Film·1965·1h 24m

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

DocumentaryWar

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.

Directed by Fred Freed, Len Giovannitti

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Chet Huntley
Chet HuntleySelf
J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert OppenheimerSelf
McGeorge Bundy
McGeorge BundySelf
Leslie Groves
Leslie GrovesSelf
John J. McCloy
John J. McCloySelf
John Rich
John RichSelf - Special Correspondent

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