, what if the entire planet were set afire? -- Groves, the biggest sonofabitch I've ever met. -- J. Robert Oppenheimer, a grave question of loyalty. -- The enemy, the race widens. -- pt.2. Building the bomb: Los Alamos I, the lure of the Magic Mountain. -- Los Alamos II, crisis on the mesa. -- pt.3. The policy makers fumble: Niels Bohr, failure of a prophet. -- Harry S. Truman, a little boy on a toboggan. -- pt.4. Dealing with the doubts: The scientists, first reservations. -- A harmless demonstration of the bomb, death of an option. -- The interim committee, ten fateful minutes at lunch. -- The dissenters, buried in the S-1 file. --

pt.5. Rush to decision: The war, the final days begin.

The target, picking the death city.

The trinity test, there could be a catastrophe.

The big three at Potsdam, release when ready.

Hiroshima I, my God, what have we done?

pt.6. The death city: Hiroshima II, this is hell on earth.

Hiroshima II, water, water.

pt.7. False dawn: Washington, the greatest day in history.

Tokyo, the emperor speaks.

Hiroshima IV, death without end.

An unexpected turn.

Hiroshima V, the end is the beginning.

Edward Teller takes all.

pt.8. Today: The new Hiroshima.

Real estate is a sound investment here.

Includes: Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Trinity test.

Nazi development of the atomic bomb.

Enola Gay.

Fat Man.

Hiroshima.

U.S.S. Indianapolis.

Little Boy.

Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Manhattan Project.

Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago (Metlab)

Nagasaki.

Oak Ridge, Tennessee laboratory.

Plutonium bomb.

Radiation sickness.

U.S. military men exposed to radiation hazards.

Special Bombing Mission no. 13.

Tinian Island air base.

Uranium.