
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Original title: The Decision to Drop the Bomb
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6.7/10
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1/5/1965
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1h 24min

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Documentary
War
Synopsis
J. Robert Oppenheimer and other key figures involved in the decision to drop the first atomic bomb discuss their motivations in this NBC News documentary. Originally produced and televised in 1965, two decades after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was re-released in 2023 with an epilogue by Michael Beschloss, NBC News Presidential Historian.
Direction: Fred Freed
Direction: Len Giovannitti
Screenwriter: Fred Freed
Producer: Fred Freed
Cast

Chet Huntley
Self

J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self

Leslie Groves
Self

John Rich
Self - Special Correspondent